A python at large and a Miami protest: Thursday’s best photos

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

Guy Lane

Liege, BelgiumA woman tries to cross a flooded street following heavy rains in Liege. A provincial disaster plan has been declared in the provinces of Liege, Luxembourg and Namur
Photograph: Bruno Fahy/Belga/AFP/Getty Images
Bad Muenstereifel, GermanyA street is covered with stones after heavy rainfall and the flooding of the Erft river. Several people have died and dozens are missing in the western German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North-Rhine Westphalia
Photograph: B&S/AP
Salgotarjan, HungaryLightning illuminates the sky over the capital of Nograd county
Photograph: Péter Komka/EPA
Lagos, NigeriaWomen queue for food parcels distributed by volunteers of the local food bank initiative in a community in Oworonshoki
Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/Reuters
Nice, FranceA light for each of the 86 people who were killed in the terrorist truck attack of July 2016 are displayed at night over the Promenade des Anglais to mark the fifth anniversary of the atrocity
Photograph: Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty Images
Coventry, EnglandThe British prime minister, Boris Johnson, looks at a battery cell during a visit to the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre
Photograph: David Rose/AFP/Getty Images
Madera, USA boat sits on a mound near Hensley Lake as soaring temperatures and drought continue to affect livestock and water supplies in California
Photograph: David Swanson/Reuters
Miami, USA protester shouts support for Cubans demonstrating against their government. One person has died and more than 100 have been arrested, including independent journalists and opposition activists, since the anti-government protests broke out in Cuba
Photograph: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images
Los Angeles, USBritney Spears’s newly appointed lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, leaves the Stanley Mosk courthouse following a hearing concerning the pop singer’s conservatorship. Spears was granted permission by a judge to hire a lawyer of her own choice
Photograph: Chris Pizzello/AP
Mallorca, SpainPassengers rest on the Palma-Soller train. Inaugurated in 1912, the Palma-Soller railway line is one of the oldest routes still in operation in Spain. The wagons and locomotives retain their original designs, with maintenance and repairs carried out in the railway’s own workshops
Photograph: Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images
Jinhua, ChinaTourists enjoy cool water in a cave in Zhejiang province
Photograph: VCG/Getty Images
Bangkok, ThailandFirefighters capture a python in Benjasiri Park
Photograph: Adam Schreck/AP
London, EnglandA couple pose for wedding photographs outside Westminster underground station
Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
Glasgow, ScotlandCast members appear on set in Glasgow city centre during filming for the new Indiana Jones movie
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Image
Beirut, LebanonSoldiers hide from stones behind their protective shields as they clash with supporters of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri who stepped down on Thursday
Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP
Musselburgh, ScotlandCity Breakz is an outdoor performance trail from Scottish dance company Room 2 Manoeuvre, led by world-class choreographer Tony Mills that will take in over twelve locations across the country including Glasgow, Edinburgh, St Andrews, Dunoon, Dumfries, Falkirk
Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian
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