Our world in photos: June 27
Brooklyn Eagle Staff
June 27, 2025
GAZA — It’s children, from both sides, who always suffer the most collateral damage: Palestinian children wounded in the Israeli bombardment on a residential building in Bureij refugee camp, are treated at al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, late Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
The hospital has been in the midst of the ongoing Israel-Palestinian conflict. Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war almost eight months ago, the hospital has run out of fuel multiple times.
Meanwhile, international efforts to stop the bloodshed have been bolstered by the latest nation to declare it would recognize a state of Palestine. Slovenia, a central European country across the Adriatic Sea from Italy on Wednesday, June 5, joined Ireland, Norway and Spain in recognizing Palestine.
Slovenia’s prime minister, Robert Golob, said it accelerated the declaration in response to sped-up efforts to recognize the State of Palestine in reaction to Israel’s increasing foray into the southern Gaza city of Rafah. However, Slovenia’s legislative assembly must first pass the measure.
NORMANDY — On the same beach, 80 years later, recalling the bloodiest day of WWII: American WWII veteran Bill Wall throws roses into the water during a wreath-laying ceremony at Utah Beach, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at Utah Beach, Normandy. World War II veterans from across the United States, as well as Britain and Canada, are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler’s defeat.
The amphibious June 6, 1944 assault on the beaches of Normandy was the first stage of Operation Overlord, and the location and nature of the mission were kept a secret.
Resistance fighters also bombed communications centers in Nazi-occupied France to prevent Hitler’s forces from being able to respond quickly. They also sabotaged the transportation system, such as trains.
PARIS — Slav against Slav, always with some impressive athletic performance: Russia’s Mirra Andreeva plays a shot against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Andreeva won the match and now advances to the semi-finals, where she will play Italy’s Jasmine Paolini on Thursday, June 6.
The 17-year-old Andreeva was girls’ singles runner-up at the 2023 Australian Open.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — ‘Before placing any bets, get a good look at your horse’s tongue’: Belmont Stakes entrant Sierra Leone is washed following a workout ahead of the 156th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race at Saratoga Race Course, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The 156th edition of the Belmont Stakes is part of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, running June 6 to June 9. The Belmont Stakes are being run in Saratoga this year and in 2025 because of renovations at the Belmont racetrack campus.
The Saratoga racetrack has been in existence since 1863, during the Civil War era. However, this year is also historic as it will mark the first time a Triple Crown race has been run at Saratoga.
WESTBURY — Cricket test — fielding the ball without a glove: India’s Ravindra Jadeja fails to catch out Ireland’s Gareth Delany during an ICC Men’s T20 World Cup cricket match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in Westbury, New York, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. India won 97/2 to 96 by eight wickets, with 46 balls left. The player of the match was Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah, 30, who is considered one of India’s greatest fast-bowler players.
The United States is scheduled to play Thursday morning, June 6. Analysts are placing the U.S. win probability at only 11%, with Pakistan favored.
MOSCOW — Life, and the willingness to run, continue apace under Putin: Athletes compete in the men’s 60-meter hurdles during the first day of the week of track and field in Nikolskaya Street near the Kremlin, background, and Red Square in Moscow, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
ARLINGTON — Sometimes you just have to juggle: Detroit Tigers’ Zach McKinstry bobbles a ground ball by Texas Rangers’ Marcus Semien, who singled during the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. The Detroit Tigers, with a 31-30 seasonal record thus far, won 3-1.
The Rangers might be last year’s World Series champions, but if they want the title again, they will have to improve on their 29-32 record thus far this season. They have their next chance to do so on Wednesday night.
FLORENCE — Staying in the spotlight — and the courthouse, while the press herds: Amanda Knox arrives at the Florence courtroom in Florence, Italy, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Amanda Knox returns to an Italian courtroom Wednesday for the first time in more than 12 1⁄2 years to clear herself “once and for all” of a slander charge that stuck even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate in the idyllic hilltop town of Perugia. However, on Wednesday, an appellate court in Florence upheld the slander conviction, in which she falsely accused Patrick Lumumba, the owner of a local bar where she once worked, of the murder, claiming that police coerced her to do so, according to CNN. The accusation cost Lumumba his livelihood, his bar and his ability to reside in Italy.
Knox will not have to serve time for the slander conviction.
NORMANDY — Active engagement: reenactment helps celebrate D-Day: People attend a multinational parachute drop as some 400 British, Belgian, Canadian and U.S. paratroopers jump to commemorate the contribution of airborne forces on D-Day. as part of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, in Sannerville, Normandy, France, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Veterans and world dignitaries gather in Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the landings.
Although many of the paratroopers got scattered and incurred injuries, they persevered so that the beach landings could succeed, according to a D-Day commemorative page on the U.S. Army’s website.
PORTSMOUTH — ‘Lots of people died so that we might rule, my dear …’: Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla react as they attend a commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, in Portsmouth, England, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took part in the first segment of the two-day commemoration in both England and France to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings.
King Charles, whose grandfather, King George VI, led and inspired his nation in resisting the Nazis, told the gathering, “The stories of courage, resilience and solidarity… cannot fail to move us, to inspire us and to remind us of what we owe to that great wartime generation.”
NORMANDY — The faces of heroes who served on D-Day: British World War II veteran John King is greeted by a young girl prior to a service at the Pegasus Bridge memorial in Benouville, France, Normandy, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. World War II veterans from across the United States, as well as Britain and Canada, are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler’s defeat.
Mr. King’s name badge indicates that he had served on the 14th Destroyer Flotilla of the British Royal Navy, which was in operation during both World Wars. However, that flotilla division had been de-established before the Normandy invasion.
CHICAGO — ‘Where you goin’ with my ball, girl?’: Chicago Sky’s Chennedy Carter, left, steals the ball from New York Liberty’s Betnijah Laney-Hamilton during the first half of a WNBA basketball game Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in Chicago. The Liberty, with an 8-2 record, won the game 88-75 against the Chicago Sky, which has a 3-5 record.
The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), now marking its 28th year, was established by vote from the NBA Board of Governors on April 24, 1996. Playing began in June 1997.
