• Victoria Rodriguez, 83, the mother of inmate Venancio, cries outside Tacumbu jail where a fire broke out at the overcrowded facility in Asuncion, Paraguay. Authorities say the fire was caused by a short circuit in the art workshop and that the only person who died in the blaze was Blas Gaona, the prison’s security chief. Jorge Saenz / AP
    Victoria Rodriguez, 83, the mother of inmate Venancio, cries outside Tacumbu jail where a fire broke out at the overcrowded facility in Asuncion, Paraguay. Authorities say the fire was caused by a short circuit in the art workshop and that the only person who died in the blaze was Blas Gaona, the prison’s security chief. Jorge Saenz / AP
  • South Korean marines react to a Kpop girl group during a media tour organised by the Defence Ministry at a marine base near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Gimpo, South Korea. Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters
    South Korean marines react to a Kpop girl group during a media tour organised by the Defence Ministry at a marine base near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Gimpo, South Korea. Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters
  • Royal fans with Union Flags and the Australian flag cheer at the barriers ahead of a service of thanksgiving for the 90th birthday of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, which is also the Duke of Edinburgh’s 95th birthday. Britain started a weekend of events to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday. Justin Tallis / AFP
    Royal fans with Union Flags and the Australian flag cheer at the barriers ahead of a service of thanksgiving for the 90th birthday of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, which is also the Duke of Edinburgh’s 95th birthday. Britain started a weekend of events to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday. Justin Tallis / AFP
  • Children rest in front of a restaurant in Manila. Noel Celis / AFP
    Children rest in front of a restaurant in Manila. Noel Celis / AFP
  • Akera Price-King, 9, carries a sign saluting Muhammad Ali on the street in front of Ali’s boyhood home, in Louisville, Kentucky. Ali’s funeral procession is scheduled to pass by the house. Mark Humphrey / AP
    Akera Price-King, 9, carries a sign saluting Muhammad Ali on the street in front of Ali’s boyhood home, in Louisville, Kentucky. Ali’s funeral procession is scheduled to pass by the house. Mark Humphrey / AP
  • Elephant Nelly kicks a ball, as an “animal oracle” tries to predict results of the Germany vs Ukraine match at Euro 2016, in the “Safari Park” in Hodenhagen, Germany. Fabian Bimmer / Reuters
    Elephant Nelly kicks a ball, as an “animal oracle” tries to predict results of the Germany vs Ukraine match at Euro 2016, in the “Safari Park” in Hodenhagen, Germany. Fabian Bimmer / Reuters
  • Gorilla mother Safiri holds her still nameless one-week-old baby at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany. Roland Weihrauch / EPA
    Gorilla mother Safiri holds her still nameless one-week-old baby at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany. Roland Weihrauch / EPA
  • A woman uses a fan to cover herself from the sun as she walks past posters of Spain’s Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez in Ronda, Spain. Jon Nazca / Reuters
    A woman uses a fan to cover herself from the sun as she walks past posters of Spain’s Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez in Ronda, Spain. Jon Nazca / Reuters

World in focus — best photos for June 10, 2016


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A look at the best photos from around the world today.