A street parade and a drone attack: photos of the day – Monday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

Main image: Bangkok, Thailand Performers take part in a parade during the annual Songkran festival Photograph: Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

  • Odesa, Ukraine

    Rescuers work at the site of a drone attack on a storage building in Odesa. At least seven people were injured during the shock attack, according to the State Emergency Service report. Civil infrastructure facilities, a warehouse, a service station, a medical facility and cars were damaged
    Ukrainian rescue workers attempt to put out a fire

  • Guayaquil, Ecuador

    Supporters of the re-elected president, Daniel Noboa, celebrate after learning the first results of the runoff election. Ecuador’s election authority declared the incumbent the winner after he defeated his leftwing rival, Luisa González, by a bigger-than-expected margin
    People celebrate at at the Simon Bolivar Avenue in Guayaquil

  • Gaza City, Gaza

    Smoke rises from a residential area after an IDF attack on Tuffah
    Smoke billows above residential buildings

  • Nairobi, Kenya

    Young artisans transform scrap metal into modified vehicles, automated robotic units and portable biomass stoves, in the Kariokor region. The vocational training initiative, which involves about 30 young people, provides participants with a small daily income, while helping them develop technical skills
    People transform scrap metal into vehicles and other automated units

  • Lagos, Nigeria

    A girl walks past a wall painting depicting the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls by the Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram in the north-east town of Chibok, on the day Nigerians mark the 11th anniversary of the abductions
    A girl walks past a mural depicting schoolgirls studying

  • Mumbai, India

    People dance on the roadside as they attend celebrations for the 134th anniversary of the birth of the social reformer Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, India’s first law minister. Ambedkar drafted the nation’s constitution and campaigned against caste discrimination
    Indian women pray in traditional dress

  • Osaka, Japan

    A visitor tries to manoeuvre a Honda Uni-One hands-free electric mobility device during Expo 2025
    A person steers an electric mobility device along a street outside an exhibition centre in Osaka

  • Bangkok, Thailand

    Performers take part in a parade during the annual Songkran festival, also known as the water festival, the traditional Thai New Year celebration
    People covered in brightly coloured objects are splashed with water during a street parade

  • Texas, US

    From lef: Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Lauren Sanchez, Amanda Nguyen, Katy Perry and Kerianne Flynn pose in their spacesuits at an undisclosed location before the all-woman suborbital mission onboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket. Perry will be the biggest name in a group set to touch the edge of space on one of Jeff Bezos’s rockets
    Six women pose in their Blue Origin space suits

  • Dover, England

    Small boats and outboard motors used by people attempting to cross the Channel from France are stored at a warehouse facility in Kent
    An overhead view of small boats, motors and other makeshift vessels
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