Kim Jong-un’s tank and Knights Templar: photos of the weekend

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

Main image: Kim Jong-un inspects a tank at a factory in an undisclosed North Korean location Photograph: KCNA via KNS/AFP/Getty Images

  • Waterlooville, UK

    People take part in the Beltain Celtic fire festival at Butser Ancient Farm in Hampshire. Beltain, (also known as Beltane), is an ancient Celtic celebration to mark the beginning of summer and is centred around the story of the May Queen and the Green Man, and the lighting of the Beltain bonfire, symbol of purification, healing and new life
    People stand in a field wearing costumes and holding sticks with animal sculptures on top

  • Castelrotto, Italy

    Tractors take Matthias Rier's cows up to the alpine pasture in Alpe of Siusi. Matthias Rier is the third generation of Rier family who, together with his wife and their children, run a herd of alpine cows for milk production on the Seiser Alm. Dolomite communities are increasingly threatened by mass tourism and climate change, which put immense pressure on the region.
    Castelrotto, ItalyTractors take Matthias Rier's cows up to the alpine pasture in Alpe of Siusi. Matthias Rier is the third generation of Rier family who, together with his wife and their children, run a herd of alpine cows for milk production on the Seiser Alm. Dolomite communities are increasingly threatened by mass tourism and climate change, which put immense pressure on the region.

  • Kirnbach, Germany

    Women wear the traditional Black Forest costume with the ‘Bollenhut’ pompom hat during a festival
    A group of women in traditional Black Forest attire and hats with red pompoms on top

  • London, UK

    Members of the RAF band unwind at Wellington Barracks after taking part in an overnight rehearsal for VE Day 80th anniversary procession. The UK kicks off four days of events on Monday marking 80 years since the end of the second world war in Europe
    Musicians in RAF uniforms gather with their instruments

  • Dallas, US

    Zane Mathews of Keller, Texas, laughs as he holds his son, Hayes, in the third period in game seven of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche in Texas
    A father and son in green and black face paint laugh

  • Prague, Czech Republic

    Participants run across the Charles Bridge as they take part in Prague’s international marathon
    Runners appear blurred as they move quickly along a bridge, with a depiction of Jesus on a cross behind them

  • Louisville, US

    Sovereignty #18, ridden by jockey Junior Alvarado, crosses the finish line to win the 151st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs
    Jockeys on horseback approach the finish line during a race

  • North Korea

    Kim Jong-un inspects a tank factory at an undisclosed location
    Kim Jong-un and men holding notebooks look at a tank

  • High Wycombe, UK

    A red kite hunts in Buckinghamshire
    A red kite in motion

  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Lady Gaga performs at Copacabana Beach
    Lady Gaga and her onstage entourage

  • Vatican City

    A pilgrim group who are members of a contemporary Templar organisation and inspired by the medieval Knights Templar order walk towards St Peter’s Basilica at St Peter’s Square, before the conclave to elect the next pope
    Pilgrims dressed in Knights Templar attire parade in St Peter’s Square

  • Khan Younis, Gaza

    Palestinian children and women hold out containers for donated food at a community kitchen
    People hold out containers as they await food

  • Gaza City

    Palestinian children head to a water distribution point to fill their containers amid a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip
    Children carry water containers amid destroyed buildings

  • Israel-Gaza border

    An Israeli reserve soldier takes part in a protest as mothers of soldiers call for an end to the war in Gaza
    Protesters stand with signs and placards

  • Ajmer, India

    A purple sunbird perches on a flower stem in Rajasthan
    A purple sunbird balances on the stem of a purple and white flower

  • Kyiv, Ukraine

    Firefighters extinguish burning cars after a night-time drone attack, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    People extinguish burning cars at night
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