June 7, 2025: Best photos from around the world
Badshahi Mosque is visible in the background, as Mudassar, 18, cleans lamps at the Haveli Restaurant one day before the Eid ul-Adha celebrations in Lahore, Pakistan
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Vande Bharat train, flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, crosses the Chenab rail bridge, in Reasi district of J&K
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Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik makes a sand sculpture on the eve of Eid al-Adha, at Puri beach, in Odisha
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Farm workers plant paddy seedlings, at a field on the outskirts of Amritsar
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A man pulls his cart amid rainfall, in Patna
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