Houthi advances and a multimillion Mondrian for sale: photos of the day – Thursday The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world People watch the projection show on Loch Dunmore at The Enchanted Forest, Scotland's award-winning sound and light spectacular which opened its 2026 show Stop The Clock: The 25th Hour, in the surroundings of Faskally Wood, Pitlochry.

The German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and the UK prime minister, Andy Burnham, observe the honour guard (unpictured) upon Burnham’s arrival for talks at the chancellery Fishers head out to sea at dawn despite heavy rains and stormy weather in the Petite Côte region. Using traditional wooden pirogues, they bring their daily catch back to be sold at local markets and play a key role in the nation’s seafood trade and processing industryPhotograph: Andrés Gutiérrez/Anadolu/Getty Adult protesters form a human chain to protect teenagers during a blockade near Hélène Boucher high school, part of a nationwide movement over learning conditions.

Since late September, pupils have barred the entrances to hundreds of schools, complaining of teacher absences, overloaded timetables, dilapidated classrooms and buildings ill-adapted to rising temperaturesPhotograph: Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP/Getty Milwaukee Brewers players celebrate after the team defeated the San Diego Padres in Game 4 of baseball’s National League Division Series in California, advancing to the National League Championship Series Newborn green turtles crawl towards the sea after being released from a wildlife protection area on Mataking Island.

The palm-size hatchlings flailing their flippers through the sand are a symbol of hope – green turtles have made the rare jump from endangered to ‘least concern’, a remarkable conservation successPhotograph: Sai Aung Main/AFP/Getty A fighter affiliated with the Houthis fires his machine gun as they advance against Saudi-backed Yemeni government troops. Saudi officials said on Wednesday that three people had been killed in attacks on two of the kingdom’s international airports, including in the capital, Riyadh, after Yemen’s Houthis claimed to have fired on both transport hubsPhotograph: Ansarullah Media Centre/AFP/Getty Onlookers gather to watch a projection show on Loch Dunmore at the Enchanted Forest.

This year’s sound and light spectacular celebrates its 25th year with Stop the Clock: the 25th Hour A painting by Piet Mondrian called Composition III (Komposition No XIII) is displayed at Christie’s auction rooms. It is estimated at £20-30m ($26-40m) and will form part of the 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale A Ukrainian serviceman prepares to launch middle-range Darts drones Photograph: Andriy Andriyenko/Press service of the 65th Separate Mechanised Brigade/AFP/Getty Supporters cheer as the US president, Donald Trump, arrives to speak at a rally at the Freeman Coliseum in Texas.

The Republican Ken Paxton is in a close race with the Democrat James Talarico for one of the Texas Senate seatsPhotograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Tourists take photos in the blooming pink grass at Sanhewan park in Zhejiang province.

The blooming flowers have attracted many citizens and touristsPhotograph: Chen Haiwei/VCG/Getty Search and rescue teams evacuate an injured person on a stretcher after the lower floors of a seven-storey building partly collapsed in the Maltepe district Photograph: Murat Sengul/Anadolu/Getty Members of parliament protest in Italy’s lower house of parliament on the day of a final vote on a contested electoral reform proposed by the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni Theatregoers walk past torches that illuminate the entrance and form part of the set for a performance staged without electricity by the Impulso Teatro theatre group. Daily blackouts are posing severe challenges for the performing arts