Well-dressed dogs and a Thai procession: Monday's best photos

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

Compiled by Joe Plimmer

Main image: A pair of dogs relax in a park in Hitachinaka, Japan, in a kochia field. Photograph: Toru Hanai/EPA

  • Burnaby, Canada

    NDP leader Jagmeet Singh raises a fist as he encourages campaign volunteers and supporters at the NDP election office on Election Day
    Burnaby, CanadaNDP leader Jagmeet Singh raises a fist as he encourages campaign volunteers and supporters at the NDP election office on Election Day

  • Washington DC, US

    US President Donald J. Trump speaks during a Cabinet Meeting at the White House
    Washington DC, USUS President Donald J. Trump speaks during a Cabinet Meeting at the White House

  • Valparaiso, Chile

    Security forces take position during a protest against Chile’s state economic model
    Valparaiso, ChileSecurity forces take position during a protest against Chile’s state economic model

  • St Andrews, Scotland

    Hundreds of students take part in the traditional Raisin Monday foam fight on St Salvator’s Lower College Lawn. The messy display is the culmination of a weekend of festivities where first years say thank you to their more senior student “parents” for mentoring them. See PA story EDUCATION Raisin. Photo credit should read: Jane Barlow/PA Wire
    St Andrews, Scotland Hundreds of students take part in the traditional Raisin Monday foam fight on St Salvator’s Lower College Lawn. The messy display is the culmination of a weekend of festivities where first years say thank you to their more senior student “parents” for mentoring them. See PA story EDUCATION Raisin. Photo credit should read: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

  • Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    Firemen and emergency personnel work at a site of a plane crash. According to reports, at least three people died and other three are injured after a small plane has crashed just after take-off over some vehicles in Belo Horizonte, according to official sources
    Belo Horizonte, BrazilFiremen and emergency personnel work at a site of a plane crash. According to reports, at least three people died and other three are injured after a small plane has crashed just after take-off over some vehicles in Belo Horizonte, according to official sources

  • Al-Bab, Syria

    People ride a motorbike as the normal rhythm of daily life returns to the Aleppo district
    Al-Bab, Syria: People ride a motorbike as the normal rhythm of daily life returns to the Aleppo district

  • Beirut, Lebanon

    Red paint covers the screen on an ATM machine damaged during demonstrations against tax increases and official corruption
    Beirut, Lebanon: Red paint covers the screen on an ATM machine damaged during demonstrations against tax increases and official corruption

  • Guilin, China

    A scenic view during stage five of the third Tour of Guangxi
    A scenic view during stage five of the third Tour of Guangxi.

  • London, UK

    A pedestrian passes a mural of the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, near Westminster magistrates court, where he was due to appear
    London, UK: A pedestrian passes a mural of the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, near Westminster magistrates court, where he was due to appear

  • Dalma island, United Arab Emirates

    Fishermen set up nets on the shore during the Dalma sailing festival
    Dalma island, United Arab Emirates: Fishermen set up nets on the shore during the Dalma sailing festival

  • London, UK

    The leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg, arrives at Downing Street
    London, UK: The leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg, arrives at Downing Street

  • Vancouver, Canada

    PM Justin Trudeau takes part in a rally on the eve of the federal election
    Vancouver, Canada: PM Justin Trudeau takes part in a rally on the eve of the federal election

  • Belfast, Northern Ireland

    Pro-choice supporters pose in front of the Stormont parliament. A group of Northern Irish lawmakers will return to parliament on 21 October in a last-minute protest at the relaxtion of abortion laws
    Belfast, Northern Ireland: Pro-choice supporters pose in front of the Stormont parliament. A group of Northern Irish lawmakers will return to parliament on 21 October in a last-minute protest at the relaxtion of abortion laws

  • Jersey, UK

    Forty-six swimmers take to the water in St Catherine’s Bay to celebrate 45 years of the Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club
    Jersey, UK: 46 swimmers take to the water in Jersey’s St Catherine’s Bay to celebrate 45 years of the Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club

  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti

    A man ducks from police officers during a march demanding the resignation of the Haitian president, Jovenel Moïse
    Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A man ducks from police officers during a march demanding the resignation of the Haitian president, Jovenel Moïse

  • Turin, Italy

    Smoke billows after a fire broke out at dawn at the Unesco heritage site Cavallerizza Reale
    Smoke billows after a fire broke out at dawn at the Unesco heritage site Cavallerizza Reale

  • Portobelo, Panama

    Edwin Villarreta has candle wax dripped on to his back during a penitence walk to the church of Saint Philippe
    Portobelo, Panama: Edwin Villarreta has candle wax dripped on to his back during a penitence walk to the church of Saint Philippe

  • Bangkok, Thailand

    Oarsmen take part in a rehearsal for the King Maha Vajiralongkorn royal barge procession
    Bangkok, Thailand: Oarsmen take part in a rehearsal for the King Maha Vajiralongkorn royal barge procession

  • Canberra, Australia

    Newspaper front pages replicate a heavily redacted government document, alongside an advertising campaign challenging laws that in effect criminalise journalism and whistleblowing
    Canberra, Australia: Newspaper front pages replicate a heavily redacted government document, alongside an advertising campaign challenging laws that in effect criminalise journalism and whistleblowing

  • Minsk, Belarus

    Rowers make their way on Komsomolskoye Lake at sunrise
    Minsk, Belarus: Rowers make their way on Komsomolskoye Lake at sunrise

  • Pernambuco, Brazil

    A crab rescued by environmental volunteers during a cleanup of Suape Beach. Hundreds of tonnes of tar waste have been cleaned from 201 beaches since the first oil slicks appeared along the north-eastern Brazilian coast
    Pernambuco, Brazil: A crab rescued by environmental volunteers during a cleanup of Suape Beach. Hundreds of tonnes of tar waste have been cleaned from 201 beaches since the first oil slicks appeared along the north-eastern Brazilian coast

  • New York, US

    Fog envelops a group of people at Bear Mountain State Park
    New York, US: Fog envelops a group of people at Bear Mountain State Park

  • Ħal Far, Malta

    People run past a burning vehicle during riots at a migrant camp
    Ħal Far, Malta: People run past a burning vehicle during riots at a migrant camp

  • Hitachinaka, Japan

    A woman takes a selfie in a kochia field in Hitachi Seaside Park. More than 30,000 Kochia balls planted each June in the 350-hectare field transform from emerald green to ruby red in the autumn
    Hitachinaka, Japan: A woman takes a selfie in a kochia field in Hitachi Seaside Park. More than 30,000 Kochia balls planted each June in the 350-hectare field transform from emerald green to ruby red in the autumn

  • Seoul, South Korea

    A visitor looks at articles on display at the first Minions exhibition
    Seoul, South Korea: A visitor looks at articles on display at the first Minions exhibition

  • Chiba, Japan

    Golfer Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland is seen under the floodlight on the 18th hole during The Challenge: Japan Skins
    Chiba, Japan: Golfer Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland is seen under the floodlight on the 18th hole during The Challenge: Japan Skins

  • Rafah, Gaza

    The silhouette of a jockey competing in a camel race at the destroyed airport
    Rafah, Gaza: The silhouette of a jockey competing in a camel race at the destroyed airport
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