Photos of the day

D-Day events and rescued bears: photos of the day – Wednesday

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

Camp Hill, US

Pennsylvania’s wildlife agency, firefighters and police use a large blue tarpaulin to catch a wayward black bear as it falls from a tree

Photograph: Sean Simmers/The Patriot-News/AP

Bali, Indonesia

Young villagers fight using rattan shields and thorny pandanus leaves during the annual Perang Pandan event in Tenganan

Photograph: Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty Images

Normandy, France

American second world war veteran Bill Wall throws roses into the water during a wreath-laying ceremony at Utah Beach

Photograph: Jeremías González/AP

Colleville-sur-Mer, France

A man gives a victory sign as he drives a second world war US Jeep through a quiet Normandy village before the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings

Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Orly, France

The US president, Joe Biden, arrives in France ahead of a ceremony on the Normandy beaches for the 80th anniversary of D-Day

Photograph: Lemouton Stephane/ABACA/REX/Shutterstock

Portsmouth, UK

Artists perform on stage during a D-Day national commemoration event

Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP

Karachi, Pakistan

Fishing boats are seen among rubbish accumulated in the waters of the harbour, ahead of World Environment Day on 5 June

Photograph: Sabir Mazhar/Anadolu/Getty Images

Hanoi, Vietnam

A woman selling bananas wades through a flooded street

Photograph: Nhac Nguyen/AFP/Getty Images

Mramor, Kosovo

Vets carry out a check up on a brown bear at the Four Paws bear sanctuary. The bear was one of many animals, including a lion, that were rescued from restaurant cages across Kosovo and Albania

Photograph: Valdrin Xhemaj/Reuters

New Delhi, India

Narendra Modi arrives at the Bharatiya Janata party headquarters to celebrate the party’s win in the country’s general election

Photograph: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images

Clacton-on-Sea, UK

Nigel Farage reacts as he is about to be hit in the face with a drink, during his general election campaign launch in Essex

Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Khan Younis, Gaza

A Palestinian boy carries the remnants of a rocket used by the Israeli army

Photograph: Doaa Albaz/Anadolu/Getty Images

Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip

Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment on a residential building in Bureij refugee camp are brought to al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital

Photograph: Saher Alghorra/AP