Photos of the Day: The Largest Wildfire and John James
Ladoga, US
Firefighters monitor a backfire while battling the Medocino Complex fire which has become the largest wildfire in California state history with over 280,000 acres charred and at least 75 homes destroyed
Photograph: Noah Berger/AP
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Supporters of Ivory Coast’s former first lady, Simone Gbagbo, celebrate in front of her residence in the riviera neighborhood before her expected release from prison. Gbagbo, who is serving a 20-year jail term, is expected to be freed after Ivory Coast’s president granted her an amnesty. She has spent seven years behind bars for her role in political violence that claimed several thousand lives in 2010-11
Photograph: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images
Edinburgh, Scotland
Theresa May meets members of the Soweto Gospel Choir at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Photograph: Prime Minister’s Press Office/PA