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Our world in photos: June 2

June 2, 2022 Michaela Keil
UNITED KINGDOM — Platinum Jubilee: The red arrows flew over the crowd as they waited for the royal family to appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London, on Thursday, on the first of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee. The events over a long holiday weekend in the UK are meant to celebrate the monarch’s 70 years of service. Photo: Richard Pohle/Pool Photo via AP
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COLORADO — Doused: Colorado Rockies’ Charlie Blackmon, left, doused Brendan Rodgers after the latter’s two-run home run off Miami Marlins relief pitcher Cole Sulser during the 10th inning of the second game of a baseball doubleheader on Wednesday, in Denver.
Photo: David Zalubowski/AP

 

BRAZIL — Community garden: Resident Candida Valeria held up a beetroot after harvesting it from a community garden in the Madureira neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, on Wednesday. The Madureira community garden, with 110 thousand square meters, produces organic food that is distributed and marketed to residents.
Photo: Silvia Izquierdo/AP

 

CHINA — Masked up: A resident wearing a mask looked out from his home on Thursday, in Shanghai. Traffic, pedestrians, and joggers reappeared on the streets of Shanghai on Wednesday as China’s largest city began returning to normalcy amid the easing of a strict two-month COVID-19 lockdown that has drawn unusual protests over its heavy-handed implementation.
Photo: Ng Han Guan/AP

 

UKRAINE — Evacuation: A patient was carried on a stretcher to board a medical evacuation train run by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) at the train station in Pokrovsk, on Sunday. The train was specially equipped and staffed with medical personnel, and ferried patients from overwhelmed hospitals near the front line to medical facilities in western Ukraine, far from the fighting.
Photo: Francisco Seco/AP

 

MONACO — Formula One Grand Prix winner: Red Bull driver Sergio Perez of Mexico celebrated after winning the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix, at the Monaco racetrack, on Sunday.
Photo: Daniel Cole/AP

 

FINLAND — Hockey World Championships: Canada’s Max Comtois celebrated his goal with teammates during the Hockey World Championship final match between Finland and Canada, on Sunday, in Tampere.
Photo: Martin Meissner/AP

 

NEBRASKA — Big Ten trophy: Michigan’s Riley Bertram hoisted the Big Ten baseball championship trophy following their 10-4 victory over Rutgers after the NCAA college Big Ten baseball championship game, on Sunday, in Omaha.
Photo: Rebecca S. Gratz/AP

 

UNITED KINGDOM — Flower crown: A woman wore a band and flowers in the Ukrainian flag colors before the World Cup 2022 qualifying play-off soccer match between Scotland and Ukraine at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow, on Wednesday.
Photo: Scott Heppell/AP

 

CHILE — Protest: Student protesters braced themselves for a police water cannon outside La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, on Wednesday. Students protested on the day Chilean President Gabriel Boric gave his first annual address as president, while continuing to demand free, non-sexist education as well as fair transportation prices, more food vouchers, and the cancellation of student debt.
Photo: Esteban Felix/AP

 

TEXAS — Memorial: Matthew Solano left sunflowers at a memorial to honor the victims killed in last week’s elementary school shooting in Uvalde, on Wednesday.
Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP

 

GERMANY — Fox crossing: A fox crossed a road on the outskirts of Frankfurt, early on Thursday.
Photo: Michael Probst/AP

 

JAPAN — Travelers: People wearing face masks walked on an overpass near a train station in Tokyo, on Thursday.
Photo: Hiro Komae/AP

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