Photos of the Day: Greenpeace Activists and Schoolboys

This is a selection of photos that will give you the information you need in order to keep you abreast of everything important that happened today around the world. From schoolboys who walk home after the first day of the new school term to a carpet from Notre Dame Cathedral that is prepared for renovation, these highlights will impress you.

Check them out for more information and start to see our world through photos!

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London, England

Police detain the environmental activist James Brown at Heathrow Terminal 2, after climate change protesters tried to launch drones within the airport’s exclusion zone

Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

Rondônia, Brazil

A view of a deforested area in Rio Pardo

Photograph: Bruno Kelly/Reuters

Johannesburg, South Africa

A demonstration outside the stock exchange against the country’s high rate of violence against women

Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA

Mexico City, Mexico

Greenpeace activists place illuminated words that read: ‘Free yourself from cars’ during a demonstration at the Angel of the Independence monument

Photograph: Henry Romero/Reuters

Zamboanga, Philippines

A villager holds on to a coconut tree during flooding. More heavy rain is expected as tropical depression Marilyn intensifies wet conditions during monsoon season

Photograph: Ben Hajan/EPA

Wangs, Switzerland

A mountain biker peers down the Rhine valley

Photograph: Gian Ehrenzeller/EPA

Toronto, Canada

Kerry Washington attends the American Son screening during the city’s international film festival

Photograph: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images

Paris, France

A carpet from Notre Dame Cathedral is prepared for renovation

Photograph: Stéphane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images