Best photos of the day: World Cup fans and Grenfell Tower anniversary

The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including memorials on the anniversary of the Grenfell fire

  • Mecca, Saudi Arabia


    Worshippers at the Grand Mosque in Islam’s holiest city during the last week of Ramadan
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    Mecca, Saudi Arabia: Worshippers at the Grand Mosque in Islam’s holiest city during the last week of Ramadan

  • London, UK


    Doves are released as a tribute to mark the first anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire
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    London, UK: Doves are released as a tribute to mark the first anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina


    A pro-choice activist argues with a woman opposed to the legalisation of abortion outside Congress
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    Buenos Aires, Argentina: A pro-choice activist argues with a woman opposed to the legalisation of abortion outside Congress

  • Widnes, UK


    Children wave the union jack as they await the arrival of the Queen and the Duchess of Sussex to open the Mersey Gateway bridge
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    Widnes, UK: Children wave the union jack as they await the arrival of the Queen and the Duchess of Sussex to open the Mersey Gateway bridge

  • Moscow, Russia


    Peru fans pose for pictures before the start of the World Cup
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    Moscow, Russia: Peru fans pose for pictures with fans from other countries before the start of the World Cup

  • New York, USA


    Alvin Ailey dancers rehearse before the premiere of EN at the Lincoln Centre
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    New York: Alvin Ailey dancers rehearse before the premiere of EN at the Lincoln Centre

  • Sanguuni, Somalia


    Somali soldiers on patrol at Sanguuni military base, where a US special operations soldier was killed in a mortar attack on 8 June
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    Sanguuni, Somalia: Somali soldiers on patrol at Sanguuni military base

  • Berlin, Germany


    Gardener Roswitha Domine stands in a pond to inspect a Victoria water lily before the reopening of a greenhouse at the Botanical Garden after reconstruction work
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    Berlin, GermanyGardener Roswitha Domine stands in a pond to inspect a Victoria water lily

  • Kabul, Afghanistan


    Prisoners listen to a speech before their release from Pul-e-Charkhi prison. The Afghan president pardoned 185 prisoners loyal to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a former warlord who signed a peace agreement with Kabul in 2016
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    Kabul, Afghanistan: Prisoners listen to a speech before their release from Pul-e-Charkhi prison

  • Mediterranean Sea


    A rescued migrant is transferred between vessels on the way to Spain
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    Mediterranean Sea: A rescued migrant is transferred between vessels on the way to Spain

  • Le Mans, France


    A stream of headlights during the night-time qualifying session for Le Mans 24-hour race
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    Le Mans, France: A stream of headlights during the night-time qualifying session for Le Mans 24-hour race

  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


    Cyclists at Velo-city 2018, an international summit on cycling
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    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Cyclists at Velo-city 2018, an international summit on cycling

  • London, UK


    People light candles and leave flowers near Grenfell Tower
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    London, UK: People light candles and leave flowers near Grenfell Tower

  • Escuintla, Guatemala


    A man holds framed pictures of his family recovered from his house in an area affected by the eruption of the Fuego volcano
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    Escuintla, Guatemala: A man holds framed pictures of his family recovered from his house in an area affected by the eruption of the Fuego volcano

  • Korea


    South Korea’s chief delegate Major General Kim Do-gyun crossing the border line to attend the inter-Korea high-level military talks at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas. South and North Korea began their general-level military talks to discuss ways to ease cross-border tensions as the two Koreas have agreed to hold more meetings throughout this month to carry out the agreements reached between their leaders at the April summit
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    KoreaSouth Korea’s chief delegate Major General Kim Do-gyun crossing the border line to attend the inter-Korea high-level military talks at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas. South and North Korea began their general-level military talks to discuss ways to ease cross-border tensions as the two Koreas have agreed to hold more meetings throughout this month to carry out the agreements reached between their leaders at the April summit
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