High flyers and a Windrush service: Friday's top photos

The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world

  • London, UK


    John Richards, who migrated to the country from Jamaica several decades ago, arrives at Westminster Abbey for a service to commemorate the arrival in Britain of Caribbean migrants on the Empire Windrush 70 years ago
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    John Richards, a Windrush migrant, in Westminster, London, UK

  • Beirut, Lebanon


    Angela Merkel visits a nursery school. The German chancellor is on the final leg of a two-day trip to Jordan and Lebanon
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    Beirut, Lebanon German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits a nursery school

  • İzmir, Turkey


    Thousands of supporters listen to Muharrem İnce, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition party and presidential candidate, as he gives an address during a campaign rally in the run-up to elections
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    Thousands of supporters listen to Muharrem İnce at a gathering in İzmir, Turkey

  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


    Some of the 8,500 weapons seized during operations, or voluntarily delivered to the police, are displayed before being crushed under an army steamroller
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    Some of the 8,500 weapons seized during operations are displayed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • Bucharest, Romania


    A demonstrator holds a cutout of the prime minister, Viorica Dăncilă, at a gathering to celebrate the conviction of Liviu Dragnea, the leader of the ruling Social Democrat party, who has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison over a fake jobs scandal
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    A demonstrator holds a cutout of the Romanian prime minister, Viorica Dăncilă, in Bucharest

  • Jakarta, Indonesia


    Anti-terrorism officers escort Aman Abdurrahman, who masterminded a suicide attack in the capital in 2016, after judges delivered a death sentence
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    Anti-terrorism officers escort terrorist Aman Abdurrahman in Jakarta, Indonesia

  • Singapore


    A crested gecko from New Caledonia licks fruit puree off a child’s finger during the RepTopia tour at Singapore zoo
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    A crested gecko in Singapore

  • Boston, US


    Musicians perform next to Charles river on international Make Music Day
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    Musicians perform in Boston, US

  • Southampton, UK


    The foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, visits the National Oceanography Centre
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    The foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, in Southampton, UK

  • Isle of Wight, UK


    A hair-raising fairground at a festival
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    A hair-raising fairground at the Isle of Wight festival in the UK

  • St Petersburg, Russia


    The Tre Kronor Stockholm brig sails along the Neva river during a rehearsal for the Scarlet Sails annual festival
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    The Tre Kronor Stockholm brig in St Petersburg, Russia
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