Race day, a Royal show and a drone world record: photos of the day
DJ Próvaí, centre, member of hip-hop group Kneecap, arrives at Westminster magistrates court on the day fellow bandmember Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, better known as Mo Chara, appears in court over a terrorism charge in relation to the alleged display of a Hezbollah flag onstage in 2024 Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Reuters
People hold portraits of Prime Minister Hun Manet during a 'Solidarity March' on the streets of the capital in support of the government's decision to deploy the army at the disputed Thai-Cambodian border region Photograph: Kith Serey/EPA
Relatives mourn at the funeral of Chetna Chawda and her husband Ranvir Singh Chawda, who died in the Air India plane crash Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters
Farmers transport harvested lychees to sell to traders at a wholesale market Photograph: Nhac Nguyen/AFP/Getty Images
Racegoers arrive on the second day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting Photograph: John Walton/PA
An Anatolian ground squirrel foraging in the steppes Photograph: Harun Ozalp/Anadolu/Getty Images
Cattle are washed ahead of the Royal Highland Show Photograph: JeffThe view from Kawalelo village as Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki spews smoke and volcanic ash Photograph: Floriana Jijiana J Tobin/Reuters
A drone light show sets a new Guinness World Record for the largest aerial image formed by 11,787 drones Photograph: Li Hongbo/VCG/Getty Images
A Pieris rapae butterfly flies towards a flower in a field Photograph: Sébastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images
A protester wears a Donald Trump mask during a rally against the US president's policy on South Korea Photograph: Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA
People light candles in the main park, during a rally to demand an end to violence in the country Photograph: Ernesto Guzman/EPA
A firefighter works at the site of a building hit by a Russian drone strike Photograph: Reuters
Boys mourn during the funeral of a Palestinian man who was killed a day earlier by Israeli fire while seeking food aid Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images
People carrying sacks of flour walk along al-Rashid street after humanitarian aid trucks reportedly entered the northern Gaza Strip through the Israeli-controlled Zikim border crossing Photograph: Bashar Taleb/AFP/Getty Images
Friends and family mourn over the victims of an Iranian missile attack which destroyed a three-storey building in the northern Arab-Israeli city
Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images
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