Best photographs of the day
A Beatle mural and a triceratops: Monday’s best photos
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world
by Guy Lane · the GuardianIrpin, Ukraine
A member of the Ukrainian armed forces helps to evacuate a child from the town via the only escape route used by locals after days of heavy shelling
Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters
Irpin, Ukraine
Civilians flee from the town as Russian attacks continue
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Washington DC, US
Joe Biden and the first lady, Dr Jill Biden, look out from Marine One as it lands on the south lawn of the White House. The first family spent the weekend in Delaware
Photograph: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
Selma, US
The vice-president, Kamala Harris (centre), marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate the 57th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Alabama
Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP/Getty Images
Coraki, Australia
A tractor is parked on a small paddock surrounded by floodwater in New South Wales following unprecedented storms and the worst flooding in a decade
Photograph: Dan Peled/Getty Images
Uljin, South Korea
A wildfire rages in North Gyeongsang province where firefighters are trying to prevent it reaching the nearby Geumgang pine tree trail, which includes a colony of pine trees more than 200 years old
Photograph: Korea Forest Service/EPA
Weliweriya, Sri Lanka
A man places a sheet on the body of the elephant Nadugamuwa Raja, who carried a golden casket of relics at an annual Buddhist pageant. The death has initiated calls for a state funeral
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
People take part in the first post-pandemic national parade of the Dominican carnival
Photograph: Orlando Barría/EPA
Melbourne, Australia
Horridus, the world’s most complete triceratops fossil, is displayed at Melbourne Museum for the exhibition Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs
Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP
Basel, Switzerland
Members of carnival marching bands take part in the Morgestraich parade
Photograph: Georgios Kefalas/EPA
Liverpool, England
A mural of Ringo Starr by Liverpool artist John Culshaw is unveiled on the gable end of the Empress Pub on Admiral Street in Toxteth, near the childhood home of the former Beatle
Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA
Zhangjiakou, China
The US’s Mike Schultz (blue), China’s Wu Zhongwei (green), and the Netherlands’ Chris Vos (yellow) jump in the final of the men’s snowboard cross SB-LL1 at the Genting Snow Park during the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games
Photograph: Thomas Lovelock/OIS/IOC/AFP/Getty Images
Jokulsarlon, Iceland
The northern lights and the Milky Way appear over the glacial lagoon on the border of Vatnajökull national park in south-east Iceland
Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA
Pomaz, Hungary
Starlings fight to claim territory for mating and raising their brood
Photograph: Attila Kovács/EPA