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Lava suckers:
The Merapi volcano on the Indonesian island of Java has erupted again.
He hurled a kilometer-high cloud of ash into the air.
This also resulted in a so-called pyroclastic flow - a mixture of hot ash, gases and pieces of rock that causes most people to die in volcanic eruptions.
Fortunately, this time there were no reports of deaths or injuries.
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Photo: Supriyanto / Xinhua / dpa
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2/25
In memoriam:
On July 1st, Princess Diana would have been 60 years old.
Fans commemorated the nobles at Kensington Palace in London.
Diana's sons Harry and William unveiled a statue there in their honor, showing the princess with three children.
Diana died in a car accident in 1997.
Photo: Leon Neal / Getty Images
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3/25
A respite:
The old man in Barcelona wears a mask, life pulsates around him.
In the capital of the Spanish region of Catalonia, the corona numbers have recently skyrocketed again.
Restricting the nightlife should now help to slow down the infection rates.
Photo: Joan Mateu / AP
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4/25
Splash:
The Côte d'Azur rightly bears its name: on the southern French Riviera, the sky is even azure blue.
This bather is having fun near Nice.
Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
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5/25
Fires and heat in the United States:
A McDonnell Douglas MD-87 fire engine releases fire retardant over a ridge while fighting a fire in northern California.
Photo: San Francisco Chronicle / Hearst Newspapers / Getty Images
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6/25
When hope dies:
nuns pray near the collapsed skyscraper in Surfside, USA.
The residential complex near Miami unexpectedly collapsed in the middle of the night and buried dozens of people.
After almost two weeks, the helpers stopped looking for survivors.
Photo: Chandan Khanna / AFP
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7/25
Straight away:
The ninth stage of the Tour de France leads from Cluses over this dam to Tignes.
Certainly not the right section of the route for mass sprints and jostling.
Photo: GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO / EPA
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8/25
Declaration of war:
At the party convention of the right-wing populist Rassemblement National, Marine Le Pen was re-elected for her fourth term in office with 98 percent of the vote.
Nine months before the presidential election in France, the right-wing populist has made a clear declaration of war on her possible adversary, Emmanuel Macron.
"We will strive for this victory," said the 52-year-old in front of hundreds of supporters in Perpignan in the south of France.
Photo: Thierry Breton / PanoramiC / imago images
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9/25
Deadly projectile:
In Haiti, unknown persons broke into the residence of controversial President Jovenel Moïse and shot him.
Bullets were also found near the residence.
After the murder of the head of state, the Caribbean island, marked by crime and poverty, threatens to plunge into even deeper political chaos.
Photo: Jean Marc Herve Abelard / Agencia EFE / imago images
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10/25
Blitz is back:
The red carpet has been rolled out again, robes and suits have been ironed, and the photographers have dusted their camera lenses too.
Because: After a year of corona break, the Cannes Film Festival has started with the opening film »Annette«.
Photo: Sebastien Nogier / EPA-EFE
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11/25
The longest day:
Two young Ukrainian women celebrate the Ivan Kupala festival, which traditionally marks the summer solstice.
It is also celebrated in Russia, Belarus and Poland.
On the shortest night of the day, celebrants dance around campfires and bathe naked in rivers and lakes.
Photo: Sergei Supinsky / AFP
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12/25
Royal welcome:
Chancellor Angela Merkel receives the Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima in front of the Chancellery.
The royal couple arrived for a three-day state visit.
Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka / dpa
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13/25
Unprotected:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had already issued a decree in March to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention.
The international agreement for the protection of women against violence has now been terminated.
This caused protests across the country.
From the women's movement, resistance against the politics of the Turkish head of state has formed again and again.
Photo: Umit Bektas / REUTERS
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14/25
A look full of fear:
The vegetation is also on fire in Cyprus.
Residents of a village watch a fire in the mountainous region of Larnaca.
At least four people were killed in the forest fires.
Several villages were evacuated.
Cyprus asked for international assistance in fighting the fire.
Photo: Petros Karadjias / AP
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15/25
Farewell in Corona time:
In India, a woman in Gauhati in the state of Assam mourns the cremation of a relative who died of Covid-19.
Around 400,000 people in the country have now fallen victim to the corona virus.
Photo: Anupam Nath / AP
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16/25
Heavy load:
In Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, a woman carries empty buckets.
She has her baby on her back.
Zambia's first president, Kenneth Kaunda, was buried in the presidential cemetery in Lusaka on Wednesday.
Kaunda, who ruled until 1991, was nicknamed "African Gandhi" because he led his country to independence from Great Britain in 1964 without bloodshed.
Photo: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi / AP
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17/25
Explosive mood:
After the recent escalation between Israelis and Palestinians, the situation has calmed down a little.
However, attacks continue to occur.
Israeli forces have blown up the home of a suspected Palestinian attacker near Ramallah in the West Bank.
The imprisoned Muntasir al-Shalabi is accused of having shot an Israeli in May.
Photo: MOHAMAD TOROKMAN / REUTERS
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18/25
Trapped:
Ethiopia's government has declared a ceasefire in Tigray.
However, the civil war left the breakaway region badly damaged.
This week, wounded Ethiopian prisoners were trucked to the regional capital, Mek'ele.
According to the Tigrayan Defense Forces (TDF), more than 7,000 Ethiopian soldiers in captivity had previously walked from Abdi Eshir, 75 kilometers away.
Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
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19/25
Waiting for the hurricane:
The first hurricane of the Atlantic cyclone season set a record.
This couple stands on a Florida beach in anticipation of storm "Elsa".
Never since record started have there been five storms this early in the season.
Photo: OCTAVIO JONES / REUTERS
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20/25
Claim to leadership:
Former US President Donald Trump has still not got over his defeat.
He continues to believe that the Democrat Joe Biden only managed to get into the White House through electoral fraud.
In Florida, Trump has now spoken to his supporters during the Save America rally.
Photo: Octavio Jones / REUTERS
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21/25
Aiming high:
Children celebrate Independence Day on July 4th with a wild ride in an amusement park.
Photo: Kathleen Flynn / REUTERS
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22/25
Checkmate:
At the championships in hot air balloon flying in Gyor, Hungary, participants compete against each other.
Whoever covers the racetrack fastest has won.
Photo: Csaba Krizsan / EPA-EFE
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23/25
Is that cute !:
The ski season opens in the Chilean winter sports resort of Valle Nevado, east of the capital Santiago.
Of course, a snow child should not be missing.
Photo: car / EPA-EFE
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24/25
Metallic fashion:
The Paris Haute Couture shows saw real shows for the first time.
Giorgio Armani Privé showed his elegantly shiny clothes in the splendid rooms of the Italian embassy.
Photo: Lewis Joly / AP
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25/25
Aiming high: she's
still standing with both feet on the ground.
But when Yaroslava Mahuchikh takes off, the Ukrainian catapults herself high into the sky with her staff, which is particularly blue for the athletes at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm.
Photo: Jesper Zerman / imago images / Bildbyran