Selecting

Click with the left mouse button close to the region:

clicking near a region

drag to the opposite corner until the region turns blue:

dragging to select a region

Release the mouse button:

region selected

The same applies to selecting multiple adjacent regions:

selecting multiple adjacent regions

If you want to select non-adjacent regions, select the first one, then add the subsequent ones by pressing and holding the CTRL button, clicking the regions of interest with the left mouse button.

selecting multiple non-adjacent regions