Photos of the Day: The World’s Largest Open Air Laundry and Starlings

Daugendorf, Germany

A flock of starlings fly through a nature reserve close to the Danube

Photograph: Thomas Warnack/AFP/Getty Images

 

Benin

A costumed Yoruba Egungun performs a ritual masquerade in a festival intended to connect people to the spirits of their ancestors

Photograph: Massimo Rumi/Barcroft

 

Algiers, Algeria

Teachers and students protest against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has now withdrawn his bid for a fifth term

Photograph: Ryad Kramdi/AFP/Getty Images