A pole vaulter and a vehicle ballet: photos of the day – Monday

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  • California, US

    People drop off stray dogs at the Department of Animal Care and Control. The shelter is struggling with overcrowding caused by pets abandoned during recent Ice raids

    A small dog peeks out from a pale purple container
  • Geneva, Switzerland

    A woman takes a selfie in front of artwork by Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong entitled The Thinker’s Burden, a 6-metre ‘sculptural remix’ of Rodin’s Thinker, created for the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, in front of the United Nations offices

    A woman takes a selfie in front of artwork by Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong
  • Finnish Lapland

    People relax at Ounaskoski Beach at the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi. Finland has broken a 50-year weather record as the country undergoes the longest period of temperatures above 30C (86F)

    People stand, sit and bathe at Ounaskoski Beach at the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi.
  • Birmingham, UK

    Council workers and volunteers begin to remove flowers and tributes left for Ozzy Osbourne at the Black Sabbath Bridge bench on Broad Street. The Black Sabbath frontman died last month aged 76

    Council workers and volunteers take down tributes left for Ozzy Osbourne at the Black Sabbath Bridge bench on Broad Street, Birmingham
  • Rummu, Estonia

    Diggers perform a scene during an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet where heavy goods vehicles and cars take on the roles of the characters

    Yellow diggers face off against each other
  • Maseru, Lesotho

    A worker repairs clothing at the Afri-Expo Textile Factory

    A worker repairs clothing at the Afri-Expo Textile Factory in Lesotho
  • Khan Younis, Gaza

    Planes drop humanitarian aid as efforts continue to airdrop supplies by parachute into the Gaza Strip, which remains under Israeli attacks and blockade

    Planes drop humanitarian aid over Khan Younis in Gaza
  • Khan Younis, Gaza

    Palestinians wait to receive food at a charity kitchen

    Children stand awaiting food at a charity kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza
  • Porto Novo, Benin

    Zangbeto, a Vodún also known as ‘guardian of the night’, performs during a mask festival

    A person in Vodún attire, dressed as Zangbeto, performs during a mask festival in Benin
  • Hengelo, Netherlands

    Dutch pole vaulter Menno Vloon competes during the Athletics National Championships

    Menno Vloon pole vaults in Hengelo, Netherlands
  • New Orleans, Louisiana

    Members of the Mahogany Blue Baby Dolls march in the 25th anniversary Satchmo Salute second line parade. The parade honours New Orleans jazz legend Louis Armstrong. Revellers marched from historic St Augustine Church in the Tremé neighbourhood to the New Orleans Jazz Museum where Satchmo Summerfest is being held

    Members of the Mahogany Blue Baby Dolls march in the 25th Anniversary Satchmo Salute second line parade in New Orleans
  • Beijing, China

    Humanoid robots vie for the ball during an exhibition football match before the World Humanoid Robot Games

    Humanoid robots play football
  • New York, US

    New York police make arrests as demonstrators hold a pro-Palestine rally at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn

    A demonstrator is arrested at a Palestine rally in New York
  • Northern Ireland, UK

    An RNLI lifeguard battles against strong winds on Portstewart Strand as she plants a warning flag advising swimmers against entering the water. The Met Office has issued an amber warning for much of Scotland and a yellow warning for northern England, north Wales and Northern Ireland, as Storm Floris threatens the northern half of the UK with strong winds and heavy rains

    An RNLI lifeguard plants a warning flag at Portstewart Strand amid Storm Floris
  • Allentown, Pennsylvania

    Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Lehigh Valley international airport

    Donald Trump speaks at an airport
  • Cairo, Egypt

    Sudanese refugees voluntarily return from Egypt to Sudan on a special train, coordinated by the Egyptian government. A free train service is running between the Egyptian capital to the southern city of Aswan, where people can then board cross-border buses to the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, as part of a voluntary repatriation programme for Sudanese nationals who have been displaced by the conflict in Sudan

    A Sudanese child looks out from the window of a train
  • Moscow, Russia

    Defendants in the case of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall attend a hearing of the Second Western District military court. Nineteen people were arrested in Moscow in connection with the terrorist attack at the concert hall in Krasnogorsk that took place on 22 March 2024, in which at least 140 people died when attackers opened fire with automatic weapons in the building and set the auditorium on fire

    Defendants in the case of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall attend a hearing at a military court in Moscow
  • Frankfurt, Germany

    A Mercedes Unimog van sits beneath overgrown vegetation on a parking spot in Bad Vilbel

    A Mercedes Unimog van covered in plant growth
  • Murcia, Spain

    Spanish bailaor Jesus Carmona and his wife, Lucia Campillo, perform on stage at Cante de las Minas International Flamenco festival

    Flamenco dancers Jesus Carmona and his wife, Lucia Campillo, perform on stage
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