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Pope Francis greets a person dressed as Spider-Man after the general audience at the Vatican. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
A man is detained after a fight broke out during a Loudoun County School Board meeting which included a discussion of Critical Race Theory and transgender students, in Ashburn, Virginia. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
The Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, is illuminated in rainbow colours during the Euro 2020 match between Germany and Hungary. REUTERS/Christian Mang
People sunbathe on the beach on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, as a flow of migrants arriving continuous on the Mediterranean island, in Lampedusa, Italy. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Police officers salute the casket of K-9 Kitt in Gillette Stadium during a memorial service held in honor of the police dog, who was killed during a domestic violence call, in Boston, Massachusetts. Jessica Rinaldi/Pool
General view of a trolleybus parking after heavy rainfall and floods in Yalta, Crimea. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak
Eric Adams speaks at a New York City primary mayoral election night party in New York City. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
People gather in front of one of the tour buses during a stop on the Freedom Ride For Voting Rights at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers
People carry candles past the "The Motherland Calls" monument illuminated in red during a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of German invasion into Soviet Union at the Mamayev Kurgan World War Two memorial complex in Volgograd, Russia. ...more
An asylum-seeking migrant, who was apprehended and returned to Mexico under Title 42 after crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S., is pictured with her son in a public square where hundreds of migrants live in tents, in Reynosa, Mexico....more
Athena Tedder and Norah Benedict, students at Michigan's Clarkston Junior High School visit the Vietnam Memorial during their 8th grade trip to Washington. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
A man jumps over a bonfire during celebration of the summer solstice at a festival in the village of Okunevo in Omsk region, Russia. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko
A homeowner is comforted by a family member as they survey the damage to her home after a tornado touched down on the previous day, in Mascouche, Quebec, Canada. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
U.S. President Joe Biden wipes a tear next to first lady Jill Biden during the funeral ceremony of former Senator John Warner at Washington National Cathedral in Washington. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
A woman looks at Rembrandt's famed Night Watch which is back on display in what researchers say in its original size, with missing parts temporarily restored in an exhibition aided by artificial intelligence, at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands....more
Catalan leaders Oriol Junqueras, Joaquim Forn, Josep Rull, Raul Romeva, Jordi sanchez and Jordi Cuixart gesture in front of the Lledoners prison after the Spanish government announced a pardon for those who participated in Catalonia's failed 2017...more
People shop at a crowded wholesale vegetable market after authorities eased coronavirus restrictions, following a drop in cases, in the old quarters of Delhi, India. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Members of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) survey the site after a deadly blast in residential area in Lahore, Pakistan. REUERS/Mohsin Raza
Marine patrol personnel work at the scene of an oil spill in Little Liuqiu, Pingtung county, Taiwan. ISLANDER DIVERS/SU HUAI
Democratic New York City Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang walks past a person in a subway station during the New York City primary mayoral election, in Manhattan, New York City. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
A woman reacts to a chemical agent during an operation by police to evict a homeless encampment, at Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. REUTERS/Kyaw Soe Oo
Bolivia's President Luis Arce raises his hands during an ancestral ceremony to ring in the Aymara New Year, in Tiwanaku, Bolivia. REUTERS/Claudia Morales
A general view of the Olympic Rings installed on a floating platform with the Rainbow Bridge in the background in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
Eric Adams, Brooklyn borough president and Democratic candidate for New York City mayor, reacts as he speaks to supporters and the media after voting in the primary election in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Musician Brad Paisley and his wife, Kimberly Williams-Paisley look on in the background, as U.S. first lady Jill Biden delivers remarks on the promotion of coronavirus vaccines, at the Ole Smoky Distillery in Nashville, Tennessee1. REUTERS/Tom...more
Police officers push people out of a barricade after the eviction of a homeless encampment at Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Cast member Harvey Keitel grabs director Eytan Rockaway's face as they pose with cast member John Magoro during a premiere for the film "Lansky" at the Harmony Gold theatre in Los Angeles, California. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Portraits of jailed Catalan secessionist leaders are pictured next to the Lledoners prison at Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, near Barcelona, Spain. REUTERS/Albert Gea
A woman walks into the Brooklyn Museum voting station during New York Primary election voting in New York City. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Birds fly over the pier in Santa Monica, California. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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