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Arnel Hecimovic

Michael O’Leary’s close encounter with a pie and Tenacious D: Thursday’s best photos

Brussels, Belgium: A woman looks at Ryanair CEO, Micheal O’Leary, after squashing a cream pie in his face
An activist confronts Ryanair CEO, Micheal O'Leary, after squashing a cream pie into his face in Brussels. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA
Dover, UK: Lorries queue along a road with the port of Dover in the background
Dover, UK

Lorries queue to reach the port of Dover along the A20 in Kent amid heightened security checks to track down escaped terrorism suspect Daniel Abed Khalife
Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Paris, France: A woman wheels an artwork showing people bearing the England flag with the Arc de Triomphe in the background
Paris, France

A specially commissioned artwork created by Vincent Mcindoe, titled Wear la Rose, is unveiled at the Arc de Triomphe for O2’s latest England Rugby campaign before the start of the World Cup
Photograph: Kieran Cleeves/PA
Tindiret, Kenya: A farmer checks the progress of coffee seeds on a plant
Tindiret, Kenya

A farmer checks the progress of coffee seeds. Coffee, the second most traded product in the world after oil, grows in the high plateaus of Kenya, producing a bright and fragrant aroma in terms of acidity
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Kala Nera, Greece: Firefighting crews are seen on either ends of a collapsed bridge
Kala Nera, Greece

Firefighting crews are seen on either ends of a collapsed bridge, as Storm Daniel hits central Greece
Photograph: Stamos Prousalis/Reuters
Macclesfield, UK: Keir Starmer talks to two people  who are dressed in bright orange and yellow protective suits and goggles
Macclesfield, UK

The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, during a visit to the AstraZeneca life sciences facility in Cheshire
Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA
Madrid, Spain: An activist wears a bull mask during an anti-bullfighting demonstration and another shows a placard saying €42.129.200
Madrid, Spain

An activist wears a bull mask during an anti-bullfighting demonstration. The rally, in Madrid’s Plaza de Cibeles, was to denounce councils’ funding of bullfighting festivals
Photograph: David Canales/SOPA Images/Shutterstock
Hong Kong: Models wearing black and white rabbit ear headpieces
Hong Kong

Models showcase designs during the Centrestage 2023 runway show at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Photograph: China News Service/Getty Images
Charlotte, US(L-R): Band members hold guitars
Charlotte, US

(L-R) Kyle Gass, Jack Black and bassist John Spiker of Tenacious D perform at PNC Music Pavilion in North Carolina
Photograph: Jeff Hahne/Getty Images
Kyiv, Ukraine: The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, leaves a bunker
Kyiv, Ukraine

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, leaves a bunker while touring a Ukrainian state border guard. Blinken’s visit is aimed at assessing Ukraine’s counteroffensive and signals continued US support
Photograph: Brendan Smilaowski/AP
Madrid, Spain: A woman looks through virtual reality glasses
Madrid, Spain

A visitor uses virtual reality glasses in the Last Days of Pompeii exhibition at Matadero arts centre
Photograph: Borja B Hojas/Getty Images
Tokyo, Japan: Members of the media wait and adjust their cameras before the start of a press conference
Tokyo, Japan

Members of the media gather before the start of a press conference by Johnny & Associates CEO, Julie Keiko Fujishima, when she announced she was resigning and acknowledged her uncle Johnny Kitagawa, the agency’s founder, had sexually abused clients
Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA
Mukran, Germany: A crew member sprays water down on activists in a boat below
Mukran, Germany

A ship crew member hoses water on Greenpeace activists protesting against the laying of a liquified natural gas pipeline between the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen and the mainland in Lubmin
Photograph: GREENPEACE/Reuters
Naples, Italy: Police units carrying weapons and shields walk up stairs
Naples, Italy

Police units take part in a joint operation in the Spanish quarters
Photograph: Ciro Fusco/EPA
Zhytomir, Ukraine: A Ukrainian serviceman stands on an anti-aircraft gun
Zhytomyr, Ukraine

A Ukrainian soldier stands on an anti-aircraft gun during a combat shift
Photograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
Brussels, Belgium: A woman looks at Micheal O’Leary after squashing a cream pie in his face
Brussels, Belgium

An activist confronts the Ryanair CEO, Micheal O’Leary, after squashing a cream pie into his face as he was on his way to deliver a petition to the office of the EU Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, in Brussels, Belgium
Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA
New York, US: An airplane passes in front of an orange sun
New York, US

British Airways flight 189 from London, Heathrow, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, passes in front of the setting sun on approach to Newark Liberty airport, as seen from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building
Photograph: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images
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