Human statues in Bolivia and flowers at Chelsea – photos of the day: Monday
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy rangers prepare to handle tranquillised Quintus, a 3-year-old male white rhino, while carrying out a rhino ear-notching exercise on 40 sub-adult rhinos without existing marks. The work is aimed at improving individual identification and long-term monitoring of the species Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
Children play in the waves on the Yemeni island of Socotra Photograph: Annika Hammerschlag/AP
Containers stacked at a port Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Security personnel stand guard as Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea's Democratic party, arrives for an election campaign rally Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
Men dressed as human statues take part in a parade during the Long Night of Museums Photograph: Juan Carlos Torrejon/EPA
Chelsea pensioner Peter Wilson poses with a floral installation of a punk sporting a mohawk hairstyle, made of pampas grass, tropical blooms and preserved leaves by Ricky Paul Flowers at the Chelsea Flower Show Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA
Prime minister Keir Starmer and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen smile as they pose with European Council president António Costa, ahead of the UK-EU Summit at Lancaster House Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters
Pope Leo XIV meets with US vice-president JD Vance at the Vatican Photograph: Simone Risoluti/Reuters
A Thai air force officer adjusts the cap of a member of an honour guard in preparation for the arrival of Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto at the Government House
Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/AP
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