Week in pictures: 3-9 June 2023 - BBC News

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Buddhist monks pray at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple
CHALINEE 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.

The Princess of Wales playing rugby
ANDREW 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.

A D-Day veteran wipes away tears
GARETH 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.

Police detain a woman with paper flowers in Beijing
TYRONE 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.

A boy stands on a floating refrigerator
SANTIAGO 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.

A drone view shows derailed coaches after two passenger trains collided in Balasore district in the eastern state of Odisha, India
REUTERS

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.

A man protests in Nairobi, Kenya
THOMAS MUKOYA / REUTERS

Police fired tear gas to disperse Kenyans demonstrating in the capital, Nairobi, against government plans to impose higher taxes.

The Statue of Liberty is covered in haze and smoke caused by wildfires in Canada
AMR 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.

Rescuers evacuate local residents from a flooded area of Kherson, Ukraine
VLADYSLAV 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.

Cleaners abseil down the walls of Warwick Castle
JACOB 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.