Paris fashion, Glastonbury and a new dinosaur: photos of the day
An injured person is carried to safety during a demonstration to mark the first anniversary of the Gen Z protests, which culminated with the storming of parliament. The 2024 protests were sparked by a controversial finance bill Photograph: EPA
Waves surge between building during high tide. An advisory warning of high tides in the Arabian Sea has been issued for this week Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP
Members of the Association of Recyclers of Bogotá stage a plastic bottle protests in against government neglect and difficult living conditions Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
MEPs and Amnesty International activists demonstrate in front of the European Parliament against Hungary's Pride ban Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA
The skeleton of an Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae goes on display at the Natural History Museum. The fossil, which is from the late Jurassic period, is that of a species new to science Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA
Devotees watch a man playing the drums as they take part in the annual celebration of San Juan Bautista Photograph: Ivan McGregor/Anadolu/Getty Images
Michael Eavis and his daughter Emily open the gates on the first day of the 2025 festival Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images
Revellers queue for entry on the first day of the festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
Models take to the runway during Jeanne Friot's ready-to-wear spring-summer 2026 collection show at Paris fashion week Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images
A taxidermist works on a Celebes crested macaque before the opening of the exhibition Monkeys: Our Primate Family, which is on at the National Museum of Scotland from 28 June to 30 November Photograph: Duncan McGlynn/National Museum of Scotland
Visitors walk past the Gum Wall in Pike Place Market. Sticking chewing gum around the Market theater originated in the 1990s and has now become a tourist attraction Photograph: Agustín Marcarian/Reuters
A person rows a boat carrying lotus roots through Dal Lake Photograph: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images
More than 80,000 people have fled their homes as severe flooding affects the south-west province of Guizhou Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images
Rescuers help those affected by a flash flood sparked by heavy rain. Several people were killed and others injured Photograph: EPA
Donald Trump, stands next to Keir Starmer as they gather with world leaders for a photo during the Nato summit Photograph: Ben Stansall/AP
The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, joins the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the European Council president, António Costa, on stage at the Nato summit Photograph: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
Police detain a protester during a rally against the Nato summit Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP
A child suffering from an autoimmune disease struggles to get food and medication after her family fled their home to a makeshift tent in Zeitoun Photograph: Hamza Z. H. Qraiqea/Anadolu/Getty Images
A child sits among the remains of a destroyed building as people in the Palestinian territory continue to struggle for shelter, food and clean water Photograph: Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini/Anadolu/Getty Images
Palestinians live in tents next to the rubble of buildings hit by Israeli attacks Photograph: Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini/Anadolu/Getty Images
Men sit inside the remains of their house during a US-mediated ceasefire between Iran and Israel
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