
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 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 Masai giraffe drinks water in Selenkay Conservancy, a community-owned conservation area in Amboseli, Kenya, on June 21.
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Yogis take part in an event marking the summer solstice in Times Square, New York, on June 21.
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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 inside a police bus after being detained during a demonstration in New Delhi on June 13. The person was protesting recent attacks on Muslims.
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Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron (center) visit Irpin, Ukraine, on June 16.
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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 participant faces riot police during a pride march in Istanbul on June 26. Turkish police forcibly intervened in the march, detaining dozens.
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Autorickshaws line up at a Ceylon fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 20.
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A police officer gestures at demonstrators during Indigenous-led protests against the Ecuadorean government in Quito on June 22.
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Two Russian honor guards stand on duty at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in downtown Moscow on June 28.
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People practice backflips at Toyosu Gururi Park in Tokyo on June 26.
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People gather to collect food aid amid flooding following heavy monsoon rainfalls in Companiganj, Bangladesh, on June 20.
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An explorer stands before long streams of lava near the southeast crater of Mount Etna, as seen from Zafferana Etnea, Italy, on June 11.
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Villagers take part in the torchlight battle in Jepara, Indonesia, on June 20.
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Thai drag queens throw confetti during Bangkok Pride on June 5.
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Firefighters battle a wildfire in Pumarejo de Tera near Zamora, Spain, on June 18.
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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 behind the old town district in Dresden, Germany, on June 14.
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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.
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A unique albino Galápagos giant tortoise baby, born May 1, appears next to its mother at the Tropicarium in Servion, Switzerland, on June 3.
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An activist with a water gun takes part in an anti-NATO demonstration in downtown Madrid on June 26.
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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.
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Family members of Dom Phillips embrace at the late British journalist’s funeral at Parque da Colina cemetery in Niterói, Brazil, on June 26.
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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.
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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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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.
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A street artist creates bubbles during a performance in Paris on June 17.
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People wade past stranded trucks on a flooded street in Sunamganj, Bangladesh, on June 21.
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During a heatwave, people cool off in the waters off a beach in Bournemouth, Britain, on June 17.
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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 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.
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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 that was left on the dried-up bed of Iraq’s receding southern marshes of Chibayish in Dhi Qar province on June 28.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Supporters of Colombian left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro celebrate after the presidential runoff election in Cali, Colombia, on June 19.
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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.
Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesThe 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.