The World in Photos : June  

  05 July 2021    Read: 502
 The World in  Photos  : June  

A devastating condominium collapse in the United States, a deadly airstrike in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, and a respite for wild elephants in China.

A boat makes its way through mucilage, a jelly-like layer of slime that developed on the surface of Turkey’s Marmara Sea, as seen from the Caddebostan shore on June 8. YASIN AKGUL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

A diver takes part in a tourism project to document shipwrecks in Cyprus off the coast of Larnaca on June 8. EMILY IRVING-SWIFT/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

A demonstrator is hit by a water cannon during clashes with riot police amid ongoing protests against the Colombian government in Bogota on June 12. JUAN BARRETO/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

A young girl splashes through a waterfall at a park in Washington, D.C., on June 28 as a heatwave engulfs much of the United States. JIM WATSON/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

Couples dance samba as smoke rises from a burning pyrotechnics warehouse in Moscow on June 19. DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

Israeli Air Force pilots throw their hats in the air as they celebrate graduation at the Hatzerim Israeli Air Force Base in the Negev Desert on June 24. JACK GUEZ/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

Members of the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces Rescue and Relief Unit take part in a biochemical simulation organized by the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency as part of the “African Lion” military exercise in the port of Agadir, Morocco, on June 15. FADEL SENNA/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

British piper Steve Black plays at sunrise to mark the 77th anniversary of D-Day at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, France, on June 6. KIRAN RIDLEY/GETTY IMAGES FOR NORMANDY MEMORIAL TRUST

Aymara Indigenous people take part in the celebration of the Aymara New Year in Tiwanaku, Bolivia, on June 21. AIZAR RALDES/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

People lay flowers and candles near the site of a fatal attack by a knife-wielding man in Wurzburg, Germany, on June 26. THOMAS LOHNES/GETTY IMAGES

Performers dance during a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China at the Bird’s Nest National Stadium in Beijing on June 28. NOEL CELIS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

A herd of wild Asian elephants rests at a temporary stop along their migration route in the outskirts of the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming on June 7. XINHUA VIA GETTY IMAGES

A shepherd leads his flock of sheep across drought-stricken grasslands in Karapinar, Turkey, on June 4. CHRIS MCGRATH/GETTY IMAGES

Spectators stand on and hang from a platform during the second stage of the 108th Tour de France cycling race, between Perros-Guirec and Mur-de-Bretagne Guerledan, France, on June 27. THOMAS SAMSON/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

A man sits under a plastic sheet to shelter from the rain while riding on a cycle-rickshaw cart in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on June 21. MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

D-Day veteran Joe Cattini, left, pretends to fire his gun after arriving by landing craft at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in Portsmouth, England, on June 6. The dockyard commemorated the 77th anniversary of the pivotal World War II operation with the visit from five D-Day veterans. FINNBARR WEBSTER/GETTY IMAGES

A man who performs as Spider-Man in hospitals for sick children hands a mask to Pope Francis as they meet at the end of the weekly general audience at the Vatican on June 23. ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. President Joe Biden prior to a summit at the Villa La Grange in Geneva on June 16. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

Medical personnel are seen behind their sealed work areas at a screening area for COVID-19 in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on June 8. SAM YEH/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

A man cries in front of his destroyed house in Mikulcice, Czech Republic, on June 25 after a massive tornado swept through the region of South Moravia, injuring hundreds and destroying several villages in the area. GABRIEL KUCHTA/GETTY IMAGES

Palestinian children stand at the window of their heavily damaged home in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip on June 1. MAHMUD HAMS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

A man prays near the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Florida, on June 25. JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES

A Kenyan environmental activist unclogs a drain ahead of World Environmental Day celebrations in Riruta, Nairobi, on June 4. SIMON MAINA/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES


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