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Week in pictures: 3-9 June 2023

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.

Chalinee Thirasupa / Reuters Buddhist monks pray at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya templeChalinee Thirasupa / Reuters
Buddhist monks pray during a ceremony on Vesak Day, an annual celebration of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya Temple, north of Bangkok, the Thai capital.
Andrew Matthews / PA Media The Princess of Wales playing rugbyAndrew Matthews / PA Media
The Princess of Wales showed off her rugby skills during a visit to Maidenhead Rugby Club, to talk about the importance of community clubs in the early years of childhood.
Gareth Fuller/PA Media A D-Day veteran wipes away tearsGareth Fuller/PA Media
A veteran wipes away tears during the Royal British Legion Service of Remembrance to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the D-Day landings, at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, France.
Tyrone Siu / Reuters Police detain a woman with paper flowers in BeijingTyrone Siu / Reuters
Police in Hong Kong detained several protestors on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Authorities have banned public commemoration of the 1989 incident, which saw China crush peaceful protests in Beijing with tanks and troops.
Santiago Arcos / Reuters A boy stands on a floating refrigeratorSantiago Arcos / Reuters
Six rivers overflowed and more than 500 people were evacuated from their homes, following 12 hours of rainfall in Ecuador. Here Patricio, who's nine, stands on a floating refrigerator while holding school supplies which he managed to salvage after his family home was flooded.
Reuters A drone view shows derailed coaches after two passenger trains collided in Balasore district in the eastern state of Odisha, IndiaReuters
Two passenger trains and a stationary goods train crashed, killing 288 people in the eastern state of Odisha, India. More than 1,000 people were injured in the crash, which is India's worst rail accident this century.
Thomas Mukoya / Reuters A man protests in Nairobi, KenyaThomas Mukoya / Reuters
Police fired tear gas to disperse Kenyans demonstrating in the capital, Nairobi, against government plans to impose higher taxes.
Amr Alfiky / Reuters The Statue of Liberty is covered in haze and smoke caused by wildfires in CanadaAmr Alfiky / Reuters
Millions of people in North America were warned about the health risks of poor air quality, as toxic wildfire smoke from Canada drifted across the continent. In New York City, the Statue of Liberty could just be seen through the orange haze.
Vladyslav Musiienko / Reuters Rescuers evacuate local residents from a flooded area of Kherson, UkraineVladyslav Musiienko / Reuters
Rescuers evacuate residents from a flooded area of Kherson after the Kakhovka dam, in southern Ukraine, was breached. It's in territory controlled by Russia. Both sides in the conflict blame the other for the shelling of the dam.
Jacob King / PA Media Cleaners abseil down the walls of Warwick CastleJacob King / PA Media
Cleaners abseil down the walls of Warwick Castle to "de-weed" and tidy up the 800-year-old stonework, ahead of the summer season.

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