Our world in photos: June 30
- Brooklyn Eagle Staff
MANHATTAN — These days there’s power in queer cheer: Members of Gotham Cheer perform during the NYC Pride March, June 29, 2025, in New York. This adult cheerleading group does more than calisthenics performances; its members commit to outreach with many organizations, including Brooklyn Pride Center and God’s Love We Deliver.
Auditions are opening in August for the next season.
INDIA — One famous actor’s most serious role: Actor Richard Gere, right, greets Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga, a prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader, at an event during which devotees celebrated the 90th birthday of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama according to a Tibetan calendar, at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, June 30, 2025, ahead of his birthday according to the Gregorian calendar on July 6.
Gere has been a practicing Buddhist since his 20s. A humanitarian, Gere also works actively for Tibetan independence and is a founding member of “Tibet House,” a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of Tibetan culture. In 1999, he gave an interview to Lion’s Roar on his experiences and learning how to mature into the practice of mindfulness.
LOS ANGELES — Defying gravity — what better way to celebrate? Vancouver Whitecaps forward Emmanuel Sabbi (11) celebrates after his goal during the first half of an MLS soccer match against the Los Angeles FC, June 29, 2025. Vancouver won 1-0.
Closer to home, the New York City Football Club is scheduled to play the Toronto team on July 3 at Yankee Stadium. The baseball team that calls Yankee Stadium home is playing the Toronto Blue Jays on that team’s home field in a four-game series this week.
CAPITOL — A passerby seems hunched forward, as if carrying a burden — nothing like the people inside that building: The Senate side of the Capitol is seen in Washington, June 30, 2025, as Republicans plan to begin a final push to advance President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts package.
As of Sunday, two GOP Senators were holding out on the grounds that the spending cuts and the widened deficit would harm their respective states: Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina. Tillis, who was elected in 2014, announced he will not run for re-election amid the current political climate and after Trump threatened to mount a primary candidate against him.
GERMANY — Is that a Waterpik or just a drink? An Icelandic horse drinks water from a water hose at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, June 30, 2025, at the beginning of a multi-day heat wave.
The International Federation of Icelandic Horse Associations (FEIF) works to uphold policies and protocols to safeguard the well-being of Icelandic horses and to promote the enjoyment of horse riding and culture.
LONDON — New take on global warming, as tennis players from all over the world get overheated: Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus uses an ice pack to cool down during her match against Carson Branstine of Canada at their first round women’s singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, June 30, 2025.
Currently ranked No. 1, Sabalenka handily won the tournament’s first match and advanced to the second round, in which she will compete against the Czech Republic’s Marie Bouzková.
LONDON — Being seen but not heard — celebrities focus on the players: Actor Eddie Redmayne, rear, and Sir David Beckham sit in the Royal Box on Centre Court on day one at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships June 30, 2025.
Beckham, a former soccer champion, recently received knighthood from King Charles III in recognition of his services to sport and to charity.
SENEGAL — What’s not to love about a beauty pageant? Prive, right, a 19-month-old Ladoum sheep, affectionately nuzzles another after winning the adult male Ladoum beauty pageant, one of the nation’s most anticipated events, in Dakar, June 28, 2025.
The locally bred Ladoum are considered the Ferrari among the sheep family. They compete in three separate categories: adult male, adult female and young/promising.
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