A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
A child takes a peek inside a booth at a polling station in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau. Europeans in 27 countries voted in elections that will have a wide impact across the EU and beyond. [ELENA COVALENCO/AFP]
Inmates being transferred to the mega-jail Cecot (Centre for the Confinement of Terrorism) in Tecoluca, El Salvador. President Nayib Bukele said another 2,000 gang members had been moved to the maximum-security jail. El Salvador now has the highest incarceration rate in the world. [Presidencia El Salvador via Getty Images]
A drone photo shows a night-time race held to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in Sanxi Village, Fuzhou, in China’s Fujian Province. The event, which holds deep cultural significance, serves as a means of prayer for bountiful harvests and an auspicious life. [Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock]
Another drone view shows fishermen unloading a net during the sardine run in Scottburgh, South Africa. [Rogan Ward/REUTERS]
A mother fans her child inside a tent at a camp for displaced people during a heatwave in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. [Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Getty Images]
Technicians adjust a dress during a press view of items on display for Vivienne Westwood: The Personal Collection at Christie’s auction house in London. Proceeds from the sale of the late designer’s collection will go to The Vivienne Foundation, Amnesty International, Médecins Sans Frontières and Greenpeace. [John Phillips/Getty Images]
People paraglide at sunset at Devil’s Dyke on the South Downs, Sussex, England. [David Burr/Alamy]
Alexander Zverev beats Casper Ruud at Roland Garros in Paris to set up a French Open final against Carlos Alcaraz. [Lisi Niesner/REUTERS]
Muslim worshippers touch the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca, ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. [FADEL SENNA/AFP]
Children take part in a flash mob to mark the 50th anniversary of the Rubik’s Cube at Szent Istvan Square in Budapest. Hungarian professor, architect and inventor Erno Rubik developed the so-called Magic Cube in the spring of 1974, originally for educational purposes. It later became popular as the Rubik’s Cube worldwide. [Zoltan Balogh/EPA]
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