A locust swarm and waterfall wellbeing: Wednesday's best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

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Main image: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • Causeway, Hong Kong

    Police officers detain a protester after he was pepper sprayed during a rally against a new national security law imposed by Beijing
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    Causeway, Hong Kong. Police officers detain a protester after he was pepper sprayed during a rally against a new national security law imposed by Beijing

  • West Bank, Gaza

    Children sit in a window to watch a rally as Palestinians call for a �?day of rage’ to protest against Israel’s plan to annex parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank
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    West Bank, Gaza. Palestinians call for a �day of rage’ to protest against Israel’s plan to annex parts of the Israeli-occupied West BankChildren sit in a window to watch a rally as Palestinians call for a �day of rage’ to protest against Israel’s plan to annex parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank

  • Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    A young man jumps into Lake Jablanica to cool off during hot weather
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    Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A young man jumps into Lake Jablanica to cool off during hot weather

  • Kazan, Russia

    A new mother votes in the 2020 Russian constitutional referendum, from her hospital bed
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    Kazan, Russia. A new mother votes in the 2020 Russian constitutional referendum, from her hospital bed

  • Sukkur, Pakistan

    Farmers try to scare away a swarm of locusts from their crops in a field in southern Sindh province
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    Sukkur, Pakistan. Farmers try to scare away a swarm of locusts from destroying their crops in a field in southern Sindh province

  • Bangkok, Thailand

    A teacher helps a pupil at a school as schools reopen today in Thailand
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    Bangkok, Thailand. A teacher helps a pupil at a school as schools reopen today in Thailand

  • Huddersfield, UK

    Members of the Meltham and Meltham Mills Band practise together in Worlow Quarry, above the village of Marsden, for the first time since the government-imposed lockdown began
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    Huddersfield, UK. Members of the Meltham and Meltham Mills Band practice together for the first time since the government imposed lockdown began in Worlow Quarry, above the village of Marsden

  • Wuhan, China

    A boy wearing a face mask swims with a rubber ring in a flooded Jiangtan park caused by heavy rains along the Yangtze River
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    Wuhan, China. A boy wearing a face mask swims with a rubber ring in a flooded Jiangtan park caused by heavy rains along the Yangtze river

  • New York, US

    A demonstrator stands in front of police officers inside of an area being called the City Hall autonomous zone, that has been established to protest in support of Black Lives Matter
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    New York, US. A demonstrator stands in front of police officers inside of an area being called the City Hall Autonomous Zone, that has been established to protest in support of Black Lives Matter

  • Guiting Power, UK

    Prince Charles, looks at a Gloucestershire old spot pig with her piglets during a visit to Cotswold Farm Park near Cheltenham
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    Guiting Power, UK. Prince Charles, looks at a Gloucestershire Old Spot pig with her piglets during a visit to Cotswold Farm Park near Cheltenham

  • Ahmedabad, India

    Migrant workers and their families, who had left during a lockdown, return from their home state of Uttar Pradesh, after authorities eased lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus
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    Ahmedabad, India. Migrant workers and their families, who had left during a lockdown, returnefrom their home state of Uttar Pradesh, after authorities eased lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus

  • Whitley Bay, UK

    Preparations are under way at the Whitley Bay Brewing Company in Northumberland, as they prepare for reopening on Saturday
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    Whitley Bay, UK. Preparations are under way at the Whitley Bay Brewing Company in Northumberland, as they prepare for reopening on Saturday

  • Bursa, Turkey

    People sit in two-wheeled electric vehicles
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    Bursa, Turkey. People drive two-wheeled electric vehicles

  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    A man stands in a waterfall in Hulu Langat River as activities in pools, rivers, lakes and the sea are allowed again after Covid-19 restrictions are lifted
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    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A man stands in a waterfall in Hulu Langat river as activities in pools, rivers, lakes and the sea are allowed again after Covid-19 restrictions are lifted
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