A jubilee pageant and glowing balloons: the weekend’s best photos – The Guardian

May 29, 2022

Durham, UK

People take part in the Durham Pride parade, which made its way through the city centre before reaching the Sands riverside where live music entertained the crowds

Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images
Monaco

Spectators wait in the rain for the start of the Monaco Formula One street circuit Grand Prix

Photograph: Sébastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images
Wembley, north London

Nottingham Forest fans outside the stadium before the play-off match against Huddersfield Town

Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters
London, UK

The start line for RideLondon 2022 at sunrise

Photograph: Adam Warner for London Marathon Events/PA
Paris, France

In this photograph taken with a tilt-shift lens, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic plays a backhand return to Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman during their men’s singles match on day eight of the Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament at the Court Suzanne Lenglen

Photograph: Julien de Rosa/AFP/Getty Images
Jerusalem

An Israeli police officer stands guard as people carry national flags by the Damascus gate to Jerusalem’s Old city

Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Soldiers stand guard behind barriers as protesters gather during the 50th day of anti-government protests demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country’s crippling economic crisis

Photograph: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images
Madrid, Spain

Real Madrid supporters react in a bar during the Uefa Champions League final football match between Liverpool and Real Madrid taking place at the Stade de France in Paris

Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images
Kharkiv, Ukraine

A view of a shelled area of Vilkhivka, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine

Photograph: Iván Alvarado/Reuters
Beijing, China

People order takeaway ice-cream after inside restaurant dining was prohibited owing to Covid-19 outbreaks. China is trying to contain a spike in coronavirus cases in Beijing after hundreds of people tested positive for the virus in recent weeks

Photograph: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Isle of Wight, UK

Balloons light up as they are tethered to the ground during the night glow at the Isle of Wight balloon festival at Robin Hill Country Park

Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA
Gwacheon, South Korea

An election official checks CCTV camera footage of places where ballot boxes for last week’s early voting for the 1 June local elections are in storage at an office of the National Election Commission

Photograph: YONHAP/EPA
Paris, France

A dejected Mo Salah of Liverpool walks past the trophy at the presentation ceremony after the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade De France

Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
Shanghai, China

Workers wearing personal protective equipment cycle on a street during a coronavirus lockdown in Jing’an district

Photograph: Héctor Retamal/AFP/Getty Images
Seoul, South Korea

A aerial view of the audience at the Seoul jazz festival 2022 at Olympic Park

Photograph: YONHAP/EPA
Paris, France

Liverpool fans wait outside the Stade de France before the Champions League final

Photograph: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Hundreds of wooden boats resemble flowers as they fan out around their moorings in Dhaka’s river port. The boats, decorated with colourful patterned rugs, are ready to transport workers from the outskirts of the city to their jobs in the centre

Photograph: Mustasinur Rahman Alvi/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
London, UK

Members of the Mahogany carnival group rehearse for their performance at the platinum jubilee pageant, at Queens Park Community School, in north London. Britain is getting ready to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne this week with four days of pomp and pageantry

Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP