Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya
Kenyan rangers prepare to handle tranquillised Quintus, a three-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

Socotra, Yemen
Children play in the waves on the Yemeni island of Socotra
Photograph: Annika Hammerschlag/AP

Taicang, China
Containers stacked at a port in Jiangsu province
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Seoul, South Korea
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

Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Men dressed as human statues take part in a parade during the Long Night of Museums
Photograph: Juan Carlos Torrejon/EPA

London, UK
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

London, UK
The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, smile as they pose with the European Council president, António Costa, ahead of the UK-EU Summit at Lancaster House
Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters

Vatican City
Pope Leo XIV meets the US vice-president, JD Vance, at the Vatican
Photograph: Simone Risoluti/Reuters

Bangkok, Thailand
A Thai air force officer adjusts the cap of a member of an honour guard in preparation for the arrival of Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto at Government House
Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/AP
