• A child plays as women rest on a bench in front of destroyed residential buildings in Kostyantynivka, in eastern Donetsk, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. AFP
    A child plays as women rest on a bench in front of destroyed residential buildings in Kostyantynivka, in eastern Donetsk, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. AFP
  • Spectators wave at a military aircraft during the Antidotum air show in Leszno, Poland. AFP
    Spectators wave at a military aircraft during the Antidotum air show in Leszno, Poland. AFP
  • People in traditional Lithuanian clothes celebrate Saint John's Day and the summer solstice in Kernave, about 35km north-west of the capital, Vilnius. AP
    People in traditional Lithuanian clothes celebrate Saint John's Day and the summer solstice in Kernave, about 35km north-west of the capital, Vilnius. AP
  • A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink satellites streaks across the night sky after launch, as seen from Encinitas, California. Reuters
    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink satellites streaks across the night sky after launch, as seen from Encinitas, California. Reuters
  • Firefighters at a lithium battery factory, owned by South Korean battery maker Aricell, in Hwaseong after a blaze. AFP
    Firefighters at a lithium battery factory, owned by South Korean battery maker Aricell, in Hwaseong after a blaze. AFP
  • Constitucion Avenue and the retaining wall that was damaged by tropical storm Alberto in Monterrey, Mexico. AFP
    Constitucion Avenue and the retaining wall that was damaged by tropical storm Alberto in Monterrey, Mexico. AFP
  • Limor Gonen practises at a shooting range in the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank. The number of women applying for gun permits has soared. AFP
    Limor Gonen practises at a shooting range in the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank. The number of women applying for gun permits has soared. AFP
  • Olympic Games mascot Phryges is projected on to the Eiffel Tower in Paris during a protest against LVMH by animal rights group Peta. AFP
    Olympic Games mascot Phryges is projected on to the Eiffel Tower in Paris during a protest against LVMH by animal rights group Peta. AFP
  • An informal Wagner Group memorial in central Moscow. One year ago, Yevgeny Prigozhin accused the Russian Defense Ministry of carrying out a missile strike on the group's rear positions and proclaimed a 'march of justice' to the capital. EPA
    An informal Wagner Group memorial in central Moscow. One year ago, Yevgeny Prigozhin accused the Russian Defense Ministry of carrying out a missile strike on the group's rear positions and proclaimed a 'march of justice' to the capital. EPA
  • Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, a reformist, waves during a campaign in Tehran. AP
    Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, a reformist, waves during a campaign in Tehran. AP

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June 24, 2024

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