Photos of the Day: Demonstrators and Balloons

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Students release balloons during a ceremony at the Royal Palace marking the 65th anniversary of independence from France

Photograph: Mak Remissa/EPA

Beverly Hills, US

Lady Gaga accepts the artist inspiration award at the SAG-Aftra foundation’s third annual Patron of the Artists awards at the Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts

Photograph: Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for SAG-Aftra Foundation

Mississauga, Canada

Members of the China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe take part in the thousand-hand Bodhisattva dance

Photograph: Xinhua/Barcroft Images