Cardboard boat races and a rite of passage: the weekend’s best photos

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  • Canary Islands, Spain

    A helicopter drops water on a wildfire advancing through a forest towards the town of Pinolere, in Tenerife

    A helicopter flying above a thickly wooded area  drops water as smoke billows into the air
  • Budapest, Hungary

    Spot the baton: the Dutch athlete Femke Bol falls to the ground as Alexis Holmes of the US runs to victory in the mixed 4x400m relay final at the World Athletics Championships

    A female athlete with her arms stretched out in front of her falls to the ground as another runs past her in a crowded stadium
  • Donetsk, Ukraine

    A Ukrainian serviceman of the 53rd brigade fires a rocket towards a Russian frontline position

    A partly camouflaged soldier standing between bushes fires a rocket launcher balanced on his shoulder
  • London, UK

    Festivalgoers enjoy a performance at the Field Day electronic music event in Victoria Park

    Hundreds of people stand next to a stage underneath two arching structures
  • Navarra, Spain

    A bull hits a participant, called a mozo, in the Pilón running of the bulls on a hill near the town of Falces. The bull run is held on an 800-metre downhill mountain trail with a rock wall on one side of the path and a cliff on the other

    A bull knocks over two men dressed in white and red on a mountain path
  • Ukiah, California, US

    William Tomkovic collects his thoughts after walking away uninjured after making an emergency landing of a Cessna plane

    A man rests his head against the tail of a plane in a vineyard
  • Sant Climent, Spain

    A horse with a rider, or caixer, rears up during the traditional jaleo at the Sant Climent festival

    A crowd surrounds a horse as it rears up
  • Lipica, Slovenia

    A member of an acrobatic riding school performs at the Lipica international historical equestrian gala

    A rider on a horse holds up a flag while performing in a spotlight
  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    A fan waves a flag with an image of Brazil’s forward Neymar during his unveiling as a new player for Al-Hilal at the King Fahd International Stadium

    A fan waves a flag bearing the image of a football player with the number 10 in a crowded stadium
  • Yogyakarta, Indonesia

    People look at an art installation created by the US artist Brian Donnelly, also known as Kaws, at the Prambanan Temple, one of the largest Hindu temples in south-east Asia and a Unesco world heritage site

    People stand around a large sculpture of a pink rabbit-like figure lying down and covering its eye with its hands
  • Honolulu, Hawaii

    Surfers at Kūhiō beach throw flowers into the water during a community paddle-out, organised by the nonprofit organisation Nā Kama Kai, for those affected by the Maui wildfires

    People sit on surfboards in the sea next to flowers on the surface of the water
  • California, US

    A helicopter travels south along the coast at sunset as Hurricane Hilary approaches the beach town of Del Mar

    A helicopter flies over a beach in intense red and orange light
  • New York, US

    A model walks along the Edge observation deck in the city’s Hudson Yards district on World Photography Day

    A woman in a pink dress and high heels walks on the roof of a skyscraper looking out over New York's skyline
  • Kochi, India

    Performers wait to take part in a procession marking Atham, the first day of the 10-day long Onam harvest festival

    Three people wearing colourful costumes and headdresses stand together as crowds stand on a raised platform behind them
  • Budapest, Hungary

    The US athlete Taliyah Brooks competes in the women’s heptathlon long jump at the World Athletics Championships

    A female athlete mid-jump stretches out her arms and legs in a crowded stadium
  • Blind Bay, Canada

    A bald eagle carries a fish in air filled with smoke from wildfires

    An eagle flies while holding a fish in its talons in a pale orange-yellow sky
  • London, UK

    The musician Arca plays on the main stage at the Field Day festival in Victoria Park

    A woman performs on stage with flowers in front of her and pink light behind her
  • Chernihiv, Ukraine

    A man walks across a square outside the theatre building where seven people were killed and more than 140 injured in Russian shelling

    A wounded man in a bloodstained shirt walks across a square outside a theatre building
  • Salem, Massachusetts, US

    Competitors race in the Great Salem Maritime Cardboard Boat Regatta during the Salem Merry-time festival.

    A man with a boy paddles a Norse-style cardboard boat as a crowd looks on from a quay
  • Kilgoris, Kenya

    Young Maasai men confront an elder as part of the Eunoto ceremony, a rite of passage that marks the transition to adulthood as junior elders

    A group of young Maasai men waving sticks move around an older man in a hat
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