• A statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin casts a shadow on a bas-relief in Volgograd, Russia. Toru Hanai / Reuters
    A statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin casts a shadow on a bas-relief in Volgograd, Russia. Toru Hanai / Reuters
  • Russian president Vladimir Putin lays flowers during a ceremony in Moscow marking the anniversary of the Nazi German invasion in 1941. Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters
    Russian president Vladimir Putin lays flowers during a ceremony in Moscow marking the anniversary of the Nazi German invasion in 1941. Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters
  • Children stand in front of the water fountains on a hot day in Volgograd. Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters
    Children stand in front of the water fountains on a hot day in Volgograd. Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters
  • Seattle Mariners pinch runner Guillermo Heredia is tagged out by New York Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius during the eighth inning of a baseball. Bill Kostroun / AP Photo
    Seattle Mariners pinch runner Guillermo Heredia is tagged out by New York Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius during the eighth inning of a baseball. Bill Kostroun / AP Photo
  • Member of an Indonesian search and rescue team look for victims of the sunken KM Sinar Bangun ferry on Lake Toba in North Sumarta, Indonesia. Dedi Sinuaji / EPA
    Member of an Indonesian search and rescue team look for victims of the sunken KM Sinar Bangun ferry on Lake Toba in North Sumarta, Indonesia. Dedi Sinuaji / EPA
  • A lion naps on a road-sign looking out onto the savannah at the Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Tony Karumba / AFP Photo
    A lion naps on a road-sign looking out onto the savannah at the Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Tony Karumba / AFP Photo
  • Frankie Dettori jumps off Stradivarius as he celebrates winning the 4.20 Gold Cup at Royal Asoct. Paul Childs / Action Images via Reuters
    Frankie Dettori jumps off Stradivarius as he celebrates winning the 4.20 Gold Cup at Royal Asoct. Paul Childs / Action Images via Reuters
  • People attempt to cool off beside a fountain during a heat wave in the center Volgograd, Russia. Zurab Kurtsikidze / EPA
    People attempt to cool off beside a fountain during a heat wave in the center Volgograd, Russia. Zurab Kurtsikidze / EPA

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World in focus - best photos for June 22, 2018

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