George Floyd tributes and a concert for plants: 20 photographs of the week

Black Lives Matter protests continue and Liverpool win the Premier League title – the most striking photographs from around the world this week

Main image: Eric Rieger, also known as HOTTEA, works on an art installation called Pure Imagination outside the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis Photograph: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images

  • Tulsa, Oklahoma, US

    A supporter sits alone as US vice-president Mike Pence speaks at a rally at the Bok Center
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, US: a supporter sits alone as US vice-president Mike Pence speaks at a rally at the Bok Center

  • Lesbos, Greece

    A woman is pictured in an improvised camp near Moria. Greece’s announcement that it was extending the coronavirus lockdown at its refugee camps until 5 July coincided with World Refugee Day
    Lesbos, Greece: a woman is pictured in an improvised camp near Moria. Greece’s announcement that it was extending the coronavirus lockdown at its refugee camps until 5 July coincided with World Refugee Day

  • Liverpool, England

    Fans celebrate outside Anfield after Liverpool win the Premier League title
    Liverpool, England: fans celebrate outside Anfield after Liverpool win the Premier League title

  • Barcelona, Spain

    Agustina Canamero, 81, and Pascual Pérez, 84, hug and kiss through a plastic film screen to minimise the risk of catching coronavirus, at a nursing home in Barcelona
    Barcelona, Spain: Agustina Canamero, 81, and Pascual Pérez, 84, hug and kiss through a plastic film screen to minimise the risk of catching coronavirus, at a nursing home in Barcelona

  • Washington, DC, US

    A sleepy Bonita wears protective goggles as she settles into her mother’s shoulder near the White House amid continuing anti-racism demonstrations after the killing of George Floyd by police
    Washington, DC, US: a sleepy Bonita wears protective goggles as she settles into her mother’s shoulder near the White House amid continuing anti-racism demonstrations after the killing of George Floyd by police

  • Dakar, Senegal

    Children play with a tyre in the Yoff neighbourhood
    Dakar, Senegal: children play with a tyre in the Yoff neighbourhood

  • Dakar, Senegal

    A high school student at the Lycee Blaise Diagne checks a list to find the location of his classroom on the first day back at school, while a teacher puts up coronavirus awareness posters in Dakar. Schools had been closed since early March because of the outbreak
    Dakar, Senegal: a high school student at the Lycee Blaise Diagne checks a list to find the location of his classroom on the first day back at school, while a teacher puts up coronavirus awareness posters in Dakar

  • Prague, Czech Republic

    A student holds a placard with a portrait of Milada Horáková as she commemorates the 70th anniversary of the lawyer’s execution on Charles Bridge in Prague. Horáková, a politician who opposed the single-party Communist system, was the victim of judicial murder during the 1950s show trials. She was convicted on fabricated charges of conspiracy and treason and executed on 27 June 1950
    Prague, Czech Republic: a student holds a placard with a portrait of Milada Horáková as she commemorates the 70th anniversary of the lawyer’s execution on Charles Bridge in Prague. Horáková, a politician who opposed the single-party Communist system, was the victim of judicial murder during the 1950s show trials. She was convicted on fabricated charges of conspiracy and treason and executed on 27 June 1950

  • London, England

    People cool off in the water at Hackney Marshes in east London as temperatures reached 31C (87.8F) on the hottest day of the year so far in the UK
    London, England: people cool off in the water at Hackney Marshes in east London as temperatures reached 31C (87.8F) on the hottest day of the year so far in the UK

  • Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

    Joe Tedla participates in a baptism ceremony at the memorial site for George Floyd.
    Joe Tedla participates in a baptism ceremony at the memorial site for George Floyd.

  • Atme, Syria

    Rawan al-Aziz, a displaced 6-year-old child from southern Idlib, poses for a picture in a tent at the camp near the Turkish border
    Atme, Syria: Rawan al-Aziz, a displaced 6-year-old child from southern Idlib, poses for a picture in a tent at the camp near the Turkish border

  • Aceh, Indonesia

    Local fishermen help Rohingya people as they arrive on Lancok beach. The fishermen discovered dozens of hungry, weak Rohingya Muslims on a wooden boat adrift off Indonesia’s northernmost province
    Aceh, Indonesia: local fishermen help Rohingya people as they arrive on Lancok beach. The fishermen discovered dozens of hungry, weak Rohingya Muslims on a wooden boat adrift off Indonesia’s northernmost province

  • Gaza

    A Palestinian refugee boy stands on scrapped cars near his family house at the Khan Younis refugee camp
    Gaza: a Palestinian refugee boy stands on scrapped cars near his family house at the Khan Younis refugee camp

  • Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

    Artist Eric Rieger, also known as HOTTEA, works on an art installation called Pure Imagination outside the Guthrie Theater. The artwork, a portrait of George Floyd, is formed by placing hundreds of individually painted magnets on the metal exterior of the theatre
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, US: artist Eric Rieger, also known as HOTTEA, works on an art installation called Pure Imagination outside the Guthrie Theater. The artwork, a portrait of George Floyd, is formed by placing hundreds of individually painted magnets on the metal exterior of the theatre

  • Richmond, Virginia, US

    Isaiah Bowen takes a shot at a basketball hoop as his father, Garth, looks on in front of the statue of Confederate general Robert E Lee on Monument Avenue
    Richmond, Virginia, US: Isaiah Bowen takes a shot at a basketball hoop as his father, Garth, looks on in front of the statue of Confederate general Robert E Lee on Monument Avenue

  • Barcelona, Spain

    Musicians from the UceLi string quartet perform Crisantemi by Puccini for an audience made up of 2,292 plants. The plants will be delivered to 2,292 healthcare professionals from the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, accompanied by a certificate from the artist Eugenio Ampudia
    Barcelona, Spain: musicians from the UceLi string quartet perform Crisantemi by Puccini for an audience made up of 2,292 plants. The plants will be delivered to 2,292 healthcare professionals from the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, accompanied by a certificate from the artist Eugenio Ampudia

  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Members of the Tempero de Criola band perform at the Turano favela. A group of musicians playing samba offered a small concert to the residents of Turano, most of whom remain quarantined to curb the spread of Covid-19
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: members of the Tempero de Criola band perform at the Turano favela

  • Manaus, Brazil

    A man walks past graves in the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus. New cases of coronavirus surged above 30,000 a day in Brazil. The number of deaths in the country is nearing 55,000
    Manaus, Brazil: a man walks past graves in the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus. New cases of coronavirus surged above 30,000 a day in Brazil. The number of deaths in the country is nearing 55,000

  • Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

    People march during a demonstration calling for Minneapolis police union Lt Bob Kroll to be fired
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, US: people march during a demonstration calling for Minneapolis police union Lt Bob Kroll to be fired. Protests and gatherings continued this week to honour the death of George Floyd and other black and indigenous men and women who have been killed by officers of the Minnesota police department

  • St Paul, Minnesota, US

    A boy stands with a sign during a demonstration to demand a stricter reform of police legislation
    St Paul, Minnesota, US: a boy stands with a sign during a demonstration to demand a stricter reform of police legislation
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