CINCINNATI — If only everything felt as serene as a fawn in late spring: A fawn, or young deer, looks out from a shady spot in a backyard on Friday, June 5, 2026, in Ohio.
Even though fawns can stand shortly after being born and walk within an hour of birth, they are still vulnerable to predators. For the first month or so, a fawn beds in a hidden nature spot, but away from its mother for its own protection.
The mother does visit the fawn to feed it and, when necessary, to move her young to a safer location.
MONTREAL — Hard to look, hard to look away at what resulted in a split decision victory: Lerrone Richards, left, hits Albert Ramirez during their WBA interim light heavyweight world championship boxing match on Thursday, June 4, 2026.
Richards held strong throughout the match; however, Ramirez won in a split decision, with two of the three judges scoring the fight 115-113. Ramirez retains his title in the weight category, the last judge giving the fight to Richards with 116-112.
MANHATTAN — “Truth Hurts” singer puts on an exciting end-of-week 9 AM performance: Lizzo performs on NBC’s “Today” show at Rockefeller Plaza on Friday, in New York.
The Grammy Award-winning Lizzo told “Today” that she is “not afraid of the truth coming out” regarding an ongoing 2023 lawsuit filed by three former backup dancers alleging sexual harassment, weight-shaming and a hostile work environment.
As part of the Citi Concert Series at Rockefeller Plaza, she performed “Don’t Make Me Love You,” her latest track.
INDIA — One bottle at a time … A ragpicker carries a bag on her back filled with recyclable materials at a garbage dumping site on World Environment Day in Guwahati, Friday.
India’s waste economy relies heavily on informal waste pickers, most of them women from marginalized communities, who handle an estimated 70% of the country’s plastic recycling in urban areas. Many work without contracts or protections and earn less than ₹10,000, about $100, a month. Their work helps divert waste from landfills, reducing methane emissions.
Azerbaijan, a transcontinental country in the South Caucasus region, hosted the official World Environment Day observance, part of a U.N. campaign to raise awareness about environmental issues and climate change. Events were held worldwide to promote action on climate change.
SRI LANKA — Devastating fire lights up outrage over treatment of patients at psychiatric nursing home: Dolawatte Mudiyanselage Chandra, left, cries as she speaks about her mentally challenged son, right, at a nursing home, where inmates of another nursing home that caught fire on Wednesday are being temporarily housed, in Anguruwatota, Friday.
Thirteen died in the fire. One worker said that a resident had been “chained” as part of his mental health treatment, which staff did as a measure to prevent residents from wandering or harm.
The management group that ran the burned-down nursing home also operates two other unregistered facilities.
LIMA — Only certain personnel are allowed to sleep on the job: A dog sleeps next to members of the military standing in formation before their departure to protect polling places in Peru, Friday, ahead of their presidential runoff election.
Voters in this nation on South America’s Pacific coast say violence and extortions are their main concerns as they cast their ballots for a new president in runoff elections.
PETERSBURG — Not particularly known for playing nice, Putin rejects President Zelenskyy’s proposal for a face-to-face to end conflict: Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a plenary session at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Russia, on Friday.
The Kremlin said that representatives from over 100 nations planned to attend. For the first time in nearly a decade, an American official was among them, Rodney Cook, chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts.
SOUTH KOREA — Marking milestones in the joint recovery and identification missions: South Korean and U.S honor guards carry coffins containing the remains of the soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, during the ROK and U.S. repatriation ceremony for Korean remains at Seoul Military Air Base in Seongnam, Friday.
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said during the ceremony that the exchange stands as powerful proof of an alliance forged in blood.
