Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during the gold medal ceremony for the U.S. Army Rangers of WWII in the Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, on June 26, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
A Canadair firefighting aircraft drops water on a forest fire near Thymari, southeast of Athens, Greece, on June 26, 2025. The fire broke out near the seaside towns of Palaia Fokaia and Thymari, 50 km from Athens, leading to evacuations and damaging houses, according to the Greek fire department and public broadcaster Ert. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a press conference at City Hall in New York, on June 26, 2025. Adams announced his reelection campaign on the steps of City Hall days after state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Volunteers plant mangrove seedlings at a beach that was devastated by the Boxing Day 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami at Kajhu on the outskirts of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on June 26, 2025. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
A worker pushes a cart carrying items through a commercial area that was vandalized and torched during deadly protests marking one year since the storming of parliament by anti-tax demonstrators in Nairobi, Kenya. At least 16 people died in protests across Kenya on June 25, 2025, Amnesty International said on June 26, 2025, as businesses and residents were left to clean up the devastation in the capital and beyond. Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images
Detailers yell at new arrivals while they move to their next station at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on June 26, 2025. To mark the start of Plebe Summer, approximately 1,200 plebes, or freshmen in the Class of 2029, take part in Induction Day, which involves In-processing, medical exams, uniform fittings, haircuts, and learning to salute. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images
French skyscraper climber Alain Robert, known as the “French Spiderman,” raises his arms after climbing without protection to the top of the Melia Barcelona Sky Hotel in Barcelona, on June 26, 2025. Manaure Quintero/AFP via Getty Images
Students take the “Epreuve du Brevet”—secondary school certificate test—at the Chaptal School in Paris, on June 26, 2025. Thibaud Moritz/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Guatemala Minister of Governance Francisco Jimenez stand together after signing a memorandum of understanding on a joint security program agreement at the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on June 26, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
A Paris firefighter operates a firehose with the Zelup nozzle, a new twin-fluid mobile firefighting system, during a press presentation at the Paris firefighters' headquarters, Caserne Champerret, on June 26, 2025. Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images
A woman uses a metal detector as she walks along Sydney's Bondi Beach on a cold winter's day in Australia on June 26, 2025. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images
A man cleans dust from the portrait of a fallen brother-in-arms on the Memorial Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine in the Russia-Ukraine war outside Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral amid the Russian invasion, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 26, 2025. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images
An Indonesian Muslim youth performs a fire-breathing act during a parade marking the beginning of the Islamic new year in Surabaya, Indonesia, on June 26, 2025. Juni Kriswanto/AFP via Getty Images
A potter and his horse walk on a road ahead of the annual Hindu pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath at Chandanwari, about 115 km southeast of Srinagar, India, on June 26, 2025. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images
Mourners react during the funeral of Matan Yashinovaki, a 21-year-old soldier killed in the Gaza Strip, in Kfar Yona, on June 26, 2025. Seven Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza after an attack on their armored vehicle on June 25, in one of the deadliest incidents for its forces in the more than 20-month war between Israel and Hamas. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images
In this pool photo distributed by Russian state news agency Sputnik, Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Laureano Ortega Murillo, Nicaragua's envoy for relations with Russia, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov, and Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing attend the 4th Eurasian Economic Forum in Minsk, Belarus, on June 26, 2025. Sergei Bobylyov/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Workers manually harvest cork, a task that requires a lot of effort due to the high temperatures and physical demands, on a farm near Couço, Portugal, on June 26, 2025. Portuguese cork producers, part of one of the country's most important export sectors, are facing growing uncertainty as the United States moves forward with plans to introduce new tariffs on a range of European products. Adri Salido/Getty Images
Amalie Svabikova of Team Czechia competes in the Women's Pole Vault during the European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division at Vallehermoso Stadium in Madrid, Spain, on June 26, 2025. Martinson/Getty Images for European Athletics
Visitors walk around a local night market in Keelung, Taiwan, on June 26, 2025. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his bride-to-be board a taxi boat at the Aman Hotel in Venice, on June 26, 2026. Celebrities in superyachts are sailing into Venice this week for the three-day wedding party of the tycoon and Lauren Sanchez. Stefano Rellandini/AFP via Getty Images
People cross the stepping stones in the River Dove at Dovedale in the Peak District National Park in Ashbourne, England, on June 26, 2025. Water companies will now have to use nature-based solutions when managing wastewater, as the Water (Special Measures) Act 2025 comes into force. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
A person looks out of a window amid the remains of a residential building in the Saadat Abad neighborhood that was struck by an Israeli attack on June 13, in Tehran, Iran, on June 26, 2025. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
Festival-goers wearing inflatable bird costumes pose for photos during day two of the Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton in Glastonbury, England, on June 26, 2025. Established by Michael Eavis in 1970, Glastonbury has grown into the UK's largest music festival, drawing more than 200,000 fans to enjoy performances across more than 100 stages. Leon Neal/Getty Images
Head of the breeding program Manuel Gaillard holds two Saint Bernard puppies during a press visit ahead of the inauguration of the Barryland museum and park in Martigny, in the Swiss Alps, on June 26, 2025. The Barry Foundation is opening a unique venue dedicated to the Saint Bernard rescue dog, Switzerland's national emblem. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
