Penumbral lunar eclipse and a kangaroo in snow - the weekend's best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world, including Independence Day fireworks, a toy poodle on a Cornish beach and the aftermath of floods in Japan

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Main image: People watch the Independence Day fireworks show from their cars at the drive-in fireworks show presented by Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPA

  • Hertfordshire , England

    A Spitfire flies over the Lister hospital in Stevenage with the words ‘THANK U NHS’ on the underside as part of the NHS anniversary celebrations.
    Hertfordshire , EnglandA Spitfire flies over the Lister hospital in Stevenage with the words ‘ THANK U NHS ‘ on the underside as part of the NHS anniversary celebrations.

  • Ozertso, Belarus

    A man and a woman jump over a bonfire during Ivan Kupala Day celebrations in a village near Minsk. The festivity, also known as Ivana-Kupala or Kupala Night, is a traditional pagan holiday celebrated in eastern Slavic cultures
    A man and a woman jump over a bonfire during Ivan Kupala Day celebrations in a village near Minsk. Ivan Kupala Day, also known as Ivana-Kupala or Kupala Night, is a traditional pagan holiday celebrated in eastern Slavic cultures

  • Trebetherick, Cornwall

    Ziggy, a 14-week-old toy poodle, joins Claire Gallimore and Ben Attenborough as they eat breakfast outside beach huts after staying overnight in accommodation for the first time since lockdown at St Moritz hotel, as the further lifting of lockdown restrictions in England comes into effect
    Ziggy the 14-week-old toy poodle joins Claire Gallimore and Ben Attenborough as they eat their socially distanced breakfast from beach huts after staying overnight in accommodation for the first time since lockdown at St Moritz hotel, as the lifting of further lockdown restrictions in England comes into effect

  • Newport Beach, US

    A bodysurfer drops down into a wave at the Wedge in California
    A bodysurfer drops down into a wave at the Wedge in California

  • Richmond, US

    Two protesters carrying guns pose for photos during the ‘open-carry’ protest. People attended an event in Virginia tagged Stand with Virginia, Support the 2nd Amendment
    Two protesters carrying guns pose for photos during the open carry protest. People attended an event in Virginia tagged Stand with Virginia, Support the 2nd amendment

  • Jihlava, Czech Republic

    An owl in flight during a display of birds of Prey at Jihlava Zoo.
    Jihlava, Czech RepublicAn owl in flight during a display of birds of Prey at Jihlava Zoo.

  • Miami Gardens, US

    People watch the Independence Day fireworks show from their cars at the drive-in fireworks show presented by Hard Rock Stadium. Most cities in Florida have cancelled their traditional fireworks shows and gatherings are discouraged to stop the spread of the virus
    People watch the Independence Day fireworks show from their cars at the drive-in fireworks show presented by Hard Rock Stadium. Most cities in Florida have canceled their traditional fireworks shows and the gatherings are discouraged to stop the spread of the virus

  • Melbourne, Australia

    Medical staff wearing PPE holding material about to walk into the Flemington public housing flats. Nine public housing estates have been placed into mandatory lockdown and two additional suburbs are under stay-at-home orders as authorities work to stop further Covid-19 outbreaks in Melbourne
    Medical staff wearing PPE holding material about to walk into the Flemington Public housing flats. Nine public housing estates have been placed into mandatory lockdown and two additional suburbs are under stay-at-home orders as authorities work to stop further COVID-19 outbreaks in Melbourne

  • Melbourne, Australia

    A woman tries to avoid police outside public housing towers on Racecourse Road in Flemington. Police are enforcing a lockdown at public housing towers in Melbourne after Victoria recorded 108 new coronavirus cases, forcing the lockdown of nine public housing towers and a further two Melbourne postcodes
    A woman tries to avoid police in her car, outside public housing towers on Racecourse Road in Flemington. Police are enforcing a lockdown at public housing towers in Melbourne after Victoria recorded 108 new coronavirus cases, forcing the lockdown of nine public housing towers and two more Melbourne postcodes

  • Los Angeles, US

    Gregory ‘Joey’ Johnson, whose burning of an American flag in Texas in 1984 led to a US supreme court ruling upholding the act as free speech, burns a US flag near Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, during an anti-Trump rally
    Gregory “Joey” Johnson, whose burning of an American flag in Texas in 1984 led to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the act as free speech, burns a U.S. flag near Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during an anti-Trump rally

  • Mumbai, India

    People take pictures on a promenade as waves hit the coast during monsoon rains
    People take pictures on a promenade as waves hit the coast during monsoon rains

  • Coney Island, US

    Revellers enjoy the beach in the Brooklyn borough of New York
    Revellers enjoy the beach in the Brooklyn borough of New York

  • Kuma, Japan

    Rescue operations continue after the floods hit Kumamoto prefecture on 4 July. More than 30 people are feared to have died and at least 14 are still missing
    Rescue operations continue after the floods hit Kumamoto prefecture on 04 July. More than 30 people are feared to have died and at least 14 are still missing

  • Redondela, Spain

    The full moon peeks out over the estuary of Vigo and behind the Rande Bridge during a penumbral lunar eclipse seen overnight. A penumbral lunar eclipse is a natural phenomenon that occurs when the Earth is aligned in a near-straight line with the sun and the moon, thus blocking some sunlight from directly reaching the moon’s surface and casting a penumbra, or shadow, on our planet’s sole natural satellite
    The full moon peeks out over the estuary of Vigo and behind the Rande Bridge during a penumbral lunar eclipse seen overnight. A penumbral lunar eclipse is a natural phenomenon that occurs when the Earth is aligned in a near-straight line with the Sun and the Moon, thus blocking some sunlight from directly reaching the Moon’s surface and casting a penumbra, or shadow, on our planet’s sole natural satellite

  • Gaza city

    Palestinian farmers harvest pumpkins in a field in Gaza City.
    Gaza cityPalestinian farmers harvest pumpkins in a field in Gaza City.

  • Nimmitabel, Australia

    A kangaroo jumps through the snow at Wadbilliga national park
    A kangaroo jumps through the snow at Wadbilliga national park

  • Nablus, West Bank

    Palestinian health workers bring for burial the dead body of a woman, who has died after contracting the coronavirus disease (C0vid-19)
    Palestinian health workers bring for burial the dead body of a woman, who has died after contracting the coronavirus disease (C0VID-19)

  • Caracas, Venezuela

    An LGBTQ+ member prepares before a streamed performance of Pride at Home, at the National Theatre. To celebrate 20 years of gay pride in Venezuela, LGBTQ+ members organised a presentation of different artistic shows via livestreaming amid the new coronavirus pandemic
    An LGBTQ member prepares before a streamed performance of “Pride at Home,” at the National Theatre. To celebrate 20 years of gay pride in Venezuela, LGBTQ members organised a presentation of different artistic shows via live streaming amid the new coronavirus pandemic

  • Kolkata, India

    Monks and children look out from the rooftop at a Buddhist mission hostel and school for underprivileged children as an international passenger flight takes off at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose international airport as the authorities eased restrictions imposed as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus
    Buddhists monks and children look out from the rooftop at a Buddhist mission hostel and school for underprivileged children as an international passenger flight takes off at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport as the authorities eased restrictions imposed as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus

  • London, UK

    Friends enjoy a meal and a drink in Megan’s Old Town restaurant in Clapham as further coronavirus lockdown restrictions are lifted
    London, UKFriends enjoy a meal and a drink in Megan’s Old Town restaurant in Clapham as further coronavirus lockdown restrictions are lifted

  • Pasadena, US

    An aerial drone view shows a temporary drive-in movie theatre at the Rose Bowl stadium, known for its spectacular Fourth of July fireworks which were cancelled this year to reduce large public gatherings due to Covid-19 concerns. Nearly all events planned in Los Angeles County to mark the 244th anniversary of the nation’s independence have been cancelled or switched to a virtual format because of the coronavirus pandemic
    An aerial drone view shows a temporary drive-in movie theatre at the Rose Bowl stadium, known for its spectacular Fourth of July fireworks which were canceled this year to reduce large public gatherings due to COVID-19 concerns. Nearly all events planned in Los Angeles County to mark the 244th anniversary of the nation’s independence have been canceled or switched to a virtual format because of the coronavirus pandemic

  • London, UK

    Police officers walk through crowds in Soho. The UK government announced that pubs, hotels and restaurants could open from Saturday 4 July providing they follow guidelines on social distancing and sanitising
    Police officers are seen walking through heavy crowds in Soho. The UK Government announced that Pubs, Hotels and Restaurants can open from Saturday, July 4th providing they follow guidelines on social distancing and sanitising
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