Global Highlights in Photos
Competitors splash each other during the dragon boat festival in Hong Kong. Photograph: Chan Long Hei/AP
Selected by Natasha Rees-Bloor
Fri 19 Jun 2026 08.46 EDT Last modified on Fri 19 Jun 2026 10.25 EDT
Boston, US
Norway fans, who are in the city for the World Cup, pretend to row a Viking longship. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images
Makerfield, UK
Andy Burnham celebrates his byelection win for Labour in the constituency in northern England. Photograph: Mark Waugh/The Guardian
Southampton, UK
Two of Europe’s largest quay cranes, standing nearly 150 metres (500ft) high, arrive at DP World’s Southampton port. Photograph: Handout
Mumbai, India
People sleep on Versova beach during a heatwave. Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images
Sarangani, Philippines
A coral bed exposed by coastal uplift caused by an earthquake. Photograph: Ferdinandh Cabrera/AFP/Getty Images
Ascot, UK
Racegoers change from flip-flops to heels as they arrive for a day at the races. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
Vendsyssel, Denmark
Firefighters and others attempt to corral pigs that escaped from an overturned livestock lorry. Photograph: Martin Damgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images
Rabat, Morocco
Horsemen perform tbourida, a centuries-old equestrian martial art. Photograph: Abdel Majid Bziouat/AFP/Getty Images
Hong Kong, China
Competitors splash each other during the dragon boat festival. Photograph: Chan Long Hei/AP
Colombo, Sri Lanka
A health worker fumigates an area as part of a mosquito control programme. Photograph: Thilina Kaluthotage/Reuters
Hebron, West Bank
Israeli soldiers fire teargas at Palestinians protesting against an illegal settlement. Photograph: Mussa Qawasma/Reuters
Gaza City, Gaza Strip
Children play in a damaged building near their displacement camp. Photograph: Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini/Anadolu/Getty Images
Tyre, Lebanon
A woman sits in the rubble of a home destroyed in an Israeli airstrike. Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
