A protest in Venice and galaxies in space: photos of the day
A Palestinian man mourns as others transport bodies of people killed in strikes on Jabalia a day earlier, at al-Shifa hospital Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images
A Palestinian girl reacts as people queue at a food distribution point. The Israeli blockade imposed in early March amid an impasse in truce negotiations has produced famine-like conditions across Gaza, according to rights groups Photograph: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images
Members of the Iranian Red Crescent Society place flowers and petals on a Red Crescent vehicle that was attacked during an Israeli airstrike on 19 June in Tehran. Israel and Iran have been exchanging fire since Israel launched strikes across Iran on 13 June as part of Operation 'Rising Lion' Photograph: EPA
Debris at the site of an apartment building hit during Russian drone and missile strikes Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters
People take shelter in a metro station during a Russian drone and missile attack Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters
Firefighters tackle a blaze at a multifamily home in the Bronx, which spread to two adjacent properties. Fourteen people were hospitalized including one firefighter, who remains in critical condition Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Mahmoud Khalil in front of Columbia University after delivering a press conference two days after his release from custody. Khalil, one of the most prominent leaders of US pro-Palestinian campus protests, pledged to keep campaigning. A legal permanent resident in the United States who is married to a US citizen and has a US-born son, Khalil had been in custody since March facing potential deportation Photograph: Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images
Members of the public walk past the exterior of Invesco's offices after they are left covered with red paint following an action by Palestine Action. The activists accuse Invesco of supporting what they say is a Palestinian genocide in Gaza by investing in companies that supply arms to Israel. Members of the campaign group have called an emergency demonstration as Yvette Cooper reportedly prepares to proscribe the group, which would make it unlawful to join the organization Photograph:A bereaved person prays in front of the Cornerstone of Peace at the Peace Memorial Park in Okinawa prefecture, as Japan marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa Photograph: Haruna Furuhashi/AP
A large banner against Jeff Bezos is placed by Greenpeace Italy activists along with others in St Mark's Square, in advance of the expected wedding of the Amazon founder and Lauren Sánchez Photograph: Yara Nardi/Reuters
A small section of NSF-DOE Vera C Rubin observatory's total view of the Virgo cluster. Visible are two prominent spiral galaxies (lower right), three merging galaxies (upper right), several groups of distant galaxies, many stars in the Milky Way and more Photograph: NSF-DOE Vera C Rubin Observatory/AFP/Getty Images
Enrique Vega sits on his horse with his daughters Valentina and Carolina as his wife, Juliana, holds an American flag at the Human Rights Unity Ride, protesting the controversial ongoing federal immigration raids in Los Angeles county, California Photograph:Kraftwerk perform during Forever Now festival at the National Bowl Photograph:Spencer Duarte (in yellow) being tackled by members of the public after snatching a phone. Spencer, 28, of Saffron Walden, admitted one count of theft at Inner London crown court Photograph: City of London Police/PA
The Herds, in which life-size animal puppets fleeing climate breakdown have visited cities on a 20,000km (12,400-mile) trip from Africa to the Arctic Circle, arrives in the French capital, with 100 puppeteers giving life to 40 animals. Their journey ends in Trondheim on 30 July
Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian
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'Regime change' is only solution in Iran, Shah's son says
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