Theguardian_ The Guardian`s picture editors select photographs from around the world
San Francisco, US
Sea lions are seen on rafts along Pier 39
Photograph: Godofredo A Vásquez/AP
Agassiz, Canada
A young girl runs between rows of flowers at the Harrison tulip festival in British Columbia
Photograph: Canadian Press/Rex/Shutterstock
Hong Kong, China
Air conditioning units on an apartment building. Parts of Asia are experiencing a record-breaking heatwave
Photograph: Dale de la Rey/AFP/Getty Images
Jerusalem
Christians from around the world walk the Via Dolorosa on Orthodox Good Friday
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Vatican City
Pope Francis arrives for an audience
Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP
Weymouth, UK
Local election votes are counted at the Redlands leisure and community park
Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
Blackpool, UK
Keir Starmer celebrates after Labour’s Chris Webb was declared winner in the Blackpool South byelection
Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA
Beijing, China
Crowds gather at the city’s annual car show
Photograph: Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images
Rafah, Gaza Strip
World Central Kitchen volunteers cook food for displaced Palestinians
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Toronto, Canada
Models present creations at the city’s 2024 fashion week
Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock
Odawara, Japan
People take part in a parade during the Hojo Godai festival
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Paris, France
Members of Palestine Action Committee talk to journalists outside the Institute of Political Studies, which students have occupied in protest against the war in Gaza
Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images
Khan Younis, Gaza Strip
Two displaced Palestinian children sit among the rubble of buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Tallinn, Estonia
A bee-fly feeds on flower nectar in a forest outside the capital
Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP
Manila, Philippines
A man walks past children cooling off in a paddling pool set up on a street during the city’s heatwave
Photograph: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images
Maracaibo, Venezuela
The opposition leader María Corina Machado greets supporters at a rally
Photograph: Henry Chirinos/EPA
The Hague, Netherlands
Star Wars fans dressed as stormtroopers at a cinema where all nine official parts of the film series will be shown in a 24-hour marathon
Photograph: Phil Nijhuis/EPA
Antalya, Turkey
A peacock displays as a rabbit lollops past it
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images