French elections, LA pet fair and Coldplay: photos of the weekend

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

Main image: The Pyramid Stage crowd listening to Coldplay perform during day four of Glastonbury Festival 2024 at Worthy Farm, Pilton, England. Photograph: Joe Maher/Getty Images

  • Huntington Beach, US

    Cyclists participating in the 5th Annual Bicycle Cruise of Huntington Beach finish their ride on Main St. The parade of bikes kicks off a week of Fourth of July celebrations culminating in the largest fireworks show west of the Mississippi
    Cyclists participating in the 5th Annual Bicycle Cruise of Huntington Beach finish their ride on Main St

  • Cesenatico, Italy

    Fans wave flags during stage 2 of the Tour de France between Cesenatico and Bologne
    Fans wave flags during Stage 2 of the Tour de France between Cesenatico and Bologne

  • Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France

    French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron leaving voting booths with their ballot papers during the first round of the early French parliamentary elections. France held the first round of snap parliamentary elections on Sunday after Macron dissolved the national assembly on 9 June
    French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron leaving voting booths with their ballot papers

  • Parintins, Brazil

    A member of the Boi Bumba Garantido association performs during the Boi Bumba folklore festival at the Bumbodromo in Amazonas State. Parintins is well-known internationally for its festival, which lasts for three days in late June and whose themes, costumes, and songs are based on Indigenous cultures of the Amazon rainforest
    A woman in a huge feathered headdress performs during a folklore festival

  • Toretsk, Ukraine

    Ukrainians flee their homes with their belongings due to continued Russian attacks. As the Russian army intensifies shelling, residents in and around the town of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast, are forced to flee
    An older woman on a walking frame and an older man carrying bags leave their homes in Toretsk, Ukraine

  • London, UK

    Lila and Louis pose for a picture as they become the first girls to join the St Paul’s Cathedral Choir as full choristers in 900 years
    Lila and Louis pose for a picture as they become the first girls to join the St Paul’s Cathedral Choir as full choristers in 900 years

  • Polignano a Mare, Italy

    Maria Paula Quintero of Colombia dives from the 21.5-metre platform during the second competition day of the third stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series
    Maria Paula Quintero of Colombia in mid-air as she dives from the 21.5-metre platform during the second competition day of the third stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

  • Los Angeles, US

    A child touches a lizard at the LA pet fair in Pomona, California. The fair is held from 29 to 30 June
    A child touches a lizard at the LA pet fair in Pomona, California

  • Garches, France

    French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party president and lead MEP Jordan Bardella leaves a polling station after voting during the first round of parliamentary elections in suburb of Paris. A divided France is voting in high-stakes parliamentary elections that could see the anti-immigrant and eurosceptic party of Le Pen sweep to power in a historic first
    French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party president and lead MEP Jordan Bardella is asked for a selfie as he leaves a polling station after voting during the first round of parliamentary elections in suburb of Paris

  • Deir al-Balah, Gaza

    An injured child and the bodies of two dead Palestinians were brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital after Israeli warplanes bombed a house in Al-Bureij Camp in the central Gaza Strip
    A man carries a wounded and bandages child in his arms at al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza

  • Wicken Fen, UK

    National Nature Reserve (NNR) in Cambridgeshire is designated the UK’s newest dragonfly hotspot, one of only 23 in the country and the first in the care of the National Trust
    A dragonfly at Wicken Fen nature reserve in Cambridgeshire, England

  • İzmir, Türkiye

    Efforts to extinguish the wildfire continue as two hotels and many houses around the area are evacuated in Selçuk district. Strong winds caused the fire to spread through Kuşadası district
    Firefighters spray water at a wildfire in İzmir, Turkiye

  • Glastonbury, UK

    Members of the Birmingham Royal Ballet perform on the Pyramid Stage during day five of the Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm near Pilton in Somerset
    Members of the Birmingham Royal Ballet perform on the Pyramid Stage during day five of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm near Pilton in Somerset

  • Cheltenham, UK

    Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey takes part in a water aerobics class as he visits Sandford Parks Lido during campaigning for the UK general election. With less than a week to go before votes are cast, all the main political parties are out in force this weekend campaigning for votes
    Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey takes part in a water aerobics class as he visits Sandford Parks Lido, Cheltenham during campaigning for the UK general election

  • Tel Aviv, Israel

    Families of hostages and supporters march with photos of those held in the Gaza Strip during a demonstration calling for a hostages deal and against the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Saturday night anti-government protest have occurred weekly for months, amid calls by many Israelis for prime minister Netanyahu to prioritise the return of hostages held in Gaza over the defeat of Hamas
    Families of hostages and supporters march with photos of those held in the Gaza Strip during a demonstration calling for a hostages deal and against the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

  • Glastonbury, UK

    Chris Martin of Coldplay performs on Pyramid stage. Glastonbury Festival near Pilton in Somerset.
    Glastonbury, UKChris Martin of Coldplay performs on Pyramid stage. Glastonbury Festival near Pilton in Somerset.

  • Glastonbury, UK

    The Pyramid Stage crowd listening to Coldplay perform during day four of Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton in Glastonbury, England
    Glastonbury, UKThe Pyramid Stage crowd listening to Coldplay perform during day four of Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton in Glastonbury, England
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