• Lava flows from the Sundhnuks volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula near Grindavik, Iceland. The volcano, located in south-west Iceland, erupted on May 29, cutting electricity to Grindavik and forcing the evacuation hundreds of guests at the nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. The volcano has erupted five times since December. Getty Images
    Lava flows from the Sundhnuks volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula near Grindavik, Iceland. The volcano, located in south-west Iceland, erupted on May 29, cutting electricity to Grindavik and forcing the evacuation hundreds of guests at the nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. The volcano has erupted five times since December. Getty Images
  • Pro-Palestine supporters demonstrate outside Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, on May 31 before the Uefa Women's Euro 2025 League B Group 2 qualifying football match between Scotland and Israel played out to an empty venue. Scotland won the match 4-1. AFP
    Pro-Palestine supporters demonstrate outside Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, on May 31 before the Uefa Women's Euro 2025 League B Group 2 qualifying football match between Scotland and Israel played out to an empty venue. Scotland won the match 4-1. AFP
  • Twenty pilot whales find themselves stranded near a beach in the city of Rio do Fogo, in north-eastern Brazil, prompting an effort to return them to the sea in an episode considered atypical for the region. EPA
    Twenty pilot whales find themselves stranded near a beach in the city of Rio do Fogo, in north-eastern Brazil, prompting an effort to return them to the sea in an episode considered atypical for the region. EPA
  • Surfer Kanoa Igarashi of Japan competes in the quarter finals of the SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro in Teahupo'o, French Polynesia. Getty Images
    Surfer Kanoa Igarashi of Japan competes in the quarter finals of the SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro in Teahupo'o, French Polynesia. Getty Images
  • Conservationist Amber Gooijer of the Birds of Prey Station in Berg am Irchel, northern Switzerland, measures the wing of a scops owl which is recovering from a traumatic brain injury following an accident. EPA
    Conservationist Amber Gooijer of the Birds of Prey Station in Berg am Irchel, northern Switzerland, measures the wing of a scops owl which is recovering from a traumatic brain injury following an accident. EPA
  • Firefighters work on a street flooded by the River Gunz in Ichenhausen, Bavaria. Weather forecasters expect more rain for Germany. AP
    Firefighters work on a street flooded by the River Gunz in Ichenhausen, Bavaria. Weather forecasters expect more rain for Germany. AP
  • Engineer Guillermo D Christy photographs a steel pillar filled with concrete that was installed inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system to support the Maya Train track on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico. AP Photo
    Engineer Guillermo D Christy photographs a steel pillar filled with concrete that was installed inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system to support the Maya Train track on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico. AP Photo
  • A roebuck stands in a cornfield full of bright red poppies in Oderbruch, Germany. AP
    A roebuck stands in a cornfield full of bright red poppies in Oderbruch, Germany. AP

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