Photos this week: June 19-26, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pays tribute to people who were killed in Russian strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, June 19. The Russian assault was the deadliest on the capital in almost a year, according to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout/Reuters
Kiara Daniels holds her son Kayson while twirling her daughter, Kehlani, at the Dodge Fountain in downtown Detroit's Hart Plaza on Monday, June 23. They were waiting for the start of a fireworks show. Ryan Garza/USA Today Network/Imagn Images
Activists of the international environmental group Greenpeace deploy a giant banner at St. Mark Square in Venice, Italy, on Monday, June 23. It reads, "If you can rent Venice for your wedding you can pay more tax." Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former journalist Lauren Sanchez are getting married in Venice this week. Stefano Rellandini/AFP/Getty Images
Demonstrators march in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, on Wednesday, June 25. Protesters took to the streets this week to mark one year since the anti-tax demonstrations last June that left dozens dead and sparked nationwide outrage. The demonstrations in 2024 forced the withdrawal of a controversial finance bill that raised taxes. However, many of Kenya's youth are still enraged over several cases of alleged police brutality, including the death of a teacher in police custody and the shooting of an unarmed street vendor. Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images
Spruce trees affected by bark beetles are seen in Canal San Bovo, Italy, on Wednesday, June 25. After the Vaia storm in 2018 felled millions of spruce trees in the region, the resulting surge of deadwood enabled bark beetles to shift from a low-level presence to an epidemic.This satellite image, taken on Sunday, June 22, shows an overview of the underground Fordow nuclear site after it was struck by US warplanes near Qom, Iran. An early US intelligence assessment suggested that the US strikes in Iran did not destroy some key components of Iran's nuclear program and likely only set back Tehran's nuclear ambitions by a matter of months. The White House has pushed back on that assessment, calling it 'wrong.' The final US military 'battle damage assessment' by the Defense Intelligence Agency could take days or even weeks to complete, multiple sources familiar with the Pentagon's process told CNN. Maxar Technologies/Handout/Reuters
A photo of a child is seen in the rubble of a damaged building in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday, June 25. Iran and Israel traded attacks for nearly two weeks after Israel launched strikes against Iran that targeted its nuclear program and military leaders. Vahid Salemi/AP
This image of the Trifid Nebula, a star-forming region in the Sagittarius constellation, was released by the National Science Foundation on Monday, June 23. The first test images from a groundbreaking observatory using the largest camera ever built have captured the light from millions of distant stars and galaxies on an unprecedented scale. RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA
Mahmoud Khalil and his wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, react during a rally to welcome him home in New York on Sunday, June 22. Khalil, a Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University's student protest movement demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, was arrested and detained by federal agents in March. A judge ordered Friday that he be released from a Louisiana ICE detention center. Khalil is a lawful permanent resident who has not been charged with a crime. Angelina Katsanis/Reuters
Mahout Hsu Mon Htike takes care of injured baby elephant Kyaw Pearl; his mother, Pearl Sanda; and his sister, Pearl Sint, at the Wingabaw Elephant Camp in Phayargyi, Myanmar, on Tuesday, June 24. Sai Aung Main/AFP/Getty Images
US sailors stand on the deck of the USS Gerald R. Ford as they wait for the aircraft carrier to leave Norfolk, Virginia, on Tuesday, June 24. They were leaving for a scheduled deployment.People in Holon, Israel, gather near a public bomb shelter after receiving a message about an incoming missile launched from Iran on Tuesday, June 24. The ceasefire between Iran and Israel went into effect that day. See last week in 37 photos. Bernat Armangue/AP
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