Mud fights and Lego pandas: Monday's top photos

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

Iain MacDougall

  • Kazan, Russia


    A supporter with an elaborate tiger headdress at the Poland v Colombia football match during the 2018 World Cup
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    A supporter with an elaborate tiger headdress at the Poland v Colombia football match during the 2018 World Cup, at Kazan Arena in Russia

  • Shima City, Japan


    Men fight for pieces of a bamboo fan in a muddy rice field during Isobe-no-Omita, a rice-planting festival. During the festival, held annually in the hope of ensuring a good harvest and a bountiful catch of fish, people plant rice by hand
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    Shima City, Japan: men fight for pieces of a bamboo fan in a muddy rice field during Isobe-no-Omita, a rice planting festival

  • Merseyside, England


    The sun rises behind the lighthouse at New Brighton beach in Wirral
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    Merseyside, England: the sun rises behind the lighthouse at New Brighton beach in Wirral, Merseyside

  • Paris, France


    Premier danseur of the Paris Ballet Opera, François Alu, rehearses during a photo session at the Opera Garnier
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    Paris, France: premier danseur of the Paris Ballet Opera, François Alu, rehearses during a photo session at the Opera Garnier

  • Chengdu, China


    Lego sculptures of giant pandas created by New York-based artist Sean Kenney are on display during the ‘Nature Connects’ Lego exhibition at Chengdu International Finance Square
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    Chengdu, China: Lego sculptures of giant pandas created by New York-based artist Sean Kenney are on display during the ‘Nature Connects’ Lego exhibition at Chengdu International Finance Square

  • Menorca, Spain


    A horse rears in the crowd during the traditional San Juan festival in the town of Ciutadella, on the Balearic island
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    A horse rears in the crowd during the traditional San Juan festival in the town of Ciutadella, on Menorca, Spain

  • New York, US


    Billie Jean King attends the 2018 New York City Pride March
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    Billie Jean King attends the 2018 New York City Pride March

  • Northern California, US


    An air tanker drops fire retardant on a wildfire burning above the Spring Lakes community near Clearlake Oaks. Wind-driven wildfires destroyed buildings and threatened hundreds of others as they raced across dry brush
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    An air tanker drops fire retardant on a wildfire burning above the Spring Lakes community near Clearlake Oaks, northern California, US

  • Jerash, Jordan


    Prince William stands with Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein as they pose with children at the ancient city
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    Prince William stands with Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein as they pose with children at the ancient city of Jerash in Jordan

  • Istanbul, Turkey


    Supporters of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, celebrate outside the AKP headquarters
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    Supporters of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, celebrate outside the AKP headquarters in Istanbul

  • Seoul, South Korea


    Soldiers salute during a ceremony to mark the 68th anniversary of the Korean war
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    Soldiers salute during a ceremony to mark the 68th anniversary of the Korean war, Seoul, South Korea

  • Agadez, Niger


    Nigerians and third-country nationals head towards Libya. People from across sub-Saharan Africa are part of the mass migration toward Europe
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    Agadez, NigerNigerians and third-country nationals head towards Libya from Agadez in Niger

  • Los Angeles, US


    Janelle Monae performs at the 2018 BET awards at Microsoft Theater
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    Janelle Monae performs onstage at the 2018 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, US

  • London, UK


    Jeremy Corbyn joins a demonstration demanding the renationalisation of the railways, outside King’s Cross station
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    Jeremy Corbyn joins a demonstration demanding the renationalisation of the railways, outside King’s Cross station in London, UK

  • Sunland Park, New Mexico


    A child climbs up the Mexican side of the US-Mexico border fence. The Trump administration’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy on immigration has created confusion for those seeking to move to the US
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    Sunland Park, New Mexico: A child climbs up the Mexican side of the US-Mexico border fence
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