Plastic waste protest and England fans in Frankfurt: photos of the day – Thursday

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

Main image: Caracas, Venezuela A man dressed as president Nicolás Maduro’s character ‘Super Bigote’ (Super Mustache) dances during a rally in Caracas Photograph: Gabriela Oraa/AFP/Getty Images

  • Los Angeles, US

    People gather in Leimert Park to mark Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in Texas, which took place two years after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves elsewhere in the US
    A dancer performs outdoors watched by onlookers

  • Flint, US

    Bystanders in front of a Martin Luther King Jr mural watch a Juneteenth celebration parade in Michigan
    A group of adults and children stand in front of a large Martin Luther King Jr. mural. The mural shows him arm-in-arm with other people

  • Khan Younis, Gaza

    A Palestinian girl poses in a wedding dress found amid the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israeli bombardment
    A Palestinian girl wearing a white wedding dress stands in front of a large mound of rubble

  • Khan Younis, Gaza

    Palestinians make their way past destroyed buildings
    Palestinians on foot and in cars make their way along a road with destroyed buildings on both sides

  • Pyongyang, North Korea

    The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, sits in the passenger seat of a car driven by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in the garden of the Kumsusan state guesthouse
    Kim Jong-un sits smiling in the passenger seat while Vladimir Putin steers the car

  • Hanoi, Vietnam

    Members of the honour guard prepare for the welcome ceremony for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, hosted by Vietnam’s president, To Lam, at the Presidential Palace
    Members of the honour guard prepare for the welcome ceremony for Vladimir Putin

  • South China Sea

    China coastguard personnel appear to wield bladed weapons during an incident off Second Thomas Shoal, a submerged reef. The Philippine military said the Chinese coastguard rammed and boarded Filipino navy boats in a violent confrontation in which a Filipino sailor lost a thumb. China defended its actions, with its foreign ministry saying on Wednesday that ‘no direct measures’ were taken against Filipino personnel
    Coastguard onboard a boat appear to brandish weapons

  • Yekaterinburg, Russia

    US-Russian citizen Ksenia Karelina appears at the Sverdlovsk regional court in Yekaterinburg. Russia’s Federal Security Service says Karelina raised money for a Ukrainian organisation that was providing weapons, ammunition and other supplies to the Ukrainian military. Her boyfriend has said she made a single donation of about $50 to a Ukrainian organisation, according to media reports
    Ksenia Karelina sits behind a transparent screen at the Sverdlovsk regional court

  • London, England

    Sarah Finch, a Surrey resident and campaigner, speaks to the media outside the supreme court after a ruling that emissions created by burning fossil fuels need to be considered when granting planning permission for new drilling sites. Finch had challenged Surrey county council’s decision to allow the expansion of an oil well site at Horse Hill, near Horley, in 2019
    Sarah Finch speaks to media and camera crews outside the supreme court

  • Jakarta, Indonesia

    Members of Greenpeace display plastic waste from Unilever products as part of their ‘return to sender’ action in front of the company’s office in Tangerang, a suburb of Jakarta
    A member of Greenpeace stands with a large display of plastic waste and packaging

  • Caracas, Venezuela

    A man dressed as president Nicolás Maduro’s character ‘Super Bigote’ (Super Mustache) dances during a rally. Maduro will seek his third consecutive term in office in the presidential elections on 28 July
    A man dressed as Super Bigote (Super Mustache) in a red and blue costume dances in the middle of a crowd

  • Guilin, China

    An aerial photo shows flooded areas after storms in south-western Guangxi province
    An aerial photo shows flooded areas after storms

  • Saltstraumen, Norway

    The Norwegian prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, the Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, and the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, take a boat trip from Bodø harbour to Saltstraumen, as they meet to discuss civil and military cooperation
    People in hi-vis jackets on a boat

  • London, England

    Michael Gove, the levelling up secretary, speaks to members of his team while travelling on the Conservative campaign bus
    Michael Gove on the campaign bus

  • Frankfurt, Germany

    England fans gather in Romerberg Square before the Uefa Euro 2024 match between Denmark and England at the Frankfurt Arena
    England fans gather in Romerberg Square, decorated with flags

  • Ascot, England

    Racegoers arrive for day three of Royal Ascot in Berkshire
    Racegoers dressed up in dresses and hats cross a road as they arrive for day three of Royal Ascot

  • Monterrey, Mexico

    People run for shelter as tropical storm Alberto, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, arrives
    Two people run down a street in torrential rain

  • Frankfurt, Germany

    A man rides his bike on a small road on the outskirts of Frankfurt before sunrise
    A man rides his bike on a small road on the outskirts of Frankfurt before an orange sunrise
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