Tartan Army in the US and heatwave in Europe: photos of the day – Wednesday

Tyre, LebanonA hairdresser attends to clients in his salon damaged during Israeli military strikesPhotograph: Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty ImagesShare

Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPolice officers patrol during an operation in the Santa Marta favela targeting alleged members linked to the Comando Vermelho drug trafficking organisationPhotograph: Daniel Ramalho/AFP/Getty ImagesShare

London, UKKeir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street for his first prime minister’s questions in parliament since his resignationPhotograph: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu/Getty ImagesShare

Ituri, DRCHealthcare workers celebrate survivors of Ebola as they are discharged from hospitalPhotograph: Benediction Murhabazi/AFP/Getty ImagesShare

Copenhagen, DenmarkThe Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg appears at court facing trespassing charges stemming from a 2024 incident, when she was among a group of protesters who blocked off a building at the University of CopenhagenPhotograph: Mads Claus Rasmussen/EPAShare

London, UKA woman reads a book in the shade at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, south-east London, as parts of the UK and Europe endure a heatwavePhotograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesShare

Riau, IndonesiaRia, a 55-year-old Sumatran elephant, and her 15-day-old female calf, Nona Seroja, are bathed in Tesso Nilo national parkPhotograph: Wayhudi/AFP/Getty ImagesShare

Baghdad, IraqA man stops at a fan and water spray along the roadside during the peak midday heatPhotograph: Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu/Getty ImagesShare

Bordeaux, FranceCooling off in the basin of the Girondins Fountain as France hits its hottest day on recordPhotograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty ImagesShare

London, UKRail passengers arrive at Waterloo station in the morning rush hour, as the UK experiences record temperatures disrupting schools and transport networksPhotograph: Toby Melville/ReutersShare

Miami, USScotland fans at a bar near Ocean Drive ahead of Wednesday’s World Cup match against BrazilPhotograph: Nathan Ray Seebeck/Imagn Images/ReutersShare

Kyiv, UkrainePeople jump over a bonfire during Ivana Kupala celebrations marking the summer solsticePhotograph: Thomas Peter/ReutersShare

Hvalfjörður, IcelandTwo fin whales arrive at a processing plant after being killed off the coast. Two days earlier, commercial whale-hunting resumed after a two-year hiatusPhotograph: Levi Baltasar/IFAW/AFP/Getty ImagesShare

Najaf, IraqShia Muslim mourners carry torches towards the Imam Ali shrine during a ritual on the seventh day of the Muslim month of MuharramPhotograph: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty ImagesShare

Gaza City, GazaPalestinians at the site of an Israeli strike on a tent camp sheltering displaced peoplePhotograph: Dawoud Abu Alkas/ReutersShare