06-08-2025
The best photos in July 2025: The Fourth, Red Sox, Fall River fire, impacts of ICE, and hot summer weather
Nelson Wilson, 18, of Providence, and Sekora Berge, 15, of Plymouth, Wis., did a warmup before going in for the 7 p.m. show at the Circus Smirkus 2025 Big Top Tour in Wrentham on July 22.
Stan Grossfeld
A man walked past an entrance to South Station in Boston on July 27.
Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye signed autographs for eager fans after day two of NFL training camp at Gillette Stadium on July 24.
Heather Diehl/For The Boston Globe
Wuendy Bernardo, a 33-year-old from Guatemala, watched over the cows during an early morning shift at the dairy farm where she has lived and worked for more than a decade in Orleans County, Vt. Bernardo was scheduled to report to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in St. Albans, Vt., on July 21, where she faced deportation proceedings.
Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
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A resident of the Gabriel House Assisted Living facility on Oliver Street in Fall River was assisted in a nearby parking lot late on July 13 after a fire displaced several residents and killed 10.
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Thomas Gee is one of the patients involved in clinical trials for a bionic knee developed by MIT researchers. He sat atop a stack of logs on his property in Litchfield, N.H., that he is cutting up for firewood, a job that would be much easier if he were wearing the MIT prosthetic, he said.
Barry Chin/Globe Staff
A Massachusetts state trooper and MassDOT employees moved foam off the highway after a car fire was extinguished on July 11. An electric vehicle caught fire just after 7 a.m. on the Massachusetts Turnpike extension westbound in Boston, causing traffic to back up through the city.
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Boston Red Sox center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela reacted to his ice bucket shower after hitting a two-run, walk-off home run against the Tampa Bay Rays on July 11 at Fenway Park in Boston.
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The parade arrived at the Old State House for the reading of the Declaration of Independence during the 249th Independence Day celebration in Boston on July 4.
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Fans did the wave during the sixth inning at Fenway Park on July 2.
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Frilei Brás lingered in the doorway of the kitchen as his daughters Sarah (right), 9, Clara (second from right), 19, and his son Rafael, 4, sat with his daughter's boyfriend just before he was to leave the house and his family for the last time in Stoughton. Facing the possibility of arrest, the native of Brazil chose to self-deport.
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A Roberto Clemente dancer had her makeup done in the front seat of a car as a light rain fell before the start of the annual Boston Puerto Rican Parade on July 27.
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Maggie Galvis used a container of water to cool off her chihuahua, Maya, and herself outside her apartment in the Boston Housing Authority's Bunker Hill Development in Charlestown on July 25.
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Mary Ciampolillo, a resident of Cohen Florence Levine Estates assisted living, held onto her hat on July 29 as Randy McCusker, an activities assistant, helped push her into the water at Revere Beach. It was another record-breaking day in Boston, with the temperature hitting 99 degrees.
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Marcelo Gomes (third from left) joined hands with his teammates to pray as they sat in the hot tub at his cousin's house in Milford on June 11. 'I thank you for being here, not inside of a prison cell, my God,' Gomes said, leading off the prayer before his teammates joined in.
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Fall River firefighters Lieutenant Maison Evangelista (left), Nathanial Anderson (center), and Jose Fletcher discussed the response to the deadliest fire in the state in 41 years at Gabriel House Assisted Living Facility.
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Sand sculptor Melineige Beauregard (left) worked on 'Revolutions Start Here,' the centerpiece of the 21st annual Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival in Revere on July 23.
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Students stood against the wall during practice at Level Ground Mixed Martial Arts on July 7.
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Ery Perez Gutierrez, 9, peered through the door into the living room of his family's apartment in Springfield on July 15. Ery participated in a summer program last year, but since President Trump froze education funds for the Migration Education Program, a grant that supports children of agricultural and fishery workers, he has had to stay home instead.
Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
WNBA player Aliyah Boston of Worcester and Governor Maura Healey talked about Healey's hopes for Boston to have their very own WNBA team one day. The two met at the State House on July 14 for a ceremony celebrating Boston's accomplishments in professional basketball and leadership in advancing women's sports.
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Fans of the New England Junior Roller Derby dressed as the team's mascot before its game against Black Rose in Dover, N.H., on April 11 during the Battle of Bunker Hill Invitational hosted by Casco Bay Roller Derby.
Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
Fireworks exploded over the Charles River during the 2025 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on July 4.
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Christina Toledo comforted her son Jhon after he refused to blow out the candles on his birthday cake with his twin brother in June. 'I don't want birthday. I want Daddy,' Jhon said of his father, who was taken away by ICE weeks prior and was now in detention awaiting a bond hearing.
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Daiane Faltz collapsed onto the couch with her daughter Luna, 11, in their Marlborough apartment following her return from a Texas immigration detention facility where she had been held since May. The reunion came in the early morning hours after Faltz traveled on five buses back to Massachusetts once her family raised $8,000 for her bail.
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People walked with balloons in the afternoon sun near the Boston Public Garden on July 26.
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