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Photos of the Week: Devil-Angels, Highland Cows, Hot Dogs

Photos of the Week: Devil-Angels, Highland Cows, Hot Dogs

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A record-setting drone light show in China, the 88th Tour de Suisse in Switzerland, the Superman World Tour in the Philippines, a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, and much more Mustafa Kilic / Anadolu / Getty A flock of sheep is herded through a valley toward the foot of Mount Nemrut in Kiyiduzu village, in the Tatvan district of Bitlis, Turkey. Claudia Morales / Reuters Dancers dressed as devil-angels perform the Diablada dance during the Gran Poder parade in La Paz, Bolivia, on June 14, 2025. Gill Carpenter wears an ornate hat as she arrives on the second day of the Royal Ascot horse race in Ascot, England, on June 18, 2025. A villager watches the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, as seen from Talibura village in Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on June 17, 2025. Missiles launched from Iran are intercepted high in the atmosphere, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on June 18, 2025. Israel's Iron Dome air defense system launches to intercept missiles over Tel Aviv on June 13, 2025. A Russian drone approaches a building during a massive missile and drone air attack by Russian forces in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 17, 2025. Maxym Marusenko / NurPhoto / Getty A rescuer holds an injured kitten found at the site of a Russian ballistic missile strike on a residential building during a massive overnight attack in Kyiv on June 17, 2025. According to preliminary reports, 15 people were killed and 114 were injured. Superman fans dressed in costumes pose during an event, part of the first stop of the Superman World Tour, in Pasig city, Philippines, on June 19, 2025. Alper Tuydes / Anadolu / Getty A pheasant is seen in the floodplain forests located in the Karacabey district of Bursa, Turkey, among fields of wild lavender. Jens Büttner / DPA / Getty Poppies and other plants bloom in a field in Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, in northeastern Germany, on June 17, 2025. Suleyman Elcin / Anadolu / Getty An aerial view shows handwoven carpets laid out in open fields to naturally soften their colors under the sun, in the Döşemealtı district in Antalya, Turkey, on June 18, 2025. Avishek Das / SOPA Images / LightRocket / Getty A child poses with their face painted during a Bahurupi performance event in Canning, West Bengal, India, on June 15, 2025. A dog shakes the water from its fur after swimming in one of the ponds on Hampstead Heath in London, on June 19, 2025. French Police enter the water to try and stop migrants boarding small boats that had come to collect them on June 13, 2025, in Gravelines, France. Police used tear gas and pepper spray to try and disperse hundreds of migrants aiming to board several boats but were ultimately overwhelmed by the sheer number of people. A record number of migrants (more than 15,000) have left the northern French coastline and arrived in the United Kingdom so far this year. Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty Visitors stand next to the artwork No, 2021 by the Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan, displayed at the Gagosian Gallery during the Art Basel fair for Modern and contemporary art, in Basel, Switzerland, on June 17, 2025. Law-enforcement officers on horseback approach demonstrators during a protest on June 14, 2025, in Los Angeles. New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is placed under arrest by ICE and FBI agents outside federal immigration court on June 17, 2025, in New York City. Nhac Nguyen / AFP / Getty Vietnamese farmers transport harvested lychees to sell to traders at a wholesale market in the Lục Ngạn District of Vietnam's Bắc Giang province on June 18, 2025. Palestinians carry sacks and boxes of food and humanitarian aid that was unloaded from a World Food Program convoy that had been heading to Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, on June 16, 2025. Mauri Vansevenant leads the pack during Stage 3 of the 88th Tour de Suisse, from Aarau to Heiden, on June 17, 2025, in Heiden, Switzerland. Highland cows are herded at low tide, in Sollas, Scotland, on June 13, 2025. Every June, the Ardbhan herd of Highland cattle makes the two-mile journey across the sea at low tide from the Hebridean island of Vallay to North Uist on the mainland, where they give birth before returning to graze the island's nutritious machair grassland over winter. Sebastien Bozon / AFP / Getty A Pieris rapae butterfly alights on a flower in a field in Soultz-Haut-Rhin, France, on June 18, 2025. A flight test demonstrates an escape system for China's new-generation crewed spacecraft Mengzhou at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, Gansu province, China on June 17, 2025. A drone light show featuring 11,787 drones set a new Guinness World Record on June 17, 2025, in Chongqing, China. The display earned the title for the largest aerial image formed by the most drones. Serhii Korovainyi / Reuters A service member of a drone unit of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces prepares a heavy-combat drone before its flight over positions of Russian troops, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the Donetsk region, on June 11, 2025. An assortment of 7,000 illicit firearms and small weapons, recovered during various security operations, are burned at the National Police Leadership Academy in the Bulbul area of Ngong district, near Nairobi, Kenya, on June 13, 2025. A law-enforcement officer points a Taser at a person wearing a hot-dog costume during a protest in Portland, Oregon, on June 14, 2025. Alan Taylor is a senior editor at The Atlantic.

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