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  • Bowler Mariam Al Ali celebrates her score during the UAE Games at Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
    Bowler Mariam Al Ali celebrates her score during the UAE Games at Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
  • Pope Leo XIV meets migrants at the Las Raices reception centre in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Reuters
    Pope Leo XIV meets migrants at the Las Raices reception centre in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Reuters
  • Young divers practise at Chongren sports centre in Wuhan, China. Getty Images
    Young divers practise at Chongren sports centre in Wuhan, China. Getty Images
  • Police commandos from Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue carry boxes containing copies of the government's 2026–27 budget outside Parliament House in Islamabad. AFP
    Police commandos from Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue carry boxes containing copies of the government's 2026–27 budget outside Parliament House in Islamabad. AFP
  • Cricketer Ranula de Silva in action at The Sevens, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    Cricketer Ranula de Silva in action at The Sevens, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays outside the Ibrahimi Mosque, a holy site for Muslims and Jews, in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. AFP
    An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays outside the Ibrahimi Mosque, a holy site for Muslims and Jews, in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. AFP
  • Palestinians watch and play football inside a school sheltering displaced people at the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. AFP
    Palestinians watch and play football inside a school sheltering displaced people at the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. AFP
  • A Syrian farmer drives a tractor past the remains of an Iranian ballistic missile that landed in a field near the Najha, in the Damascus countryside. EPA
    A Syrian farmer drives a tractor past the remains of an Iranian ballistic missile that landed in a field near the Najha, in the Damascus countryside. EPA
  • Hassan Al Dulaimi holds frogs he has bred at his farm near Hama, Syria. The frogs are sold to local restaurants, supplied to laboratories for research or exported. Reuters
    Hassan Al Dulaimi holds frogs he has bred at his farm near Hama, Syria. The frogs are sold to local restaurants, supplied to laboratories for research or exported. Reuters
  • An Iraqi man sells books at his shop on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. AFP
    An Iraqi man sells books at his shop on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. AFP
  • Sushila Devi mourns her husband Shivang Chaurasia, one of three crew members killed in a US air strike on the tanker MT Settebello, in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, India. Reuters
    Sushila Devi mourns her husband Shivang Chaurasia, one of three crew members killed in a US air strike on the tanker MT Settebello, in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, India. Reuters
  • Yousif Lootah, executive director of SS Lootah Group and chairman of Lootah Biofuels, interacts with his humanoid robot, Bu Sunaidah, at his home in Dubai. Reuters
    Yousif Lootah, executive director of SS Lootah Group and chairman of Lootah Biofuels, interacts with his humanoid robot, Bu Sunaidah, at his home in Dubai. Reuters
  • South Korea celebrate their victory over the Czech Republic in the Fifa World Cup at Guadalajara Stadium in Mexico. Reuters
    South Korea celebrate their victory over the Czech Republic in the Fifa World Cup at Guadalajara Stadium in Mexico. Reuters
  • Mexico fans gather at the Angel of Independence monument in the capital city to celebrate their win over South Africa in the World Cup. Reuters
    Mexico fans gather at the Angel of Independence monument in the capital city to celebrate their win over South Africa in the World Cup. Reuters
  • A welcome ceremony for the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. EPA
    A welcome ceremony for the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. EPA
  • Spectators on balconies watch the Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco racetrack. EPA
    Spectators on balconies watch the Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco racetrack. EPA
  • Dancers from the Bejart Ballet Lausanne perform La Route de la Soie (The Silk Road) during a dress rehearsal at the Theatre de Beaulieu in the Swiss city. AFP
    Dancers from the Bejart Ballet Lausanne perform La Route de la Soie (The Silk Road) during a dress rehearsal at the Theatre de Beaulieu in the Swiss city. AFP
  • Rivers cross the Ettrick river during the Selkirk Common Riding, a tradition that commemorates the Battle of Flodden between England and Scotland in 1513, in the Scottish Borders town. Getty Images
    Rivers cross the Ettrick river during the Selkirk Common Riding, a tradition that commemorates the Battle of Flodden between England and Scotland in 1513, in the Scottish Borders town. Getty Images
  • Congolese Red Cross workers lower the coffin of a woman suspected of having died from Ebola at a cemetery in Bunia. AFP
    Congolese Red Cross workers lower the coffin of a woman suspected of having died from Ebola at a cemetery in Bunia. AFP
  • Destruction on Mindanao Island caused by a deadly 7. 8-magnitude earthquake that struck the Philippines. Reuters
    Destruction on Mindanao Island caused by a deadly 7. 8-magnitude earthquake that struck the Philippines. Reuters
  • Marine One, carrying US President Donald Trump, touches down at the Wall Street Landing Zone in New York City. Reuters
    Marine One, carrying US President Donald Trump, touches down at the Wall Street Landing Zone in New York City. Reuters
  • An amateur football match under way inside the crater of an inactive volcano in Mexico City. EPA
    An amateur football match under way inside the crater of an inactive volcano in Mexico City. EPA
  • An icebergs floats in the Atlantic Ocean near the shore at Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, Portugal Cove South, Newfoundland, Canada. AFP
    An icebergs floats in the Atlantic Ocean near the shore at Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, Portugal Cove South, Newfoundland, Canada. AFP
  • An activist blocks a road with a hand glued to the tarmac during a protest on the opening day of the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA at Schoenefeld Airport in Berlin. Reuters
    An activist blocks a road with a hand glued to the tarmac during a protest on the opening day of the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA at Schoenefeld Airport in Berlin. Reuters
  • Damaged cars and buildings after anti-immigrant protests following a knife attack that left a man seriously injured, in East Belfast, Northern Ireland. Reuters
    Damaged cars and buildings after anti-immigrant protests following a knife attack that left a man seriously injured, in East Belfast, Northern Ireland. Reuters
  • Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who had been due to officiate at Fifa World Cup matches but was denied entry to the US, is received at Aden Abdulle Osman International Airport in Mogadishu. Reuters
    Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who had been due to officiate at Fifa World Cup matches but was denied entry to the US, is received at Aden Abdulle Osman International Airport in Mogadishu. Reuters
  • Swells from Tropical Depression Cristina hit damaged houses along the coast in Acajutla, El Salvador. Reuters
    Swells from Tropical Depression Cristina hit damaged houses along the coast in Acajutla, El Salvador. Reuters
  • Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, centre, arrives for a closed-door interview with the US House Oversight Committee in Washington over his association with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. AFP
    Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, centre, arrives for a closed-door interview with the US House Oversight Committee in Washington over his association with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. AFP
  • A candlelight vigil near the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City to raise awareness of thousands of people who have disappeared in Mexico, before the World Cup opening match. Reuters
    A candlelight vigil near the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City to raise awareness of thousands of people who have disappeared in Mexico, before the World Cup opening match. Reuters
  • Sumo wrestlers in the French capital for the Paris Sumo Tournament. AFP
    Sumo wrestlers in the French capital for the Paris Sumo Tournament. AFP

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June 12, 2026

Updated: June 12, 2026, 6:05 PM
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