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Fire festival and a room of balloons: photos of the weekend

Members of the Jimbaran Indigenous community take part in a 6km procession from their villages to Uluwatu Temple as part of the Mepinton ceremony Photograph: Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty Images A US flag is waved in the crowd as Pope Leo XIV appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election Photograph: Bernat Armangué/AP A boy plays in water from a broken fire hydrant as spring heat breaks temperature records Photograph: Ringo Chiu/SOPA Images/Shutterstock People interact with balloons in the artist Martin Creed's installation Half the Air in a Given Space (2025), where half the air of a Grade II-listed former Methodist church is filled with hundreds of white balloons Photograph: Guy Bell/Alamy Live News A man during a march by mothers and relatives of missing persons demanding that the government clarify their disappearances Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images Protesters block a main road demanding a ban on the ousted Awami League political party Photograph: Abu Sufian Jewel/Zuma/Shutterstock Malta's Miriana Conte poses on the turquoise carpet during the opening ceremony of the 69th Eurovision song contest Photograph: Peter Schneider/EPA The Albanian prime minister, Edi Rama, the leader of the Socialist party, speaks to members of the media after voting during parliamentary elections Photograph: Florion Goga/Reuters Dancers perform in the Progo River as Buddhist devotees release fish as part of a traditional life-release ritual held on the eve of Vesak Day Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images People hold national flags as they show their support for the Pakistan army, a day after the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan was announced Photograph: Arshad Arbab/EPA Performers hold fire during a procession at the Bealtaine fire festival, marking the beginning of summer at the Hill of Uisneach Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters Birds fly over polluted water during the Global Big Day, an annual event focused on birdwatching and citizen science Photograph: Enea Lebrun/Reuters Dancers chat after performing at a wedding Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP Participants at an event where the Senate president, Andrónico Rodríguez, was announced as a presidential candidate for the 2025 election in August Photograph: Luis Gandarillas/EPA An aerial view of fans of the Argentine series El Eternauta, who gathered at one of the show's filming locations to recreate the final scene, with some attendees dressed in character with costumes and replica weapons Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images