EU parliament elections and student protests: photos of the day – Monday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

Main image: Visitors inspect a display at Art Basel in Switzerland. Photograph: Georgios Kefalas/EPA

  • Deir al-Balah, Gaza

    Relatives mourn Palestinians who were killed in Israeli attacks at the morgue of Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital
    A woman weeps over three body bags in Gaza

  • Gaza City, Gaza

    Palestinian Amjad Al-Qanoo, a three-year-old child whose health is deteriorating due to malnutrition
    A woman looks at the camera as she holds a three-year-old child with malnutrition in Gaza

  • Tulle, France

    President Macron attends a memorial ceremony in Tulle, where 99 civilians were hanged by Nazis in June 1944. Macron dissolved the lower house of France’s parliament in a surprise announcement on Sunday, sending voters back to the polls in the coming weeks to choose lawmakers
    President Macron closes his eyes as he attends a memorial ceremony in France

  • Paris, France

    Jordan Bardella, president of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party, arrives at the party’s headquarters the day after its win in the European parliament vote and the announcement of early legislative elections in France
    Jordan Bardella, president of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party, smiles at the camera as he walks

  • Paris, France

    Students attend a demonstration to protest against the rise of far-right parties, in front of the Henri IV high school
    Students attend a demonstration to protest against the rise of far right parties in France

  • Rome, Italy

    Prime minister Giorgia Meloni speaks following the announcement of the partial results of the European parliament elections
    Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni speaks from a lectern in front of a screen that reads: 'GRAZIE!'

  • Berlin, Germany

    Ursula von der Leyen, Christian Democrat (CDU) member and president of the European Commission, receives flowers from another member, Julia Kloeckner, as she sits alongside party leader, Friedrich Merz, the day after the EU parliament elections. The CDU won 30% of the vote yesterday, far ahead of the individual parties of Germany’s three-party coalition government
    Ursula von der Leyen, Christian Democrat (CDU) member and president of the European Commission, receives flowers from another member, Julia Kloeckner, as she sits alongside party leader Friedrich Merz

  • Lisbon, Portugal

    Supporters of the Portuguese Socialist party celebrate winning at the party electoral headquarters after the results of the European elections
    Supporters of the Portuguese Socialist party wave flags

  • Attecoube, Ivory Coast

    A woman pours water into a street littered with plastic waste in a commune in Abidjan
    A woman pours water into a street littered with plastic waste in Attecoube, Ivory Coast

  • Chicago, US

    Two graduates silently walk out in support of Palestinians during Northwestern University’s commencement at the United Center
    Two graduates walk away from a university presentation in Chicago, US

  • Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir

    The wreckage of a bus that fell into a deep gorge after being fired at by suspected militants. The bus was carrying pilgrims to the base camp of the famed Hindu temple Mata Vaishno Devi when it came under attack, killing at least nine people
    The wreckage of a bus amid trees in Jammu and Kashmir

  • Seonwon-myeon, South Korea

    A balloon attached to an object lands in a rice field in Ganghwa County, in the city of Incheon. North Korea sent hundreds of trash-carrying balloons over the border after Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister warned of further responses if South Korea keeps up its ‘psychological warfare’
    A balloon attached to an object lying in a rice field

  • Paris, France

    A tarpaulin covers the Moulin Rouge windmill for renovations after its collapse in April
    A tarpaulin illustrated with an image of the Moulin Rouge windmill in Paris, France covers scaffolding around the windmill itself

  • Strasbourg, France

    Soprano singer Benedetta Torre performs as Adalgisa during the dress rehearsal of the opera Norma by the Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini
    A young soprano singer, Benedetta Torre, in a red dress lies on a couch revealing a gun strapped to her thigh during the dress rehearsal of the opera Norma

  • Juazeiro, Brazil

    Revellers perform during the June festival, a Catholic tradition that celebrates the nativity of St John the Baptist, in Bahia
    A man and woman in jewelled and sequinned outfits dance in Juazeiro, Brazil

  • New York, US

    Chappell Roan performs at the Governors’ Ball held at Flushing Meadows in Queens
    A young woman in a Statue of Liberty crown sings into a microphone

  • Parika, Guyana

    Children play on the ropes of a ship docked on a beach in Parika
    Children play on the ropes of a ship docked on a beach in Parika, Guyana

  • Basel, Switzerland

    The World: A Moment in Time by US artist Allan McCollum is displayed at the international show Art Basel
    Basel, Switzerland The World: A Moment in Time by US artist Allan McCollum is displayed at the international show Art Basel

  • Montreal, Canada

    F1 fans brave the rain during the Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Quebec
    A crowd of F1 fans in waterproofs during the Canadian Grand Prix in Quebec
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