Best photographs of the day

Quake damage, tattoos and a beach party: Thursday’s best photos

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

Chernihiv, Ukraine

A satellite multispectral image of burning buildings in a residential area of the city

Photograph: Maxar Technologies Handout/EPA

Kyiv, Ukraine

Firefighters amid the rubble of a residential building that was hit by debris from a downed rocket

Photograph: Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images

Berlin, Germany

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, addresses the Bundestag via video link from the embattled city of Kyiv

Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/Getty Images

Moscow, Russia

Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov (right), and his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, attend a meeting

Photograph: Russian foreign affairs ministry/EPA

São Paolo, Brazil

Luiza Borges poses for a picture after being tattooed as part of the We Are Diamonds project, which gives free tattoos to women with scars caused by domestic violence, accidents or medical procedures

Photograph: Carla Carniel/Reuters

Bnei Brak, Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and children in traditional costumes read during the feast of Purim at a synagogue

Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

Kolkata, India

Young people covered in coloured powder and dressed as Lord Krishna (right) and the deity Radha celebrate the Holi festival

Photograph: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images

Hong Kong, China

A cleaner works in an area for passengers heading to quarantine, in the arrivals hall at the international airport

Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Hong Kong, China

Staff erect fences to block the access to Shek O beach. Hong Kong has closed government-managed beaches again in a further tightening of social distancing measures to prevent the spread of Covid

Photograph: Jérôme Favre/EPA

Shiroishi, Japan

A supermarket is littered with merchandise in Miyagi prefecture after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake

Photograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images

Chicago, US

The actor Jussie Smollett (centre, in a light-coloured mask) is released from the Cook County Department of Corrections detention centre in Illinois. Smollett began serving a 150-day sentence on 10 March. He was found guilty late last year of lying to police about a hate crime after he reported to police that two masked men physically attacked him, yelling racist and anti-gay remarks near his Chicago home in 2019. An appellate court judge ordered him to be freed while the actor appeals against his sentence

Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Los Angeles, US

The actor Natalie Portman arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of Apple’s Pachinko at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in California

Photograph: Caroline Brehman/EPA

South Padre Island, US

College students party on the beach. The island is one of the top Spring Break destinations in Texas and attracts students from all over the country

Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Valencia, Spain

Figurines depicting political leaders are pictured during the Fallas festival. The fallas – gigantic cardboard structures that portray current events and celebrities in which individual figures, or ninots, are placed – are burned in the streets on 19 March as a tribute to San José (Saint Joseph), patron saint of carpenters

Photograph: José Jordan/AFP/Getty Images