Kyiv steeplejacks and surfing dogs: the weekend’s best photos

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  • Lisbon, Portugal

    A pilgrim dressed as Our Lady of Fátima attends the last day of World Youth Day at Parque Tejo

    A woman dressed in white robes makes a gesture of prayer with her hands
  • Falkirk, Scotland

    Visitors explore the Terceradix luminarium, an installation created by the arts organisation Architects of Air to celebrate its 30th anniversary

    A visitor to the Terceradix luminarium takes a photograph in a curved space reflecting multi-coloured light
  • Amsterdam, Netherlands

    People celebrate on a barge during the canal parade as part of the city’s Pride festivities

    People dressed in pink on a barge wave during the Pride Amsterdam canal parade
  • Kyiv, Ukraine

    Steeplejacks install the Ukrainian coat of arms on the shield of the Motherland monument, replacing the former Soviet Union’s coat of arms that was removed earlier this month

    Steeplejacks work to install the Ukrainian coat of arms on the shield at the top of the Motherland monument
  • Hiroshima, Japan

    A mother watches her child lay flowers in front of the cenotaph after a ceremony commemorating the victims of the 1945 atomic bomb

    A mother watches her child lay flowers in front of the memorial cenotaph in Hiroshima
  • Jakarta, Indonesia

    Players of the angklung, a traditional bamboo musical instrument, achieve the new Guinness world record for the largest ensemble performance using the instrument, with 15,110 participants

    A large crowd of people with angklungs in pink light
  • Belem, Para state, Brazil

    Raoni Metuktire, an Indigenous Brazilian leader, at Parque dos Igarapés before a summit of Amazon region countries

    Raoni Metuktire, an Indigenous Brazilian leader, wears a headdress as he stands in a wooded area
  • Tokyo, Japan

    A man rides a bicycle during light rain in the city’s Taito district

    A man with an umbrella covering him from the rain rides a bicycle along a street
  • Dambulla, Sri Lanka

    A toque macaque drinks water from a pond at the Sigiriya fortress

    A toque macaque walks at the edge of a pond
  • Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Modou Faye (third from the right) celebrates with fellow members of the Senegalese wrestling team at the Francophone Games

    A group of Senegalese wrestlers celebrate together at an outdoors venue
  • San Salvador, El Salvador

    Catholic faithful take part in the procession of Divino Salvador del Mundo, the patron saint of San Salvador

    People dressed in light blue and white robes carry a long float on their shoulders that is draped in flowers
  • Pacifica, California, US

    Carson catches a wave during the world dog surfing championship

    A dog with his owner behind him rides a small breaking wave on a surfboard
  • Drama, Slovenia

    A flooded sunflower field after heavy rainfall caused the Krka River to overflow

    Lines of partly submerged sunflowers in a flooded field
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