Planting coral, drying carpets, and Stormzy: photos of the day – Friday

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  • London, UK

    Spectators sit in the stands on day five of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

    People sit shoulder to shoulder in tiered rows with not an empty seat in sight. Out of focus in the foreground, a tennis ball appears to hang in the air
  • Antalya, Turkey

    A child runs between handwoven carpets laid out in the open fields in scorching temperatures

    A child runs between colourful carpets laid out in open fields overlooked by mountains in the distance under a blue sky
  • Silverstone, UK

    Formula One fans cheer at a practice session ahead of Sunday’s British Grand Prix

    A crowd of people pressing against barriers hold up phone cameras and look towards someone or something out of frame. Some of them are wearing hats in the colours of different F1 teams
  • Washington DC, US

    Donald Trump leaves the White House as he heads to a rally in Iowa

    Donald Trump in a blue suit and white baseball cap walks between white pillars. A security agent in a suit and sunglasses stands looking away from Trump
  • Gaza City

    A Palestinian man looks down at damaged residential buildings after an Israeli airstrike

    A man sits in a damaged building looking out at other damaged buildings
  • Tel Aviv, Israel

    People sit on a beach near a banner calling for hostages held by Hamas to be saved

    People sit or walk on a sandy, sunny beach. In the distance there is a large banner with the words ‘Save them’
  • London, UK

    A Palestine Action supporter protests outside the Royal Courts of Justice before a hearing on whether the government can ban the group

    A man displays the Palestine Action logo on a phone
  • Roskilde, Denmark

    The British singer FKA Twigs performs on the Arena stage at Roskilde festival

    FKA Twigs in an all-black outfit holding a microphone to her mouth under stage lights
  • Kyiv, Ukraine

    Firefighters work at the site of a Russian drone and missile strike

    Firefighters walk towards flames. There are long hoses trailed on the ground
  • Kyiv, Ukraine

    People shelter in a metro station during an air raid

    People of all ages sit or lie down inside a Kyiv metro station
  • Pattaya, Thailand

    Transgender artists wait backstage before a performance to mark the 50th anniversary of Tiffany’s Show, regarded as the first and oldest transgender cabaret show in south-east Asia

     one has purple hair, one green and another pink and they are wearing brightly coloured outfits; another performer is wearing black
  • Miami, Florida

    Divers plant a crossbred coral species from Honduras to help Florida’s reefs become more resilient to climate change

    Scuba divers in black wetsuits plant brown coral on the seabed
  • Lille, France

    Soudal Quick-Step riders during a training session on the eve of the start of the 112th edition of the Tour de France

    Four riders in Soudal Quick-Step team colours pass the camera positioned behind daisies on the roadside
  • Beirut, Lebanon

    A man throws tomatoes at the Blom Bank building at a protest over continued restrictions on bank deposits that have been in place since 2019

    A man in civilian clothing throws a tomato, watched by a line of military personnel in camouflage gear
  • Roskilde, Denmark

    Stormzy performs on the Arena stage at Roskilde festival

    Stormzy in a black vest stands pointing and rapping into a microphone under a bright light
  • Kataragama, Sri Lanka

    Two Sri Lankan leopards play together in Yala national park, Sri Lanka’s most visited and second-largest national park

    Two leopards appear to be play-fighting; one is looking over its shoulder towards the camera
  • Pécs, Hungary

    Members of Brincadeira, a Spanish drumming group, perform their show Glowdrums at the Zsolnay light festival

    Drummers in black costumes that feature light displays; their drums also carry lights
  • Najaf, Iraq

    Shia Muslims gather ahead of Ashura, the holiest day on the Shia calendar. Large torches known as masha’al are lit each night during the first 10 days of Muharram as part of traditional Shia mourning rituals

    Optical illusion of a ring of light formed by moving torches, surrounded by a crowd
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