Best photos of June 23: Sparks fly at manufacturing company in China to heatwave in Paris

  • Welder polishes raw metal at a manufacturing company in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. AFP
    Welder polishes raw metal at a manufacturing company in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. AFP
  • Two women photograph a rainbow over a lavender field in Valensole in southern France. AFP
    Two women photograph a rainbow over a lavender field in Valensole in southern France. AFP
  • Protestors outside the Prime Minister's Office in Tirana demonstrate against the construction of a luxury hotel – led by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner – near the protected area of Vjosa-Narta in Albania. AFP
    Protestors outside the Prime Minister's Office in Tirana demonstrate against the construction of a luxury hotel – led by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner – near the protected area of Vjosa-Narta in Albania. AFP
  • Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, right, inaugurates MBZ City Passenger Train Station, the operational phase of which will begin on June 30, connecting Abu Dhabi and Fujairah in 1 hour and 45 minutes. Photo: ADMediaOffice
    Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, right, inaugurates MBZ City Passenger Train Station, the operational phase of which will begin on June 30, connecting Abu Dhabi and Fujairah in 1 hour and 45 minutes. Photo: ADMediaOffice
  • Paddleboarder gets off to an early start at Tynemouth beach in north-east England as the UK is affected by a ‘heat dome’. PA
    Paddleboarder gets off to an early start at Tynemouth beach in north-east England as the UK is affected by a ‘heat dome’. PA
  • Farmers begin planting rice in Darul Imarah as the dry season approaches; the crop is part of a stimulus package by Indonesia’s Co-ordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs. EPA
    Farmers begin planting rice in Darul Imarah as the dry season approaches; the crop is part of a stimulus package by Indonesia’s Co-ordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs. EPA
  • Newborn calf with its mother at Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. EPA
    Newborn calf with its mother at Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. EPA
  • Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo trains at Gardens North County District Park at Palm Beach Gardens in Florida. Reuters
    Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo trains at Gardens North County District Park at Palm Beach Gardens in Florida. Reuters
  • A shooting leads to the death of a police officer and structural damage in the Cote-des-Neiges neighbourhood in Montreal, Canada. Reuters
    A shooting leads to the death of a police officer and structural damage in the Cote-des-Neiges neighbourhood in Montreal, Canada. Reuters
  • A portion of Paris’s Canal Saint-Martin has been opened for swimming as a heatwave sweeps across France. AFP
    A portion of Paris’s Canal Saint-Martin has been opened for swimming as a heatwave sweeps across France. AFP