Photos of the Day: Catalan Police and Lotus Flowers

Arbin, Syria

A makeshift classroom in a bomb shelter for children who have escaped the besieged eastern Ghouta region
Photograph: Abdulmonam Eassa/AFP/Getty Images

La Paz, Bolivia

A man has his photograph taken as Ekeko, the god of prosperity and the central figure of the Alasita fair
Photograph: Juan Karita/AP

Colombo, Sri Lanka

A man collects lotus flowers to sell
Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

Vandenberg, US

A Falcon 9 rocket is launched carrying Spain’s PAZ radar-imaging satellite
Photograph: Xinhua/ Barcroft Images