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April 6, 2026

Racing pigeons, Tokyo go-karts and Gouda for breakfast: Monday's photos of the day

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

Racing pigeons, Tokyo go-karts and Gouda for breakfast: Monday's photos of the day

TL;DR

  • International Pentecost Holiness church held an Easter mass wedding.
  • The London Horse Harness Parade featured horse-drawn vehicles and classic cars.
  • The two-child benefit cap has been officially scrapped.
  • Gouda hosted a free breakfast in its historic city centre on Easter Monday.
  • Tourists were seen driving go-karts through a city.
  • Blooming Yoshino cherry trees were photographed at the University of Washington, Seattle.
  • A waning gibbous moon was visible in the early morning sky.
  • Plane spotters photographed a B1 bomber landing at RAF Fairford.
  • Taliban security personnel distributed food aid to flood victims in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.
  • Rescue workers responded to a damaged residential building after a strike.
  • Armed tribe members gathered for an anti-US and anti-Israel rally in Yemen.
  • Rescue teams searched for missing people amid rubble after an Iranian missile strike.
  • The Up North Combine pigeon racing organisation commenced its season in Wetherby.