• India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs yoga with others to celebrate the International Day of Yoga in front of the Mysore Palace in Mysore on June 21, 2022. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran / AFP)
    India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs yoga with others to celebrate the International Day of Yoga in front of the Mysore Palace in Mysore on June 21, 2022. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran / AFP)
  • A model showcases the Zegna men's spring-summer 2023 collection in Trivero, near Biella in northern Italy. AP
    A model showcases the Zegna men's spring-summer 2023 collection in Trivero, near Biella in northern Italy. AP
  • Residents brave fast-flowing floodwater as they pass stranded trucks in Sunamganj, north-eastern Bangladesh. Large areas of the country and parts of neighbouring India are under water following heavy rain. AFP
    Residents brave fast-flowing floodwater as they pass stranded trucks in Sunamganj, north-eastern Bangladesh. Large areas of the country and parts of neighbouring India are under water following heavy rain. AFP
  • Activists from the Communist Party of Nepal protest against the government's decision to increase fuel prices, in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA
    Activists from the Communist Party of Nepal protest against the government's decision to increase fuel prices, in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA
  • Indigenous demonstrators drive past burning roadblocks in Machachi, Ecuador, as they head towards the capital Quito, after a week of protests against President Guillermo Lasso. Reuters
    Indigenous demonstrators drive past burning roadblocks in Machachi, Ecuador, as they head towards the capital Quito, after a week of protests against President Guillermo Lasso. Reuters
  • A house stands surrounded by floodwaters in Sylhet, eastern Bangladesh. Monsoon rains have brought heavy flooding to north-eastern India and Bangladesh, killing dozens of people. AP Photo
    A house stands surrounded by floodwaters in Sylhet, eastern Bangladesh. Monsoon rains have brought heavy flooding to north-eastern India and Bangladesh, killing dozens of people. AP Photo
  • Farm manager Martyn van Adrichem poses with Elsa at the Donkey Dairy Farm at Magaliesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Chinese traditional medicine demand for a gelatin made from donkey skins has seen the population plunge in South Africa. AFP
    Farm manager Martyn van Adrichem poses with Elsa at the Donkey Dairy Farm at Magaliesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Chinese traditional medicine demand for a gelatin made from donkey skins has seen the population plunge in South Africa. AFP
  • Revellers celebrate the summer solstice as the sun rises for the longest day of the year at Stonehenge, near Amesbury, in Wiltshire, southern England. AFP
    Revellers celebrate the summer solstice as the sun rises for the longest day of the year at Stonehenge, near Amesbury, in Wiltshire, southern England. AFP
  • Woodcarver and artist Fadel Alkhudr from Syria poses beside his wooden model of Cologne Cathedral in the German city. He fled the civil war in his home country in 2015. AP
    Woodcarver and artist Fadel Alkhudr from Syria poses beside his wooden model of Cologne Cathedral in the German city. He fled the civil war in his home country in 2015. AP
  • An almost deserted Preston Station, in north-west England, on the first day of a national rail strike. Reuters
    An almost deserted Preston Station, in north-west England, on the first day of a national rail strike. Reuters
  • US President Joe Biden meets members of the public during a walk in Cape Henlopen State Park, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Reuters
    US President Joe Biden meets members of the public during a walk in Cape Henlopen State Park, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Reuters

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June 21, 2022

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