Artistic swimming in El Salvador, smoke-filled skies over Chicago, a fashion show in Versailles, an Eid al-Adha festival in India, a military rebellion in Russia, angry protests in France, a collapsed rail bridge in Montana, a Pride festival in the Philippines, and much more
Photos of the Week: Polka Dots, Robotic Arms, Virtual Taekwondo
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Read moreAn aerial view of Filipinos taking part in the Pride Festival in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on June 24, 2023. Twenty-three years after the first anti-discrimination bill based on sexual orientation and gender identity was introduced by lawmakers, the Philippines has yet to enact it into law. The SOGIE (Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity or Expression) Equality Bill is considered one of the slowest-moving pieces of legislation in the country's history. #
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Read moreA person walks through "The Hope of the Polka Dots Buried in Infinity Will Eternally Cover the Universe," part of the exhibition "You, Me, and the Balloons" by Yayoi Kusama at Aviva Studios in Manchester, England, on June 29, 2023. #
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Read moreA French rock climber named Jean Michel Casanova scales the 172-meter-high steel support structure of the Bailong Elevator, also known as the Bailong Sky Ladder, in the Wulingyuan Scenic Area in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China, on June 28, 2023. #
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Read moreSeveral train cars are submerged in the Yellowstone River after a bridge collapsed near Columbus, Montana, on June 24, 2023. The bridge collapsed overnight, causing a train that was traveling over it to plunge into the water below. Authorities were testing the water quality along a stretch of the river where mangled cars carrying hazardous materials remained. #
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Read moreValentyna (center) mourns with others over the coffin of her son Nazar Matlak, a Ukrainian serviceman, who was killed fighting Russian troops in the Zaporizhzhya region, during his funeral service on June 27, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. #
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Read moreMembers of the Wagner Group sit in a military vehicle with the word "brother" painted on it, late on June 24, 2023, in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin briefly sent his Wagner fighters to occupy Rostov-on-Don, and to advance on Moscow on June 23, only to call off the action on June 24, and accept a deal to relocate to Belarus. #
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Read moreA contestant waits to compete in the Miss Cholita Pacena 2023 beauty pageant in Valle de La Luna, on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, on June 23, 2023. The annual contest recognizes Aymara women's fashion and beauty as well as their command of their Indigenous lifestyle and language. #
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Read morePeople show screens of their smartphones colored in green during the Power Our Planet concert on the sidelines of the climate-finance conference in Paris, on June 22, 2023. #
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Read moreAn office and commercial building named KII, planted with kilometers of tiered hornbeam hedge, is pictured in the city center of Dusseldorf, Germany, on June 28, 2023. Europe's largest green facade improves the microclimate in the building and absorbs as much CO2 as 80 large trees. #
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Read moreDebris is lifted into the air by a possible tornado during severe weather near Greenwood, Indiana, on June 25, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social-media video. #
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Read moreA horse rears in the crowd during the "Caragol des Born," a mass gathering of horses and people swirling to the rhythm of music during the traditional San Juan festival in the town of Ciutadella, on the island of Minorca, on June 23, 2023. #
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Read moreMounia (center left), the mother of Nahel, a teenage driver shot dead by a policeman, sits atop a truck followed by attendees during a commemoration march for her son, in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre, on June 29, 2023. Violent protests broke out in France in the day's early hours as anger grew over the police killing; security forces arrested 150 people in the chaos that saw balaclava-clad protesters burning cars and setting off fireworks. Seventeen-year-old Nahel was shot in the chest at point-blank range in Nanterre on the morning of June 27, 2023, in an incident that has reignited debate in France about police tactics long criticized by rights groups for their mistreatment of people in low-income suburbs, particularly ethnic minorities. #
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Read moreCars burn after a march for Nahel, in Nanterre, outside Paris, on June 29, 2023. The 17-year-old's killing during a traffic check Tuesday, captured on video, shocked the country and stirred up long-simmering tensions between police and young people in housing projects and other disadvantaged neighborhoods around France. #
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Read moreA firefighter works to extinguish burning vehicles during clashes between protesters and police, after the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer during a traffic stop, in Nanterre, France, on June 28, 2023. #
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Read moreZihan Kong, the Bronze medalist in the Junior Men Division, performs a pas de deux from "Children of the Stars" during the awards gala at Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson, Mississippi, on the final night of the USA International Ballet Competition on June 23, 2023. #
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Read moreNanna Lind Kristensen of Denmark competes against Mara D'Alessandro of Italy during the Teqball Women's Singles Bronze Medal match on day nine of the European Games 2023 at Krakow Main Square on June 28, 2023, in Krakow, Poland. #
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Read moreAlexander Tang of Team Singapore competes in the virtual-taekwondo qualifying rounds on day two of the Olympic Esports Week at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Center, on June 23, 2023, in Singapore. #
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