US 250th Anniversary and Patriot Front
A commuter sits as members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro in Washington, DC, on the 250th anniversary of US independence on the Fourth of July. The neo-fascist hate group has gained visibility as those connected to white supremacy organizations have been widely embraced by the Trump administration.
Gaza: World Cup Screenings and Water Crisis
Palestinian football fans gather to watch the World Cup match between Argentina and Egypt in Gaza City. Mohamed al-Wahidi, a Palestinian aid worker who had organized screenings of World Cup matches in Gaza, was killed by an Israeli missile strike just before the match on Tuesday evening. A girl fills containers with water drawn from the leftovers of underground pipes at a camp for people displaced by war. Israel identified about 1,000 potential targets a day during the first two years of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon with its command and control system, according to a presentation by the country’s largest arms supplier, Elbit Systems.
Funeral of Iran's Supreme Leader
Mourners carry the coffin of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei at the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq. The scale of the six-day, five-city funeral in Iran and Iraq was conceived to relay political and religious messages of resistance to the rest of the world.
Ukraine: Russian Strikes and NATO Summit
A woman holds her daughter after a Russian missile strike on a residential building in Kyiv. A wave of Russian missiles and drones struck across Ukraine this week, killing 21 people and heavily damaging apartment blocks and other buildings in an attack on the eve of a NATO summit in Turkey that has exposed widening gaps in Ukraine’s air defenses. A firefighter works at the site of a Russian missile strike. Donald Trump told Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the NATO summit that Ukraine may be allowed to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors to counter Russian ballistic attacks. A resident waits for rescuers who are searching for her relative inside an apartment building hit during Russian missile and drone strikes. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has argued for Ukraine to be allowed to join NATO at its annual summit, saying it would be wrong to exclude a country that had built strong defenses in its long struggle against the Russian invasion.
Venezuela: Earthquake Aftermath
People transport belongings inside a damaged building in La Guaira, Venezuela, in the aftermath of the 24 June earthquakes. Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, defended her country’s emergency response to the twin earthquakes that have killed more than 3,000 people, vowing Venezuela would not descend into social unrest. Nuns gather after accompanying a burial for earthquake victims at La Esperanza cemetery. Many Venezuelans have expressed anger at what they see as the US-backed government’s inadequate response to the disaster before international teams arrived.
Washington DC: Trump and World Cup
Children sit on the floor as Donald Trump speaks on the first day of trading for Trump Accounts in the Oval Office. Fireworks explode during the Great American State Fair on the National Mall. Donald Trump hailed the ‘unmatched achievement and unlimited potential’ of the US in a triumphalist address marking the country’s 250th anniversary. Disappointed fans watch the World Cup match between USA and Belgium at the National Mall. The buildup to the match had been tinged with controversy after Fifa suspended the red card the US striker Folarin Balogun was given in the last 32 against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Cuba: Nationwide Blackout
A street vendor uses a portable lamp to sell goods along the Malecón in Havana during a nationwide blackout. Cuba was already struggling to keep the lights on before Donald Trump imposed an oil blockade in January, which has depleted the already dwindling supply of fuel for Cuba’s power plants.
Europe: Heatwave and Wildfires
A resident opens her window as a wildfire burns during a heatwave in Die, France. Europe is facing its third heatwave in six weeks and widespread dryness is helping small wildfires explode into unchecked blazes. Firefighters battle the flames of the Vouzela wildfire in Cercosa, Portugal. Raging infernos have laid waste to large areas of southern Europe in recent days, prompting the EU to scramble firefighters and water-bearing planes to help national services overwhelmed by simultaneous blazes. A person points towards a wildfire near Calonge, Spain. Barcelona set a new heat record this week with temperatures of 40.5C, Spanish meteorologists said, while in France a 22-year-old firefighter died after tackling a blaze in the Alps, the French interior ministry reported. Coralie holds her pet parrot, Dali, up to a mist fountain to cool him down on the banks of the Seine in Paris.
Nairobi: Bird Rescuer
Rodgers Oloo Magutha, known as the Nairobi Birdman, balances a black kite on his head as he prepares to collect plastic at a dumpsite in Kayole. Magutha has gained attention for rescuing injured and orphaned wild birds which he rehabilitates and, whenever possible, releases back into the wild.
Paris Fashion Week and Wimbledon
A model presents a creation by the designer Manish Malhotra as part of his haute couture fall/winter 2026-27 at Paris fashion week. Philippines’ Alexandra Eala returns to Poland’s Iga Swiatek during their third round match at Wimbledon in London.
