photos from The Guardian

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A child plays in front of work by the Brazilian graffiti artist Eduardo Kobra, who hopes to set a Guinness world record for the largest wall graffiti created by a single artist.

Photograph: Lukas Coch/EPA

 

California, USA

Skydiver Luke Aikins lands safely in a net in Simi Valley, north-west of Los Angeles, after jumping 25,000ft from an airplane without a parachute or wing suit.

Photograph: Mark Davis/EPA

Brzegi, Poland

Nuns from the United States dance as they wait for a holy mass with Pope Francis at Campus Misericordiae.

Photograph: Marcin Obara/EPA