Legislative scuffle and Wimbledon lawn – Monday’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

Main image: Members of Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive party scuffle with member from the opposition Kuomintang party, who have been occupying the Legislature Yuan, in Taipei, Taiwan. Photograph: Ann Wang/Reuters

  • Quebec, Canada

    A group of young girls have fun on an aqua slide in Bromont. Water parks have reopened in the province of Quebec.
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    Quebec, Canada A group of young girls have fun on an aqua slide in Bromont. Water parks have reopened in the province of Quebec.

  • Frankfurt, Germany

    Icelandic stallions congregate in a meadow at a stud farm in Wehrheim.
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    Frankfurt, GermanyIcelandic stallions congregate in a meadow at a stud farm in Wehrheim.

  • Kathmandu, Nepal

    A mud spattered woman smiles in a paddy field during National Paddy Day. Nepalese farmers celebrate the occasion which marks the start of the annual rice planting season.
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    Kathmandu, NepalA mud spattered woman smiles in a paddy field during National Paddy Day. Nepalese farmers celebrate the occasion which marks the start of the annual rice planting season.

  • Moscow, Russia

    People enjoy the view from the Floating Bridge at Zaryadye Park.
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    Moscow, RussiaPeople enjoy the view from the Floating Bridge at Zaryadye Park.

  • Edinburgh, Scotland

    Dharma the Sumatran tiger yawns as members of the public return to Edinburgh Zoo as it opens for the first time following the easing of lockdown restrictions.
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    Edinburgh, ScotlandDharma the Sumatran tiger yawns as members of the public return to Edinburgh Zoo as it opens for the first time following the easing of lockdown restrictions.

  • St.Louis, US

    A couple draws their firearms on protestors as they enter their neighbourhood during a protest against St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson
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    St.Louis, USA couple draws their firearms on protestors as they enter their neighbourhood during a protest against St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson

  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook and Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir arrive to attend a joint news conference
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    Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaU.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook and Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir arrive to attend a joint news conference

  • Edinburgh, Scotland

    People queue outside the Primark store on Princes Street, which reopened on Monday as part of Scotland’s phased plan to ease out of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown
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    Edinburgh, Scotland: people queue outside the Primark store on Princes Street

  • Lianyungang, China

    A worker produces a foreign trade order for spandex silk for masks
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    Lianyungang, China: a worker produces a foreign trade order for spandex silk for masks

  • Leicester, England

    A worker for Leicester city council disinfects public toilets. The city may be the first UK location to be subjected to a local lockdown after a surge in coronavirus cases
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    Leicester, England: a worker for Leicester city council disinfects public toilets

  • Jakarta, Indonesia

    Mannequins with placards outside parliament during a Greenpeace protest against a ‘job creation’ bill which will weaken environmental protections
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    Jakarta, Indonesia: Mannequins with placards outside parliament during a Greenpeace protest

  • London, UK

    Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s chief political adviser, leaves his house to go to Downing Street
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    London, UK: Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s chief political adviser, leaves his house

  • Hong Kong, China

    Armed riot police block Nathan Road in Mong Kok. Pro-democracy protesters marched from Jordan to Mong Kok, facing a strong police presence
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    Hong Kong, China: armed riot police block Nathan Road in Mong Kok

  • Deir al-Hassi, Yemen

    Seven-month-old Issa Ibrahim Nasser is measured at a clinic. At seven months old, Issa weighs only 3kg. Like him, hundreds of children suffer from acute severe malnutrition because of poverty and grinding conflict
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    Deir al-Hassi, Yemen: seven-month-old Issa Ibrahim Nasser is measured at a clinic

  • Compton, US

    A protester facing Los Angeles county sheriff’s deputies during a protest against the death of Andres Guardado, 18, who was shot and killed by police on 18 June while working as a security guard in Gardena, California
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    Compton, USA: a protester raises a fist

  • Compton, US

    Teresa Flores, the mother of David Flores, 36, who was fatally shot by Los Angeles police in 2019, is comforted during a rally calling on the city to rescind its policing contract
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    Compton, US: Teresa Flores, the mother of David Flores, 36, who was fatally shot by Los Angeles police in 2019, is comforted during a rally

  • Taipei, Taiwan

    Legislators from the ruling Democratic Progressive party scuffle with rivals from the main opposition Kuomintang party, who have been occupying the legislature
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    Taipei, Taiwan: legislators from the ruling Democratic Progressive party scuffle with rivals from the main opposition Kuomintang party, who have been occupying the legislature

  • London, UK

    The prime minister, Boris Johnson, speaks on the newly launched Times Radio where he said that the coronavirus pandemic has been an “absolute nightmare” and a “disaster” for the country
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    London, UK: the prime minister, Boris Johnson, speaks on the newly launched Times Radio

  • Mayong, India

    Villagers row a makeshift raft through a flooded field to reach a safer place at the flood-affected village in Morigaon district, Assam state
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    Mayong, India: villagers row a makeshift raft through a flooded field

  • Nanchang, China

    A staff member feeds a newborn demoiselle crane nestling in Aixi Lake wetland park
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    Nanchang, China: a staff member feeds a newborn demoiselle crane nestling in Aixi Lake wetland park

  • Los Angeles, US

    A child plays at Bear the Truth, an art installation of teddy bears in honour of Black Lives Matter
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    Los Angeles, US: a child plays at Bear the Truth, an art installation of teddy bears in honour of Black Lives MatterMatter

  • Cartago, Costa Rica

    A woman prays at the Basilica de los Ángeles. The third phase of measures against the spread of Covid-19 began on Sunday in Costa Rica, allowing attendance at church with a minimum distance of 1.8 metres between each person and with a maximum of 75 people
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    Cartago, Costa Rica: a woman wearing a face shield prays at the Basilica de los Ángeles

  • Ouse Valley, England

    The former Team GB rhythmic gymnastic star and dancer Hannah Martin during a training session at Ouse Valley Viaduct
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    Ouse Valley, England: the former Team GB rhythmic gymnastic star and dancer Hannah Martin during a training session at Ouse Valley Viaduct

  • London, UK

    A member of Wimbledon ground staff tends to the grass on Court 6 on what would have been day 1 of the the 2020 Championships, which were cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic
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    London, UK: a member of Wimbledon ground staff tends to the grass on Court 6

  • Sydney, Australia

    A mural of the Australian rules footballer Adam Goodes, one of the country’s highest-profile Indigenous sportsmen
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    Sydney, Australia: a cyclist rides past a giant mural of the Australian rules footballer Adam Goodes
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