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Our world in photos: June 17

June 17, 2022 Michaela Keil

UNITED KINGDOM — Fountain: A child played in a fountain in the warm weather in London on Friday. Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

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BRAZIL — Golden lion tamarins: A group of golden lion tamarins was seen in a tree during an observation tour at a private partner property of the Golden Lion Tamarin Ecological Park, in the Atlantic Forest region of Silva Jardim, on Thursday. The park was part of the Golden Lion Tamarin Association’s effort to conserve this endangered species.
Photo: Bruna Prado/AP

HONG KONG — Flags: Chinese and Hong Kong flags were hung to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China, on Friday. Hong Kong was preparing to introduce new middle school textbooks that will deny the Chinese territory was ever a British colony.
Photo: Kin Cheung/AP

MASSACHUSETTS — NBA Champions: Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, center, held up the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy with teammates after defeating the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of basketball’s NBA Finals, on Thursday, in Boston.
Photo: Steven Senne/AP

VENEZUELA — Dancing devils: People in devil costumes crawled on their knees toward a church as they paid a penance as part of celebrations of the Catholic holiday of Corpus Christi in La Guaira, on Thursday. Spanish conquerors and Catholic priests presented dancing devils ceremonies to Latin America’s African slave population 200 years ago, who adopted them incorporating drums.
Photo: Matias Delacroix/AP

ITALY — Drying river: People fished near a hydroelectric power plant at Isola Serafini, on the Po river in San Nazzaro, Wednesday. The drying up of the river jeopardizes drinking water in Italy’s densely populated and highly industrialized districts and threatens irrigation in the most intensively farmed part of the country.
Photo: Luca Bruno/AP

SPAIN — Heatwave: A woman slept under an umbrella on a breakwater in front of the Mediterranean Sea in Barcelona on Thursday. Spain experienced the first heat wave of the summer with temperatures rising to 109ºF.
Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP

UNITED KINGDOM — Ladies Day: Racegoers took in the atmosphere on the third day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting, at Ascot Racecourse, in Ascot, on Thursday. The third day is traditionally known as Ladies Day.
Photo: Alastair Grant/AP

CROATIA — Supermoon: A supermoon rose behind a sculpture of Tomislav of Croatia, the first Croatian king, in downtown Zagreb, on Tuesday. The moon reached its full stage on Tuesday, during a phenomenon known as a supermoon because of its proximity to Earth.
Photo: Darko Bandic/AP

GERMANY — Documenta 15: A visitor walks during an exhibition of artist Agus Our Amal PMTOH from Indonesia during the press preview of Documenta 15, the world’s most significant exhibition of contemporary art, in Kassel, on Wednesday. This year’s documentary was curated by Indonesian artist collective Ruangrupa, every documenta is limited to 100 days of exhibition and takes place every 5 years.
Photo: Martin Meissner/AP

SRI LANKA — Dive: Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne dove to catch the ball during the second one-day international cricket match between Australia and Sri Lanka in Pallekele, on Thursday.
Photo: Eranga Jayawardena/AP

VENEZUELA — Indoor skydiving: Skydivers practiced in an indoor air tunnel in Caracas, on Thursday.
Photo: Matias Delacroix/AP

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hearing: Greg Jacob, who was counsel to former Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Michael Luttig, a retired federal judge, arrived before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol held a hearing at the Capitol on Thursday.
Photo: Susan Walsh/AP

CANADA — Pressure check: A Ferrari mechanic checked tire pressures at the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix auto race, on Thursday, in Montreal.
Photo: Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Interview: President Joe Biden spoke during an interview with the Associated Press in the Oval Office of the White House, on Thursday.
Photo: Evan Vucci/AP

ILLINOIS — Score: San Diego Padres’ Jurickson Profar scored in a cloud of dust off a single by Manny Machado during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday, in Chicago.
Photo: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

NEW YORK — Wall Street worries: A trader worked on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, on Thursday. Markets worldwide were back to tumbling on Thursday as worries about a fragile economy roared back.
Photo: Seth Wenig/AP

UKRAINE — Waiting: An injured woman waited for a doctor at a city hospital after window glass fragments hurt her, following a Russian air raid in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, on Friday.
Photo: Efrem Lukatsky/AP

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