Irun, Spain
Participants attend the traditional Alarde parade during festivities in the Basque Country commemorating the victory of Irun’s troops over French invaders in 1522
Photograph: Juan Herrero/EPA

Seville, Spain
Greenpeace activists hang from the Las Setas building in protest about the International Conference on Financing for Development
Photograph: Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters

Gravelines, France
People run across the beach at first light to board a small boat arriving from further down the coast
Photograph: Marcin Nowak/Anadolu/Getty Images

Navotas City, Philippines
Children play on top of sandbags piled high to reinforce a damaged dyke
Photograph: Francis R Malasig/EPA

Wehrheim, Germany
An Icelandic horse drinks from a water hose at a stud farm
Photograph: Michael Probst/AP

Berlin, Germany
Visitors crowd around a titan arum plant, measuring 2.36 metres high, as it blooms in the city’s botanical garden
Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

Bursa, Turkey
People compete in the 63rd historical Cali oil wrestling tournament, an event that featured more than 800 contestants
Photograph: Mustafa Yilmaz/Anadolu/Getty Images

Glastonbury, UK
Litter covers the ground as a festivalgoer walks past the Pyramid Stage at the end of the festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset
Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

Moniquirá, Colombia
People take part in the regional donkey contest, one of the most traditional and representative festivals of Boyacá culture
Photograph: Juancho Torres/Anadolu/Getty Images

Chattogram, Bangladesh
A fisher weaves specialised pocket nets for catching hilsa fish, on the banks of the Karnaphuli River
Photograph: Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

Shanghai, China
Tourists flock to visit the Louis, Louis Vuitton’s new flagship store shaped like a ship that houses retail, dining and cultural experiences
Photograph: VCG/Getty Images

London, UK
Spectators wearing strawberry hats queue for entry on the opening day of the 2025 Wimbledon Tennis Championships
Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA

Toronto, Canada
Spectators throw confetti from a third-floor apartment window along Yonge Street overlooking the parade during the Pride festival
Photograph: Mike Campbell/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Hong Kong, China
Nursery children take part in a flag-raising ceremony at a school, before the 28th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China from Britain
Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Rome, Italy
Fireworks explode over Castel Sant’Angelo to mark the Feast of Rome’s patron saints Peter and Paul
Photograph: Valentina Stefanelli/AP

Dharamshala, India
The Dalai Lama watches a musical performance at an event celebrating his 90th birthday at the Tsuglakhang temple
Photograph: Ashwini Bhatia/AP

Baghdad, Iraq
Shia Muslims participate in a mourning ritual at Sadr City during the Muslim month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the 7th-century killing of Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein
Photograph: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images

Vatican City
Bishops of the Greek-Catholic churches of Ukraine attend a eucharistic celebration on the solemnity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, presided over by Pope Leo XIV, in St Peter’s Basilica
Photograph: Maria Grazia Picciarella/Shutterstock

Tokyo, Japan
A senior member checks an honour guard standing in formation before the arrival of the prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, for a visit to the defence ministry
Photograph: Richard A Brooks/AFP/Getty Images

Manila, Philippines
Protesters pull barriers as they scuffle with riot police during a demonstration to express their dissatisfaction with Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s third year in office
Photograph: Francis R Malasig/EPA

Ukraine
A torchlit ceremony is held as new recruits are inducted into Ukraine’s 144th special operations centre, an elite combat unit operating across the frontline of the war with Russia
Photograph: Libkos/Getty Images

Gaza City, Gaza
Relatives of a Palestinian, who died as a result of an Israeli attack, attend his funeral ceremony
Photograph: Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu/Getty Images

Gaza City
A Palestinian woman reacts as she sits amid the rubble of Yaffa school in the Tuffah neighbourhood after overnight Israeli strikes
Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images
