Geishas, Dunkirk ships and an elephant's new home: photos of the day
An elephant arrives at its new home in Mazatlán after being transported from the Ostok sanctuary near Culiacán, where there has been regional violence Photograph: Félix Márquez/AP
A lion dance troupe prepare for a performance at the Erawan Shrine Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
A paddleboarder passes a ship in the waters off Crane Cove Park Photograph: Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle/AP
Naomi Campbell arrives for a screening of Fuori at the Cannes film festival Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
A lioness is carried to a transport cage at the Ostok sanctuary Photograph: Félix Márquez/AP
A flotilla of 'little ships' sail out of Kent at the start of Dunkirk 85, a commemorative cruise to Dunkirk to mark the 85th anniversary of Operation Dynamo Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Demonstrators hold portraits of almost 200 detainees who disappeared during the country's last military dictatorship in 1973-1985 Photograph: Dante Fernandez/AFP/Getty Images
Pope Leo XIV arrives for his first weekly general audience in St Peter's Square Photograph: Angelo Carconi/EPA
Geishas rehearse at the Shinbashi Enbujo theatre before the 100th Azuma Odori festival Photograph: Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images
Right to roam campaigners outside the supreme court before a ruling on whether the public has a legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor without landowner permission Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Army soldiers demonstrate use of an artillery gun Photograph: Mukesh Gupta/AFP/Getty Images
Military chaplains attend a joint prayer for victory and fair peace for Ukraine Photograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
Relatives of people killed in Israeli attacks mourn at Nasser hospital Photograph: Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu/Getty Images
People carry a body from the site of an Israeli strike on a house
Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters
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