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The Guardian
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Wimbledon, fireworks and a giant flower: photos of the day
Participants attend the traditional Alarde parade during festivities in the Basque Country commemorating the victory of Irun's troops over French invaders in 1522 Photograph: Juan Herrero/EPA Greenpeace activists hang from the Las Setas building in protest about the International Conference on Financing for Development Photograph: Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters People run across the beach at first light to board a small boat arriving from further down the coast Photograph: Marcin Nowak/Anadolu/Getty Images Children play on top of sandbags piled high to reinforce a damaged dyke Photograph: Francis R Malasig/EPA An Icelandic horse drinks from a water hose at a stud farm Photograph: Michael Probst/AP Visitors crowd around a titan arum plant, measuring 2.36 metres high, as it blooms in the city's botanical garden Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images People compete in the 63rd historical Cali oil wrestling tournament, an event that featured more than 800 contestants Photograph: Mustafa Yilmaz/Anadolu/Getty Images Litter covers the ground as a festivalgoer walks past the Pyramid Stage at the end of the festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images People take part in the regional donkey contest, one of the most traditional and representative festivals of Boyacá culture Photograph: Juancho Torres/Anadolu/Getty Images A fisher weaves specialised pocket nets for catching hilsa fish, on the banks of the Karnaphuli River Photograph: Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock Tourists flock to visit the Louis, Louis Vuitton's new flagship store shaped like a ship that houses retail, dining and cultural experiences Photograph: VCG/Getty Images Spectators wearing strawberry hats queue for entry on the opening day of the 2025 Wimbledon Tennis Championships Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA Spectators throw confetti from a third-floor apartment window along Yonge Street overlooking the parade during the Pride festival Photograph: Mike Campbell/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Nursery children take part in a flag-raising ceremony at a school, before the 28th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China from Britain Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters Fireworks explode over Castel Sant'Angelo to mark the Feast of Rome's patron saints Peter and Paul Photograph: Valentina Stefanelli/AP The Dalai Lama watches a musical performance at an event celebrating his 90th birthday at the Tsuglakhang temple Photograph: Ashwini Bhatia/AP Shia Muslims participate in a mourning ritual at Sadr City during the Muslim month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the 7th-century killing of Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein Photograph: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images Bishops of the Greek-Catholic churches of Ukraine attend a eucharistic celebration on the solemnity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, presided over by Pope Leo XIV, in St Peter's Basilica Photograph: Maria Grazia Picciarella/Shutterstock A senior member checks an honour guard standing in formation before the arrival of the prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, for a visit to the defence ministry Photograph: Richard A Brooks/AFP/Getty Images Protesters pull barriers as they scuffle with riot police during a demonstration to express their dissatisfaction with Ferdinand Marcos Jr's third year in office Photograph: Francis R Malasig/EPA A torchlit ceremony is held as new recruits are inducted into Ukraine's 144th special operations centre, an elite combat unit operating across the frontline of the war with Russia Photograph: Libkos/Getty Images Relatives of a Palestinian, who died as a result of an Israeli attack, attend his funeral ceremony Photograph: Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu/Getty Images A Palestinian woman reacts as she sits amid the rubble of Yaffa school in the Tuffah neighbourhood after overnight Israeli strikes Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images
BBC News
20-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'No accommodation booked or even needed... we'll be celebrating!'
We asked you to tell us how you're travelling to Bilbao for Wednesday's Europa League final against Manchester head of UK football policing, Chief Constable Mark Roberts, told BBC Sport that between 50,000 to 80,000 could be travelling to the Spanish city for the are some of your replies:Nathan: We're flying out tomorrow morning from Bournemouth to Carcassonne, then driving to Irun, where our hotel is. Then we move on to Bilbao from there. Hoping to be in Bilbao by 15:00-16:00. Tristen: 07:15 flight tomorrow morning, then a 16:00 flight back on Thursday. No accommodation booked or I guess even needed - bars and clubs after the game till the early hours celebrating our win, then a coffee shop to wake myself up and sit in the sun till our flight home. With my daughter, Darcey.
