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Read moreLau Florit trains his horse for the Sant Joan Festivity in Ciutadella, Spain, on June 22, 2022. #
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![A girl stands in front of a lawn sprinkler, arms outstretched.]()
Read moreRamona Allen, age 6, from Topeka, Kansas, plays in a sprinkler on the grounds of the Kansas Statehouse on June 24, 2022, in Topeka. #
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Read moreA large animatronic dinosaur stands in the Jurassic World exhibition in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, on June 25, 2022. #
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![An infant crocodile sleeps on its mother's back.]()
Read moreAn infant crocodile sleeps on its mother's back in a river at the Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve, in Singapore, on June 27, 2022. #
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![A swimmer wearing a spiky cap splashes water as she turns her head.]()
Read moreA member of the Italian team performs during the women's-team artistic-swimming highlight final during the FINA World Championships at Alfréd Hajós swimming complex in Budapest, Hungary, on June 25, 2022 #
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Read moreTeam Greece competes in the highlight routine final on day nine of the Budapest 2022 FINA World Championships on June 25, 2022, in Budapest, Hungary. #
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Read moreRudy von Berg of the United States reacts while finishing first in Ironman France on June 26, 2022, in Nice, France. #
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![A horse and rider gallop through a narrow open space in a crowded town square.]()
Read moreA rider gallops with a lance during the traditional Sant Joan festival in the town of Ciutadella, on the Balearic Island of Menorca, on June 24, 2022. #
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![A speeding rally car kicks up huge clouds of dust during a race.]()
Read moreElfyn Evans and Scott Martin of Great Britain compete in their Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 during day five of the FIA World Rally Championship in Naivasha, Kenya, on June 26, 2022. #
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![People stand near a shore, watching huge plumes of water thrown high by crashing waves.]()
Read moreResidents watch waves crash during a breaking swell in Saint-Leu, in the south of the French island of Reunion, on June 29, 2022. #
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![A person falls backwards, splashing into a muddy ride paddy.]()
Read moreA mud-covered farmer plays in a rice paddy field during National Paddy Day, which marks the start of the annual rice planting season, in Tokha village, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on June 29, 2022. #
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Read moreAn aerial view of flooding inundating parts of the city of Yingde in Guangdong province, China, on June 23, 2022 #
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Read morePeople play volleyball in the Gulf of Finland in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 25, 2022, with the business tower the Lakhta Centre, the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, in the background. #
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![An aerial view of a city street packed with marchers]()
Read morePeople march during the Pride parade in Mexico City on June 25, 2022. #
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Read moreAn aerial view of hundreds of Fiat 126 cars and their owners during an attempt to set the national record for a Fiat 126 gathering in Myslowice, Poland, on June 25, 2022. More than 320 Fiat 126 model owners came from all over the country to establish the record. #
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![A small four-wheeled robot rolls across a volcanic slope.]()
Read moreA remote-controlled robot is tested on Italy's Mount Etna, for future space exploration, by scientists from the European Space Agency and the German Aerospace Center, on June 23, 2022. #
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![An image of the dark shape of the moon, silhouetted by the raging sun, captured by a spacecraft in distant orbit.]()
Read moreThe moon passes in front of the sun, as observed by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, on June 29, 2022. The SDO spacecraft orbits the Earth at a distance of more than 22,238 miles (35,789 km). #
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Read moreA dancer performs in "Stones and Bones," a contemporary dance piece by the Greek company RootlessRoot, during the Malta International Arts Festival in Valletta, Malta, on June 25, 2022. #
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Read moreYuxi Chen of Team China competes in the women's 10-meter platform semifinal on day one of the Budapest 2022 FINA World Championships. #
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![Children play in a fountain; one is splashed by a stream of water coming from a person's mouth rendered on a huge screen.]()
Read moreChildren play in the Crown Fountain at Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois, on June 29, 2022. #
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Read moreA man walks along a street on a rainy day in Beijing on June 27, 2022. #
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Read morePeople wear floral wreaths while celebrating Ivan Kupala, the annual celebration of the summer solstice, near Moscow, Russia, on June 26, 2022. #
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![A man holds a chicken in front of his face while standing in front of a large arrangement of fruit.]()
Read morePeople celebrate a traditional Corpus Christi festival in Anolaima, in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia, on June 29, 2022. #
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Read moreSunflowers grow in a field in Linarolo, Italy, on June 25, 2022. #
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![A person adds crosses to a makeshift memorial filled with candles and floral bouquets.]()
Read moreRoberto Marquez works to add crosses to a makeshift memorial at the site where officials have said 48 people died in an abandoned semitrailer containing possible migrants, in San Antonio, Texas, on June 30, 2022. Several more died after being hospitalized, bringing the total to 53. #
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![A woman holds her daughter while both sit on the ground in front of the United States Supreme Court.]()
Read moreLisa Turner holds her daughter, Lucy Kramer, during a candlelight vigil outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2022. #
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![A close view of a protester with the words "my body, my choice" written on her face.]()
Read moreAn abortion-rights demonstrator stands in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2022. #
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Read moreCassidy Hutchinson, a former top aide to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, arrives to testify during the sixth hearing by the House Select Committee on the January 6 insurrection in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on June 28, 2022. #
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Read moreScottish referee Hollie Davidson is pictured in action during a friendly rugby match between Portugal and Italy at Restelo stadium in Lisbon on June 25, 2022. #
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![An aerial view of the outline of a bicycle, formed by hay bales and round tracks created by eight tractors]()
Read moreLand art is seen from a drone along the route of the third stage of the Tour de France, in Jutland, Denmark, on June 23, 2022. #
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![People ride in a chairlift-like "sky ride" past palm trees, with a Ferris wheel in the background.]()
Read morePeople attend the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar, California, on June 29, 2022. #
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![A night view of a hillside, its lower slopes filled with houses, its empty upper slopes burning]()
Read moreA brush fire burns on a hill near Korydallos, west of Athens, Greece, on June 29, 2022. #
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Read moreSean "Diddy" Combs performs during a tribute in his honor at the BET Awards on June 26, 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. #
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![A person paints a lightning conductor at the tip of a tall church steeple.]()
Read moreArthur Needham from Vitruvius Building Conservation paints the lightning conductor of a steeple, as part of restoration work at the top of St. Mary’s Church in Uffculme, England, on June 23, 2022. #
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![A person swings from a rope with a short surfboard strapped to his feet.]()
Read moreA surfer jumps as he practices at Idroscalo water park in Milan, Italy, on June 30, 2022. #
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