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Climate protest and swan upping: Monday’s best photographs – in pictures

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

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New York, US The US actors’ union SAG-AFTRA Strike Picket Line as the
strike in the film and television industry gets underway
Photograph: Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock
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London, UK Just Stop Oil protesters on Bishopsgate are removed by City of London police. The group’s aim is to get the government to stop all new oil fields as part of the effort to tackle the climate crisis
Photograph: Guy Bell/Shutterstock
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Fukuoka, Japan The US team performs during the team acrobatic final of the artistic swimming competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters
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Yecheon-gun, South Korea People sit inside their tent at a temporary shelter at a sports centre in Yecheon-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do province. At least 40 people are dead and nine missing nationwide after flooding and landslides following heavy rains, according to the national fire agency. South Korea’s central and southern regions are bracing for another spell of torrential rains, the state weather agency said
Photograph: Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA
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Rome, Italy A woman cools off at Fontana della Barcaccia at the Spanish Steps during a heatwave across Italy. Temperatures are expected to rise further in the coming days
Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters
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Photograph: Guy Bell/Shutterstock
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Belgrade, Serbia A woman sits under a parasol at the Lido beach on the Danube River. Serbia’s Hydrometeorological Service issued a warning on high temperatures of up to 40C in the days to come
Photograph: Andrej Čukić/EPA
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Hong Kong Mainland Chinese tourists run along a promenade during a typhoon. Schools and the stock market were closed as Typhoon Talim swept south of Hong Kong
Photograph: Louise Delmotte/AP
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Catania, Italy Passengers stranded due to a fire that broke out on Sunday night in the arrivals area at Catania airport, Sicily. Authorities have announced that no flights will depart the airport until 19 July
Photograph: Orietta Scardino/EPA
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Brisbane, Australia Striker Lauren James looks on as England players arrive for the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand
Photograph: Naomi Baker/The FA/Getty Images
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Bangkok, Thailand People walk past a sculpture of a melting ice lolly outside a shopping mall
Photograph: Jack Taylor/AFP/Getty Images
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Edinburgh, UK Veterans Peter McKinlay, Alex Shannon and Danny Muir, who have all served with 6 Scots, rehearse in the back of an armoured Mastiff vehicle before their performance in Warriors at the Edinburgh festival fringe
Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA
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Photograph: Alberto Pezzali/WPA/Getty Images
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Mersin, Turkey Smoke and flames rise from a wildfire in Gulnar district
Photograph: Serkan Avci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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Surrey, UK David Barber, the king’s swan marker, holds a cygnet to be measured and checked during the annual swan upping on the River Thames in Staines, west of London. Swan upping is the annual census of the swan population on stretches of the river and dates from the 12th century
Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images
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California, US National Park Service rangers Gia Ponce (left) and Christina Caparelli are photographed next to a digital display of an unofficial heat reading at Furnace Creek Visitor Center during a heatwave in Death Valley national park
Photograph: Ronda Churchill/AFP/Getty Images
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