Ramadan and a Star Wars festival: the weekend’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world from preparations for Ramadan in Jakarta to a Star Wars festival in Ireland

Main image: A snowtrooper takes a selfie as he sails around Skellig Michael off Portmagee, Ireland Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

  • Marseille, France

    Windsurfers in heavy waves take advantage of the strong winds blowing at the Plage du David beach, as a storm hits southern parts of France
    Windsurfers in heavy waves take advantage of the strong winds blowing at the Plage du David beach in Marseille, as a storm hits southern parts of France

  • Bangkok, Thailand

    King Maha Vajiralongkorn is carried in a golden palanquin during the coronation procession, as Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol and Queen Suthida walk alongside
    Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn is carried in a golden palanquin during the coronation procession, as Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol and Queen Suthida walk alongside

  • Puri, India

    Earthmovers clear the road after Cyclone Fani, one of the biggest cyclones to hit India in years, tore into Odisha, leaving a trail of devastation across the coastal state before swinging towards Bangladesh
    Earthmovers clear the road after Cyclone Fani, one of the biggest to hit India in years

  • Kigali, Rwanda

    Vianney Rusanganwa, 61, holds a portrait of his late wife, Liberatha Mukangira, who died aged 31, during a mass funeral to bury 81 coffins containing newly discovered remains of 84,437 victims of the 1994 genocide in the mass grave at the Nyanza Genocide Memorial, in a suburb of the capital. The remains were laid to rest on 4 May in a sombre ceremony in Kigali, a quarter of a century after the slaughter
    Vianney Rusanganwa, 61, holds a portrait of his late wife Liberatha Mukangira who died aged 31, during the mass funeral to bury 81 coffins containing newly discovered remains of 84,437 victims of the 1994 genocide

  • Delos, Greece

    The statue 6 Times Left by Antony Gormley, part of his exhibition Sight, stands in the sea off the island of Delos in the Cyclades
    The statue 6 Times Left by Antony Gormley, part of his exhibition Sight, stands in the sea

  • Cheshire, UK

    Rob Chernick, one of the hundreds of participants in the annual Kites at the Cage, a mass flying of kites around the Cage, an 18th-century former hunting lodge at Lyme Park
    Rob Chernick, one of the hundreds of participants at the annual Kites at the Cage, an opportunity for the public to join a mass flying of kites around the Cage, an 18th century former hunting lodge at Lyme Park in Cheshire

  • Johannesburg, South Africa

    The president and ANC leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, arrives at Ellis Park stadium during his party’s rally final before the general election on Wednesday
    Johannesburg, South Africa: The president and ANC leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, arrives at Ellis Park stadium during his party’s rally final before the general election on Wednesday

  • Smederevo, Serbia

    Participants in the medieval Battle of the Nations tournament at the Smederevo fortress in eastern Serbia
    Participants in the medieval Battle of the Nations tournament at the Smederevo fortress in eastern Serbia

  • Jakarta, Indonesia

    Children carry torches during a parade to welcome the Muslim holy month of Ramadan
    Children carry torches during a parade to welcome the Muslim holy month of Ramadan

  • Washington DC, US

    A man dances with light at the Catharsis on the Mall event in the Capitol
    A man dances with light at an event called Catharsis on the Mall in the Capitol

  • Kentucky, US

    The jockey Flavien Prat celebrates after winning the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. His horse, Country House, was declared the winner after Maximum Security was disqualified
    The jockey Flavien Prat celebrates after winning the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs

  • Portmagee, Ireland

    Star Wars fan John O’Dwyer, dressed as Darth Vader, looks out towards the Skellig islands, featured in the latest films, during a festival on May the fourth
    501st Garrison Ireland Leigon member John O’Dwyer dressed as the character Darth Vader looks out towards Skellig Michael island

  • London, UK

    Manchester City players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Women’s FA Cup final against West Ham at Wembley.
    Manchester City players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Women’s FA Cup final against West Ham at Wembley.

  • California, US

    A ceremony for the renaming of Rodeo Road to Barack Obama Boulevard in Los Angeles
    A ceremony for the renaming of Rodeo Road to Barack Obama Boulevard in Los Angeles

  • Missouri, US

    Water from the swelling Mississippi river covers roads and surrounds houses in Foley. The National Weather Service says rain in the coming days will determine whether Mississippi levels rise more than expected
    Water from the swelling Mississippi river covers roads and surrounds houses in Foley

  • Jakarta, Indonesia

    Muslim women pray on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan at Istiqlal mosque
    Muslim women pray on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan at Istiqlal mosque

  • London, UK -Herbert the English Bulldog in the ‘Best Rescue’ category at the All Dogs Matter Bark Off charity dog show, Hampstead Heath
    Herbert the English Bulldog at the All Dogs Matter Bark Off charity dog show
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