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Pictures of the day

Pictures of the day

  • 1/30 Tribute

    A man stands in front of a fountain illuminated with the colours of the United Kingdom flag

    AFP/Getty Images

  • 2/30 Lockdown

    Soldiers entering the Palace of Westminster

    Alex Lentati

  • 3/30 Rescue

    Forest officials try to rescue an injured elephant who fell into a pond at the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, India

    Reuters

  • 4/30 Solemn

    Pope Francis talks to US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania during a private audience at the Vatican

    REUTERS

  • 5/30 A nation mourns

    Tributes left outside St Ann's Church in Manchester, the morning after a suicide bomber killed at least 22 people

    Ben Birchall/PA

  • 6/30 Flowering fashion

    A visitor takes a photo during the press preview at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show at the Royal Hospital Chelsea

    Victoria Jones/PA

  • 7/30 Coming through

    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn with former Labour deputy prime minister John Prescott during on the General Election campaign trail in Hull

    Chris Radburn/PA

  • 8/30 Devilish lights

    A light sculpture resembling a Tasmanian devil is displayed during a preview of the Vivid Sydney at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia

    Wendell Teodoro/EPA

  • 9/30 Winging it

    British wingsuit pilot Fraser Corsan who is looking to break four records - including becoming the fastest daredevil in the world - as he leaps from more than 40,000ft (12,200m)

    Project Cirrus/PA

  • 10/30

    Julian Assange's cat sits at the window of Ecuador's embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is taking refuge

    Peter Nicholls/Reuters

  • 11/30

    Monkeys leap into a pond on a hot day in Allahabad

    AFP/Getty Images

  • 12/30

    Villagers look on as Mount Sinabung volcano spews thick volcanic ash, as seen from Beganding village in Karo, North Sumatra province

    AFP/Getty Images

  • 13/30

    A steam locomotive 99 1782-4 from the year 1953 pulls on a passenger train through a blooming rape field near Posewald on the island Ruegen, northern Germany

    AFP/Getty Images

  • 14/30 Strike a pose

    Bella Hadid poses during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival

    Getty Images

  • 15/30 Sorry. Beach is full

    A woman looks at cows on the Mare e Sol beach in Coti-Chiavari, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. A herd of 30 wild cattle take up their summer residence on stretch of beach each year

    AFP/Getty Images

  • 16/30 Corking idea

    The Cork Studio owned by Tom Hardy from London has been shortlisted in the Eco category in the 2017 Shed of the Year competition

    PA

  • 17/30 Water record

    Channel 4 radio host Stu Tolan broadcast from the bottom of The Ambassador Lagoon at Atlantis, The Palm, in Dubai for a world record 5 hours, 25 minutes and 25 seconds

  • 18/30 Peek-a-boo

    A Great Crested Grebe nurses two young on its back in Blackwall Basin, London

    Victoria Jones/P

  • 19/30 Gettin Jiggy Wit It

    Director Pedro Almodovar, Jury President of the 70th Cannes Film Festival, and Jury members Jessica Chastain and Will Smith pose ahead of the event opening

    Reuters

  • 20/30 Rolling out the red carpet

    Staff members lay out the red carpet outside the Palais des Festivals in the southeastern French city of Cannes

    AFP/Getty Images

  • 21/30 Owww, watch where you stick that thing

    Paramilitary guards shout during a welcoming ceremony for Argentine President Mauricio Macri outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing

    AFP/Getty Images

  • 22/30 Heads down and concentrate in the front row!

    Prime Minister Theresa May met pupils of Nishkam Primary School in Birmingham. Nishkam Primary School is a Sikh ethos, multi-faith school for girls and boys aged 4 to 11 years

    Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

  • 23/30 Making Daisy smile

    Prince William attaches a name tag to sixc-year-old patient Daisy Wood, during a visit to the Royal Marsden hospital in Sutton. During the visit, which marks 10 years since His Royal Highness became President of the centre, The Duke accompanied staff as they went about their daily activities in treating and caring for patients

    Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

  • 24/30 New plan to double the number of Lib Dems

    Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron leaves the Royal College of Nursing conference at Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre following a General Election campaign visit

    Gareth Fuller/PA

  • 25/30 Tower tradition

    The captain and his shore party of the HMS Richmond are accompanied by Yeoman Warders as they march through the Tower of London to take part in the ancient ceremony of the Constable's Dues, in which they presented a barrel of wine

    Victoria Jones/PA

  • 26/30 Battling babies

    Sumo wresters hold up crying babies in front of a referee clad in a traditional costume during a "Baby-cry Sumo" event at the Kamegaike-Hachiman Shrine in Sagamihara, Kanagawa prefecture

    AFP/Getty Images

  • 27/30 No pitch invasion allowe here

    Members of the Korean People's Army cheer North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, showing more restraint than the Spurs fans who ran on to the White Hart Lane pitch after the final game there on Sunday

    KCNA/Reuters

  • 28/30

    Bob McKee, of Owasso, sits in a chair from his recreational vehicle among the remains of his shed after taking storm damage in Owasso

    Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP

  • 29/30

    Ferrari driver Fabio Barone and his Ferrari 458 Italia competes against a Roman chariot drawn by two horses on "Ben Hur" movie set at Cinecitta World amusement park

    AFP/Getty Images

  • 30/30

    Rihanna arrives at the Dior Cruise Show at the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve in in Calabasas, California

    Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP

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