Photos of the Day: A Fire-Walking Festival and Runners

Algiers, Algeria

Students protest against the country’s president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Photograph: Ramzi Boudina/Reuters

 

Mount Takao, Japan

A Shugendo devotee walks across embers at the Hiwatari fire-walking festival

Photograph: Damon Coulter/Barcroft Images

 

Barcelona, Spain

Runners at the start of the city’s 2019 marathon

Photograph: Lluís Gené/AFP/Getty Images