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Title – Vegetables for the gods and moving Messi’s statue: photos of the day – Monday
Author – https://www.theguardian.com/profile/matt-fidler
Link – Vegetables for the gods and moving Messi’s statue: photos of the day – Monday
Publish date – 2026-06-01T13:13:19.000Z
Category – News
Hyperlink – Vegetables for the gods and moving Messi’s statue: photos of the day – Monday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
The Tenggerese people carry vegetables as offerings to Mount Bromo during the Yadnya Kasada ritual in East Java Photograph: Rendy Agung Prakoso/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
Rothwell, UK Local people try to disarm the halberdiers of their halberds – a medieval weapon – after the reading of the charter, granted by King John in 1204 to the people of the town to allow them to hold a market and a fair, as part of the Rowell Fair Proclamation Day. Rowell Fair is a royal charter fair running from 30 May to 6 June Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Voters hold umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun as they queue outside Beshale Katla polling station. Ethiopians have begun voting in parliamentary elections Photograph: Marco Simoncelli/AFP/Getty Images
Medina, Saudi Arabia The interior of al-Masjid an-Nabawi (the Prophet’s mosque) as Muslim pilgrims who have completed their hajj duties in Mecca continue to arrive Photograph: Ali Atmaca/Anadolu/Getty Images
Beirut, Lebanon People flee the southern suburbs of Beirut after the Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered the military to attack targets in the southern suburbs Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters
Mykolaivka, Ukraine The White Angels police unit looks up at the sky for drones during the evacuation of civilians from the city Photograph: Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu/Getty Images
Tyre, Lebanon A plume of smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese town. Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday that a ceasefire in Lebanon remained a key condition for any deal with the US to end the Middle East war Photograph: Kawnat Haju/AFP/Getty Images
Bandar Abbas, Iran People ride paddleboards, with vessels in the strait of Hormuz visible behind, as seen from the southern coast of Iran Photograph: Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA/Reuters
Nanyuki, Kenya Protesters gesture as soldiers stand by during a protest against a proposed Ebola quarantine centre to be established by the US at Laikipia airbase Photograph: Andrew Kasuku/AP
Xinghua, China A drone photo shows agricultural machines harvesting wheat in Huguan village, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock
Pyongyang, North Korea Children take part in the 76th anniversary of International Children’s Day at Taesongsan Funfair Photograph: Jon Chol Jin/AP
Beijing, China A man shields himself with an umbrella from the sun as he walks by a resident sunbathing on a bench along the Liangma River on a hot day Photograph: Andy Wong/AP
Kolkata, India Pedestrians watch as workers remove a statue of the Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi, which will be reinstalled in a safer place. The giant statue, erected to mark Messi’s visit to India last year, is swaying in the wind and will be removed, a lawmaker said Photograph: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images
Perth, Australia The Indiana Teahouse at Cottesloe beach is pictured after a storm Photograph: Paul Kane/Getty Images
Probolinggo, Indonesia The Tenggerese people carry vegetables as offerings to Mount Bromo during the Yadnya Kasada ritual in East Java. The Yadnya Kasada festival is held to seek blessings from the Hindu gods for safety and prosperity by presenting offerings such as rice, fruits, livestock and other goods Photograph: Rendy Agung Prakoso/NurPhoto/Shutterstock