Photos of the Day: Water Lilies and Syrian Border

Standing Rock, US

As night falls, the Milky Way begins to form directly behind a teepee at Oceti Sakowin prayer camp
Photograph: Ryan Vizzions

Istanbul, Turkey

People holding pictures of victims of the airstrikes and shelling by Syrian government forces in eastern Ghouta, Syria, protest outside the Russian consulate
Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP

Paris, France

A woman holds a placard reading ‘15 days’ during a demonstration called by the French office for the protection of refugees and stateless persons (OFPRA), to protest against the immigration law
Photograph: Stephane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images