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Photos of the Day: Metropolitan Police Officers and a New Popemobile

Nampo City, North Korea

Kim Jong-un inspects the Kumsong tractor factory. North Korea has sentenced Donald Trump to death for insulting the country’s leader
Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images

Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran

Stricken buildings after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake left hundreds killed and thousands homeless
Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images

Harare, Zimbabwe

Soldiers in an armoured personnel carrier regulate traffic in the capital. Zimbabwe’s military appeared to be in control of the country as generals denied staging a coup but used state television to vow to target criminals close to President Robert Mugabe
Photograph: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images

London, UK

Metropolitan police officers PC Clare Rees (left) and Insp Simon Rooke ride Merlin and Quixote alongside Shetland ponies Teddy (left) and Doris, who are accompanied by their handler Rachel Francis, during a photocall for the forthcoming Olympia Horse Show
Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

Hong Kong

A man checks his phone behind two large banners advertising the Cosmoprof beauty show
Photograph: Alex Hofford/EPA

Vatican City

A new Popemobile? Pope Francis speaks to the chief executive of Lamborghini, Stefano Domenicali, next to a vehicle donated to the pontiff by the luxury sports carmaker. The Italian supercar will be auctioned off by Sotheby’s, with the proceeds going to various charities, including one helping to rebuild Christian homes that were devastated by Islamic State militants in Iraq
Photograph: AP

Durham, UK

Methods, an artwork by Pablo Valbuena, illuminates the grounds of Durham Cathedral. The display is one of several large installations at the city’s Lumiere light festival
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

 

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