06-05-2025
Hong Kong's Bun festival and Seoul martial arts: photos of the day
People clad in traditional military attire take part in a Joseon-era martial arts performance Photograph: Yonhap/EPA
A man fires a rifle loaded with blanks during a parade honouring the battle of Puebla, which commemorates the clash between Mexican and French troops in 1862 Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images
Police officers take part in Cops Combat, a nationwide martial arts competition to help improve self-defence skills Photograph: Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters
A boy performs a lion dance at the Piu Sik parade during celebrations of the Bun festival at Cheung Chau Island Photograph: Bertha Wang/EPA
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden stops to pick up an Icelandic flag to hand it to Iceland's president, Halla Tómasdóttir, at the inner courtyard of the royal palace Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images
Demi Moore arrives on the red carpet at the 2025 Met Gala celebrating the opening of Superfine: Tailoring Black Style at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Photograph: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Flamingos walk through Lake Mogan as they stop at the wetlands during their migration Photograph: Hamit Yalcin/Anadolu/Getty Images
East Timorese cardinal Virgílio do Carmo da Silva gestures to members of the press as he arrives for a congregation meeting Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/AFP/Getty Images
A large plume of smoke rises after explosions at a fuel depot Photograph: Khalid Abdelaziz/Reuters
A person takes a picture of a projection of names of victims of the bombing of Rotterdam. The installation runs until 14 May, the date that marks 85 years since the Germans bombed the city Photograph: Robin van Lonkhuijsen/EPA
Workers carry official sealed ballots for storage at city hall in Quezon City, as about 68 million Filipinos are expected to cast their votes for upcoming elections with 18,000 government positions to fill Photograph: Rolex dela Peña/EPA
Voting cards for the election of German chancellor at the Bundestag Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/EPA
Palestinian baby Yusuf al-Najjar receives treatment for severe malnutrition at al-Nasser hospital Photograph: Doaa Albaz/Anadolu/Getty Images
Emergency services tackle a blaze at the site of a Russian drone strike on the Barabashovo market
Photograph: Sergey Kozlov/EPA
