Your Edinburgh festival – in pictures

Dramatic moment on the mile by briar34
A black and white portrait of a street performer on the Royal Mile by briar34 Photograph: Flickr

Puppetry by Stewart Riddick
Stewart R has taken a bird's eye view of a young festival-goer taking a flyer from a puppet Photograph: Stewart Riddick/Flickr

Mess mouth by piglicker From The Mess tent at Edinburgh festival. 'Renegade entertainment for £2.99. Anything might happen...' says piglicker Photograph: piglicker/Flickr

Wonder Woman by Agfapan-25 Agfapan-25 has captured this flyering Wonder Woman strutting his stuff on the Royal Mile Photograph: Agfapan-25/Flickr

Puppet show by Andrew Kavanagh
Andrew spotted this puppet and puppeteer in Edinburgh's Old Town Photograph: Andrew Kavanagh/Flickr

By tezzer57
A performer takes five on the Royal Mile – or is it all part of the act? Photograph: tezzer57/Flickr

Fire-eater by motion_images
This shot was taken as the daring performer balanced on his unicycle above the crowds of the Royal Mile Photograph: motion_images/Flickr

Readied (Explored) by Jase-18
Jason took this pictore of a sword-weilding warrior on Edinburgh's High Street Photograph: Jase-18/Flickr

Make-up break by Ambra Vernuccio
Ambra caught these members of the Paper Tape theatre company freshening up their make-up between performances Photograph: Ambra Vernuccio/Flickr

Street scene by giptongreen
A clever street scene captured by giptongreen at the Edinburgh festival Photograph: giptongreen/Flickr

Gogol's The Portrait by boabfoto
'These three where drumming up interest on the High Street for their show Gogol's The Portrait,' says boabfoto Photograph: boabfoto/Flickr

Monochrome Girl by Alistair_Images
The colourful background in this photo by Alistair sets off performer's monochrome tones nicely Photograph: Alistair_Images/Flickr