Exams in Gaza and an Ebola protest arrest: photos of the day – Tuesday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
Tue 2 Jun 2026 09.09 EDT
Last modified on Tue 2 Jun 2026 09.39 EDT
Edinburgh, UK
Peter Murrell, who pleading guilty to embezzling £400,310 last week, arrives at court. He has not yet been sentencedPhotograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian
Kyiv, Ukraine
A rescuer sits at the site of a Russian drone and missile strikePhotograph: Reuters
Kyiv, Ukraine
Olena Dniprovska, 65, sits outside her house, with injuries caused by a Russian strike that damaged her homePhotograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP
Nairobi, Kenya
An activist is arrested by plainclothes police officers during a protest against a US-built Ebola quarantine centre planned to begin operations at Laikipia airbasePhotograph: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images
Gaza City, Palestine
Students take their exams at Al-Azhar secondary schoolPhotograph: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images
Rome, Italy
To mark the 80th anniversary of the Italian republic, the Frecce Tricolori (Tricolour Arrows) aerobatic team fly over Via del Corso, after passing over the Monument to the Unknown SoldierPhotograph: Marco Di Gianvito/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock
Tehran, Iran
People walk through the Tajrish Bazaar. The US president, Donald Trump, said on Monday that talks with Iran were moving at a ‘rapid pace’, even as Tehran threatened to widen the war by keeping the strait of Hormuz blocked and activating other pressure points around the regionPhotograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images
Srinagar, Kashmir
Labourers pack freshly harvested cherries into boxes at an orchard on the outskirts of the summer capitalPhotograph: Farooq Khan/EPA
Cambridge, UK
Adams Road in the west of the city, which is claimed to be England’s first ‘cycle street’Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA
Israel-Lebanon border
A faulty interceptor missile launched by Israel’s ‘iron dome’ anti-missile system disintegrates above southern Lebanon, shortly after being launched by Israel, as seen from the Israeli side of the borderPhotograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters
Peshawar, Pakistan
A man repairs bicycles at a shop shortly before World Bicycle Day on WednesdayPhotograph: Bilawal Arbab/EPA
Gyöngyöspata, Hungary
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