An unconscious swimmer is rescued
An unconscious swimmer is rescued

The Month in World Photos

Brutally high temperatures across Europe, the battle for abortion rights in the United States, and a dramatic rescue in a Budapest pool. This was June 2022.

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A girl whispers to another
A girl whispers to another

A girl from the Indigenous community of Tenganan Pegringsingan whispers to a relative as they watch the pandanus war ritual called Mekare-kare in Bali, Indonesia, on June 24.

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A giraffe drinks water
A giraffe drinks water

A Masai giraffe drinks water in Selenkay Conservancy, a community-owned conservation area in Amboseli, Kenya, on June 21.

YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images
Taxis and yogis in New York City
Taxis and yogis in New York City

Yogis take part in an event marking the summer solstice in Times Square, New York, on June 21.

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Migrants sleep on a roadway
Migrants sleep on a roadway

Latin American migrants headed toward the U.S. border sleep on a roadway in Huehuetán, Chiapas state, Mexico, on June 7.

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A protester cries
A protester cries

A protester cries inside a police bus after being detained during a demonstration in New Delhi on June 13. The person was protesting recent attacks on Muslims.

Adnan Abidi/Reuters
Politicians look at damage in Ukraine
Politicians look at damage in Ukraine

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron (center) visit Irpin, Ukraine, on June 16.

LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
A Ukrainian serviceman pops out of a tank
A Ukrainian serviceman pops out of a tank

A Ukrainian serviceman is pictured inside a tank in the Donetsk region on June 11 as Russia’s attacks on Ukraine continue.

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A person wearing a pride flag faces riot police
A person wearing a pride flag faces riot police

A participant faces riot police during a pride march in Istanbul on June 26. Turkish police forcibly intervened in the march, detaining dozens.

KEMAL ASLAN/AFP via Getty Images
Autorickshaws line up
Autorickshaws line up

Autorickshaws line up at a Ceylon fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 20.

ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images
A police officer holds up his hand to a protester
A police officer holds up his hand to a protester

A police officer gestures at demonstrators during Indigenous-led protests against the Ecuadorean government in Quito on June 22.

RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images
Russian soldiers
Russian soldiers

Two Russian honor guards stand on duty at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in downtown Moscow on June 28.

KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images
People do backflips amid a sunset
People do backflips amid a sunset

People practice backflips at Toyosu Gururi Park in Tokyo on June 26.

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Aerial photo of boats and people
Aerial photo of boats and people

People gather to collect food aid amid flooding following heavy monsoon rainfalls in Companiganj, Bangladesh, on June 20.

MARUF RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images
Mount Etna erupts
Mount Etna erupts

An explorer stands before long streams of lava near the southeast crater of Mount Etna, as seen from Zafferana Etnea, Italy, on June 11.

Antonio Parrinello/Reuters
A torchlight battle
A torchlight battle

Villagers take part in the torchlight battle in Jepara, Indonesia, on June 20.

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Drag queens throw confetti
Drag queens throw confetti

Thai drag queens throw confetti during Bangkok Pride on June 5.

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A huge wildfire
A huge wildfire

Firefighters battle a wildfire in Pumarejo de Tera near Zamora, Spain, on June 18.

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Smoke rises from a building
Smoke rises from a building

Smoke rises from a burning pile of seized illegal drugs during a destruction ceremony to mark the United Nations’ International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Yangon, Myanmar, on June 26.

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A strawberry moon rises
A strawberry moon rises

A strawberry moon rises behind the old town district in Dresden, Germany, on June 14.

Matthias Rietschel/Reuters
Ukrainian fighters fire a gun
Ukrainian fighters fire a gun

Ukrainian fighters fire a French self-propelled 52-caliber gun toward Russian positions at a front line in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on June 15.

ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images
An albino baby turtle
An albino baby turtle

A unique albino Galápagos giant tortoise baby, born May 1, appears next to its mother at the Tropicarium in Servion, Switzerland, on June 3.

FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images
A man points a water gun
A man points a water gun

An activist with a water gun takes part in an anti-NATO demonstration in downtown Madrid on June 26.

OSCAR DEL POZO/AFP via Getty Images
A mother and daughter sit outside the Supreme Court
A mother and daughter sit outside the Supreme Court

Lisa Turner, 47, holds her daughter Lucy Kramer, 14, during a candlelight vigil outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on June 26, two days after the high court overturned abortion rights.

Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
People embrace at a funeral
People embrace at a funeral

Family members of Dom Phillips embrace at the late British journalist’s funeral at Parque da Colina cemetery in Niterói, Brazil, on June 26.

Buda Mendes/Getty Images
A boy is handed to a guardsman
A boy is handed to a guardsman

A member of the Texas Army National Guard takes 2-year-old Juan Miguel of Guatemala from an asylum-seeking migrant from Ecuador after the migrants used a raft to cross the Rio Grande into Roma, Texas, on June 9.

Adrees Latif/Reuters
A woman gives a bird water
A woman gives a bird water

A waitress gives water to a bird that appeared to be suffering from excessive heat and, having had trouble flying, wandered onto a restaurant table during high temperatures in Berlin on June 18.

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An unconscious swimmer is rescued
An unconscious swimmer is rescued

U.S. coach Andrea Fuentes (right) swims to recover her unconscious student Anita Alvarez from the bottom of the pool during the women’s solo free artistic swimming finals at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest on June 22.

OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images
A street artist creates bubbles
A street artist creates bubbles

A street artist creates bubbles during a performance in Paris on June 17.

STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Images
Men try to walk amid a flooded street
Men try to walk amid a flooded street

People wade past stranded trucks on a flooded street in Sunamganj, Bangladesh, on June 21.

MAMUN HOSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images
People cool off at the beach
People cool off at the beach

During a heatwave, people cool off in the waters off a beach in Bournemouth, Britain, on June 17.

Hannah McKay/Reuters
A human pride flag
A human pride flag

Some 1,000 people wave as they form a human pride flag on the steps of the Sydney Opera House in Australia to mark the 44th anniversary of the city’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on June 24.

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A woman sits in front of a damaged building
A woman sits in front of a damaged building

A woman looks at her phone as she sits on a bench in front of residential buildings partially damaged from shelling in Irpin, Ukraine, on June 16.

SERGEI CHUZAVKOV/AFP via Getty Images
A girl walks amid rubble
A girl walks amid rubble

A child walks amid the rubble of destroyed houses following an earthquake in the Bermal district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, on June 23.

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A boy walks on a boat on a dried-up marsh bed.
A boy walks on a boat on a dried-up marsh bed.

A boy walks on a boat that was left on the dried-up bed of Iraq’s receding southern marshes of Chibayish in Dhi Qar province on June 28.

ASAAD NIAZI/AFP via Getty Images
A boy hugs his mom
A boy hugs his mom

Svitlana Nazarenko is comforted by her son during her brother’s funeral in Kyiv on June 14. Her brother, a Ukrainian soldier, was killed in the Donbas region.

Alexey Furman/Getty Images
Supporters of the Economic Freedom Fighters cheer
Supporters of the Economic Freedom Fighters cheer

Supporters of the Economic Freedom Fighters political party sing and dance at the Makwarela stadium in Limpopo, South Africa, on June 16, during a commemoration of the Soweto youth uprising of June 16, 1976.

EMMANUEL CROSET/AFP via Getty Images
Bride takes a sip of wine
Bride takes a sip of wine

The mother of Ukrainian refugee and bride Elisheva Chayaa hands her daughter blessed wine during a marriage ceremony held by Chabad Berlin at the Ku’damm hotel in Berlin on June 28.

Omer Messinger/Getty Images
Girls peek out of tent
Girls peek out of tent

Children of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan react to the camera from inside their makeshift tent on the outskirts of Lahore on June 19, the eve of World Refugee Day.

ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images
Election supporters cheer
Election supporters cheer

Supporters of Colombian left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro celebrate after the presidential runoff election in Cali, Colombia, on June 19.

PAOLA MAFLA/AFP via Getty Images
Queen Elizabeth and a screaming Prince Louie
Queen Elizabeth and a screaming Prince Louie

Queen Elizabeth II smiles on the balcony of Buckingham Palace alongside Prince Charles, an animated Prince Louis, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Princess Charlotte during Trooping the Colour in London on June 2.

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