Photos of the Day: Private Hire Drivers and Michael Douglas

Brumadinho, Brazil

Members of a rescue team react upon returning from the mission, after a tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA collapsed

Photograph: Washington Alves/Reuters

 

Rome, Italy

Private hire drivers protest against the new legislation. The protests are due to the non-extension of Law 207, which provides for the obligation for the private-hire drivers to return to the garage at the end of each service performed, putting at risk 200,000 jobs and 80,000 companies

Photograph: Antonio Masiello/Getty Images

 

Gersau, Switzerland

First day of the carnival with the presentation of the ladies masks

Photograph: Alexandra Wey/EPA