• Mexico's president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum leaves the polling station where she voted during general elections in Mexico City. AP
    Mexico's president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum leaves the polling station where she voted during general elections in Mexico City. AP
  • An explosion following an Israeli air strike on Al Bureije refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. EPA
    An explosion following an Israeli air strike on Al Bureije refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. EPA
  • Yasmin Sayyed, from Ride to Rescue in Ras Al Khaimah, has moved her horses to air-conditioned stables for the summer. Antonie Robertson/The National
    Yasmin Sayyed, from Ride to Rescue in Ras Al Khaimah, has moved her horses to air-conditioned stables for the summer. Antonie Robertson/The National
  • The Olympic rings are seen on the Eiffel Tower. The Paris Olympics organisers mounted the rings on Friday as the French capital marked 50 days until the start of the Summer Games. AP
    The Olympic rings are seen on the Eiffel Tower. The Paris Olympics organisers mounted the rings on Friday as the French capital marked 50 days until the start of the Summer Games. AP
  • Members of the public help the Environmental Agency Abu Dhabi, Yas Research Centre and The National Aquarium Abu Dhabi release turtles back into the wild at Saadiyat Island. Victor Besa / The National
    Members of the public help the Environmental Agency Abu Dhabi, Yas Research Centre and The National Aquarium Abu Dhabi release turtles back into the wild at Saadiyat Island. Victor Besa / The National
  • A pupil hugs a teacher outside a school on the first day of the national college entrance examination, known as Gaokao, in Wuhan, China. AFP
    A pupil hugs a teacher outside a school on the first day of the national college entrance examination, known as Gaokao, in Wuhan, China. AFP
  • An artist paints portraits of Indian prime ministers at his workshop in Amritsar. AFP
    An artist paints portraits of Indian prime ministers at his workshop in Amritsar. AFP
  • A Virgin Australia Airlines Boeing 737 plane flies as a storm approaches at Sydney International Airport. AFP
    A Virgin Australia Airlines Boeing 737 plane flies as a storm approaches at Sydney International Airport. AFP
  • Israeli right-wing nationalists attack Palestinian journalist Saif Al Qawasmi in the Old City of Jerusalem during the Flag March. AFP
    Israeli right-wing nationalists attack Palestinian journalist Saif Al Qawasmi in the Old City of Jerusalem during the Flag March. AFP
  • Palestinian children wounded in the Israeli bombardment on a residential building in Bureij refugee camp are treated at Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza Strip. AP
    Palestinian children wounded in the Israeli bombardment on a residential building in Bureij refugee camp are treated at Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza Strip. AP
  • The Svartsengi area of Grindavik, Iceland, with active craters and lava flows in the foreground. The white steam in the top right is produced by the power plant and Blue Lagoon area. AP
    The Svartsengi area of Grindavik, Iceland, with active craters and lava flows in the foreground. The white steam in the top right is produced by the power plant and Blue Lagoon area. AP
  • 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
  • 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 seagull flies above a rooftop in Rome. AFP
    A seagull flies above a rooftop in Rome. AFP
  • Germany's Alexander Zverev in action against Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands during the French Open, in Paris, France. EPA
    Germany's Alexander Zverev in action against Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands during the French Open, in Paris, France. EPA
  • Salt being harvested from seawater in a greenhouse, which allows year-round salt production, in Bungko, West Java. AFP
    Salt being harvested from seawater in a greenhouse, which allows year-round salt production, in Bungko, West Java. AFP
  • A man tries to handle horses during the Rapa Das Bestas festival in Cedeira, A Coruna, Spain. EPA
    A man tries to handle horses during the Rapa Das Bestas festival in Cedeira, A Coruna, Spain. EPA
  • A boy sips a cup of tea during a break at a factory in Al Bab, on the outskirts of Aleppo. Thousands of vulnerable children in Syria are being forced to take up work due to the devastating effects of a civil war that began in 2011. AFP
    A boy sips a cup of tea during a break at a factory in Al Bab, on the outskirts of Aleppo. Thousands of vulnerable children in Syria are being forced to take up work due to the devastating effects of a civil war that began in 2011. AFP
  • The coffin of Tep Vong, the leader of Cambodia's Buddhist community, sits on a golden dragon float during a funeral procession before his cremation in Phnom Penh. AFP
    The coffin of Tep Vong, the leader of Cambodia's Buddhist community, sits on a golden dragon float during a funeral procession before his cremation in Phnom Penh. AFP
  • A camp for displaced people at the Gymnasium Vincent sports centre in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. More than 1,120 people, half of them minors, live in poverty at the centre, which is behind the former official residence of the country's president. EPA
    A camp for displaced people at the Gymnasium Vincent sports centre in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. More than 1,120 people, half of them minors, live in poverty at the centre, which is behind the former official residence of the country's president. EPA
  • Police stand guard during the 'Ni una menos' demonstration in front of the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. EPA
    Police stand guard during the 'Ni una menos' demonstration in front of the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. EPA
  • D-Day veterans in the map room at Southwick House, the nerve centre of D-Day operations 80 years ago, during a gathering of Second World War veterans near Portsmouth. AFP
    D-Day veterans in the map room at Southwick House, the nerve centre of D-Day operations 80 years ago, during a gathering of Second World War veterans near Portsmouth. AFP
  • Salt evaporation ponds near the Manzala salt lake in Egypt's northern province of Daqahliya. AFP
    Salt evaporation ponds near the Manzala salt lake in Egypt's northern province of Daqahliya. AFP
  • A man salvages a corrugated iron sheet from destroyed houses in the aftermath of a tornado in Tongaat, north of Durban. AFP
    A man salvages a corrugated iron sheet from destroyed houses in the aftermath of a tornado in Tongaat, north of Durban. AFP
  • A man carries recyclable materials as cows and storks pick through the rubbish at a dump on the outskirts of Guwahati, India. AFP
    A man carries recyclable materials as cows and storks pick through the rubbish at a dump on the outskirts of Guwahati, India. AFP
  • Coral grows on a sculpture at the Muszif underwater museum in Isla Fuerte, Colombia, at which reefs threatened by tourism and climate change are protected. AFP
    Coral grows on a sculpture at the Muszif underwater museum in Isla Fuerte, Colombia, at which reefs threatened by tourism and climate change are protected. AFP
  • Migrants wait in line to be processed by US Customs and Border Patrol agents in Jacumba Hot Springs, California, after walking in intense heat from Mexico. AFP
    Migrants wait in line to be processed by US Customs and Border Patrol agents in Jacumba Hot Springs, California, after walking in intense heat from Mexico. AFP
  • Firefighters work in the aftermath of a fatal train crash in the city of Pardubice, Czech Republic. EPA
    Firefighters work in the aftermath of a fatal train crash in the city of Pardubice, Czech Republic. EPA
  • A pony and trap at the Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria, north-west England. The fair is an annual gathering of Roma and travelling communities that dates from around 1685. Getty Images
    A pony and trap at the Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria, north-west England. The fair is an annual gathering of Roma and travelling communities that dates from around 1685. Getty Images
  • Nigel Farage’s UK general election campaign launch did not go well, as the Reform UK candidate was pelted with a milkshake in Clacton-on-Sea. AFP
    Nigel Farage’s UK general election campaign launch did not go well, as the Reform UK candidate was pelted with a milkshake in Clacton-on-Sea. AFP

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June 07, 2024

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