The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
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Continue reading...In his own unique words, the One Battle After Another actor made it clear there is no one he won’t reject for a fan photo – and revealed the real reason he skipped the Oscars
One of the highlights of this year’s Oscars was Sean Penn’s win for best supporting actor. Not because he deserved it – although in truth he probably did – but because he didn’t turn up, which simultaneously made the ceremony a little bit shorter and spared the world a Sean Penn acceptance speech.
At the time, much was made about the reason for Penn’s absence. Since he spent Oscars night in Ukraine, the leading theory was that he was making a profound point about the frivolity of backslapping awards shows during times of tangible crisis. Turns out that isn’t quite the case, though. Sean Penn skipped the Oscars because he hates selfies. We’ll get to the exact quote in a minute, and you should probably brace yourself for it, but he really, really hates selfies. A lot.
Continue reading...The England captain has finally assumed his place at the pinnacle of the game – it has been a long road to this point
The Bayern Munich president, Uli Hoeness, has a propensity for hyperbole, so when he labelled Harry Kane as the best transfer the club has ever made in the wake of the DFB-Pokal cup final, which Bayern won 3-0 thanks to a Kane hat-trick, you wondered whether he was simply dialling up the rhetoric. A month on, emotion subsided, it appears not. “He absolutely is the best we’ve had,” another Bayern insider confirms.
It’s impossible to overstate the unfussy way Kane has won over not just Bayern Munich but, perhaps, global football opinion. Kane’s travails through Euro 2024, when he still had yet to win a trophy, suggested a player on the downslide. Combined with the scepticism that met his Golden Boot at Russia 2018 among foreign observers – “top goalscorer despite not having scored from the quarter-finals on,” sniffed Le Journal du Dimanche – indicated that his six most productive years as a pro might have been regarded a tireless yet vain effort.
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TYRUS (ANP/AFP) - Een Israëlisch bombardement op de Zuid-Libanese stad Tyrus heeft een archeologisch complex beschadigd, meldt het Libanese ministerie van Cultuur. De ruïnes, die uit de Romeinse tijd stammen, staan op de werelderfgoedlijst van UNESCO.
Israël heeft de laatste weken veel luchtaanvallen uitgevoerd op Tyrus, een kuststad op zo'n 20 kilometer van de grens met Israël. Ook zondag werd de stad bestookt, inclusief het gebied waar de opgravingen liggen. Volgens het Libanese ministerie van Cultuur is de schade groot, vooral door brokstukken van bombardementen die in de buurt neerkwamen.
In Libanon geldt sinds half april een staakt-het-vuren, maar toch blijft Israël bombarderen. De Libanese premier Nawaf Salam zei maandag dat Israël sindsdien 3500 luchtaanvallen heeft uitgevoerd, met name op het zuiden van het land. Daarbij zijn honderden mensen gedood. Volgens Israël zijn de militaire acties gericht tegen Hezbollah, dat het bestand ook zou schenden.