Photos of the Day: Animal Rights Activists and Angela Merkel

From a base jumper who leaps from Kuala Lumpur Tower during an annual international jump event to the Aletsch glacier in the Alps that stretches more than 14 miles (23km) from its formation in the Jungfrau region, these photos of the day will give you the information you need in order to keep you abreast of everything interesting that happened this day around the world.

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Paris, France

A model wears a creation as part of the Rick Owens collection unveiled during Paris fashion week.

Photograph: Michel Euler/AP

London, England

Boris Johnson’s special adviser, Dominic Cummings, arrives at 10 Downing Street

Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images

Brussels, Belgium

The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator. Michel Barnier, left, talks to an assistant before a meeting at the European parliament

Photograph: Francisco Seco/AP

Berlin, Germany

The chancellor, Angela Merkel, holds a rubber duck that she signed for the agriculture minister, Julia Klöckner, during a meeting of the federal parliament at the Reichstag

Photograph: Michael Sohn/AP

Hong Kong, China

A protester runs out in front of the motorcade of the city’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, in Wan Chai, before a planned town hall meeting between Lam and 150 people picked via a lottery after more than 20,000 people applied to attend the event

Photograph: Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images

Rouen, France

Smoke billows into the sky after a fire broke out at a chemical factory, leading authorities to close schools and warn about possible pollution of the nearby Seine river

Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images

Ontario, Canada

The Canadian Liberal party leader, Justin Trudeau, poses for a photo with supporters at a rally in Thunder Bay

Photograph: Ryan Remiorz/AP

Seoul, South Korea

Animal rights activists wearing masks stage a memorial rally for pigs slaughtered due to African swine fever, which has ravaged farms near its border with North Korea

Photograph: Ahn Young-joon/AP

Valais, Switzerland

The Aletsch glacier in the Alps stretches more than 14 miles (23km) from its formation in the Jungfrau region

Photograph: Anthony Anex/EPA