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Reading in Rome and a palace tour: photos of the day – Thursday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
People gather at sunset to read Dostoevsky’s White Nights during a mass reading initiative in Rome, Italy.
Selected by Natasha Rees-Bloor
Thu 18 Jun 2026 09.05 EDT
Last modified on Thu 18 Jun 2026 09.28 EDT
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Moscow, Russia
Black smoke rises from the Gazprom Neft oil refinery in Moscow after a drone attack by Ukraine
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
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Versailles, France
Donald Trump receives a tour of the Château de Versailles from Emmanuel Macron after the conclusion of the G7 summit in Évian
Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/AFP/Getty Images
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Wigan, UK
A voter speaks to a police officer outside a polling station in Makerfield, Wigan, as voting gets under way in the byelection triggered by the Labour MP Josh Simons stepping down to allow Andy Burnham to stand
Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA
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North Sumatra, Indonesia
Students block a military vehicle at a mass rally in Medan, North Sumatra, as part of nationwide protests accusing the government of neglecting the economic struggles of ordinary people
Photograph: Sutanta Aditya/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
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Jammu, India
Security personnel carry out checks at a railway station ahead of the annual Hindu Amarnath pilgrimage
Photograph: Channi Anand/AP
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Police surround members of the Bolivian community as they march towards the Bolivian embassy to protest against the government of the Bolivian president, Rodrigo Paz
Photograph: Catriel Gallucci Bordoni/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
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Tehran, Iran
People walk past a billboard in Enqelab Square after Iran and the US signed a peace agreement to end the war between the two countries
Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA
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Kfar Yona, Israel
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest against Israel’s military draft outside the Beit Lid military base
Photograph: Amir Levy/Getty Images
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Heard Island, Indian Ocean
A wildlife team from the Australian Antarctic programme assess the site where a strain of bird flu killed several thousand elephant seal pups last year
Photograph: Julie Mcinnes/Australian Antarctic Division/AFP/Getty Images
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Canberra, Australia
Arthur Boyd: Tapestries, each featuring a scene from the life of Saint Francis of Assisi, on display at the National Gallery of Australia
Photograph: Lukas Coch/EPA
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Vietnam
Women use hand shuttles to repair fishing nets and traps
Photograph: Nese Ari/Anadolu/Getty Images
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Kathmandu, Nepal
A man touches one of the 16th-century Bhairava masks as it leaves the National Museum of Nepal for its original shrine in Dolakha. The masks were stolen in 1994 and recovered from a US museum and returned to Nepal 30 years later
Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA
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Chennai, India
A food delivery driver prays in front of a temple before starting his day
Photograph: R Satish Babu/AFP/Getty Images
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Rome, Italy
People gather at sunset for a reading of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s White Nights during The Silent Storm (La Tempesta Silenziosa), a mass reading initiative conceived by Alessandro Baricco and organised by the city’s culture department
Photograph: Francesco Fotia/AGF/Shutterstock
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