Photos of the day

Chilly dips and cherry blossoms: photos of the day – Christmas Day

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

Khan Younis, Gaza

People mourn beside the bodies of friends and relatives killed in an airstrike on 25 December.

Photograph: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images

Weymouth, UK

Around 450 swimmers, many of whom dress up in seasonal attire take the plunge, watched by thousands of people lining the harbour to witness this annual Weymouth & Portland Lions Club event

Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

Henley on Thames, UK

An amphibious car goes out for a ride along the river Thames on a dull, damp Christmas Day afternoon.

Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/REX/Shutterstock

Amritsar, India

Sikh children take part in a turban tying competition

Photograph: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images

Daillens, Switzerland

Sky at sunset behind the Jura mountains in the Gros-de-Vaud region

Photograph: Laurent Gilliéron/EPA

Birmingham, UK

Swimmers take a Christmas Day dip in Blackroot Pool at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield

Photograph: Jacob King/PA

Texas, US

A man carries a young girl on his shoulders as he and a group of several hundred migrants wade across the Rio Grande River into Eagle Pass, Texas, from Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.

Photograph: Cheney Orr/Reuters

Barcelona, Spain

Participants in fancy dress jump into the sea during the 114th edition of the Copa Nadal (Christmas Cup) swimming race in Barcelona’s Port Vell.

Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images

Bethlehem, West Bank

Christmas installation of a grotto and robed figures amid rubble and razor wire, outside the Church of the Nativity, Manger Square, Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. The installation is in support of Gaza

Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

Xiamen, China

A Shandong Airlines plane flies over a pair of newly weds as they pose for wedding photos at a Chaotian Palace temple

Photograph: Andy Wong/AP

Ugunja, Kenya

Hundreds of Legio Maria Church members gather on Christmas Day on an organised a march

Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Nanjian Yi, China

Winter cherry blossoms in Nanjian Yi autonomous county, Yunnan province

Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock

Big Sur, California

The evening sun’s rays pass through Keyhole Arch at Pfeiffer beach in Big Sur

Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Harbin, China

Sculptors working on Christmas Day on a gigantic snow sculpture at Sun Island, Harbin

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

London, UK

Participants in the annual Christmas Day Race for the Peter Pan Cup at the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park

Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Donetsk, Ukraine

Chaplain Ivan from the 72th Brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces conducts a Sunday service before Christmas

Photograph: Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images

Bethlehem, West Bank

A huge Palestinian flag is unfurled as people gather on Christmas Eve at Manger Square, outside the Church of the Nativity

Photograph: Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images

St Agnes, Cornwall

Swimmers taking part in the Christmas Day dip brave the waves

Photograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian