The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including students climbing the Herndon monument, and opposition protests in Venezuela

Main image: Annapolis, USA First year students work together to climb the Herndon monument. The climb is the traditional culmination of the plebe year, or first year, at the US naval academy. The class must work together to retrieve a hat from the monument and replace it with an upperclassman’s hat Photograph: UPI/Barcroft Images