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platinum
If Queen Elizabeth were married to the throne, the British monarch would be celebrating a platinum wedding these days.
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the throne, her British subjects - like many other non-British Queen fans - are over the moon and celebrating.
However, the question of how the monarchy should continue after Elizabeth's reign is also being hotly debated in the British public.
Photo: Henry Nicholls / REUTERS
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air number
On June 2nd, Italy celebrates Festa della Repubblica, the Feast of the Republic.
The national holiday commemorates the founding of the modern Italian state in 1946. An indispensable part of the celebrations: the spectacular performances of the Frecce Tricolori, the Italian Air Force's aerobatic team.
Photo: Vincenzo Pinto / AFP
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Definitely yes
Sofie Carsten Nielsen, leader of the Social Liberal Party, celebrates the first results of the referendum on Denmark's stronger defense cooperation in the EU.
After all the votes were counted, almost 67 percent were in favor of an end to the country's special status, which has been in force for 30 years.
However, the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 changed the attitude of many Danes and their government.
Photo: Claus Bech / AFP
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Dejected
In the defamation trial of the two ex-husbands Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, the jury largely agreed with the actor.
For Heard - seen here after the verdict was announced - it's a defeat after weeks of mudslinging.
Photo: Tom Brenner / REUTERS
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show trial
Cheering fans greeted Johnny Depp after the jury's verdict at the Fairfax Circuit Courthouse in Virginia.
Amber Heard has to pay her ex more than $10 million in damages for defamation, and he in turn has to pay her $2 million in damages.
Depp's followers celebrated him beforehand: there were tens of billions of posts online under the hashtag #JusticeForJohnnyDepp alone.
Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
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funeral visit
A White House staffer holds flowers on an airplane that US President Biden and First Lady Jill will lay at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas to commemorate the victims of the killing spree.
An 18-year-old stormed the school and shot himself with an assault rifle.
He killed 19 children and two teachers.
The assailant was eventually shot dead by police officers.
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against inequality
Student demonstrators brace themselves against a police water cannon in front of the La Moneda presidential palace in the Chilean capital of Santiago.
Chilean students have been protesting for years against an unfair education system in which the majority of the universities are in private hands.
Their chances of being heard have never been better than they are now: 35-year-old President Gabriel Boric used to be the leader of student protests and has announced a fight against inequality.
Photo: Esteban Felix / dpa
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party
There was already great jubilation in 2021 when the Mexican first division football team Atlas Guadalajara finally became Mexican champions again after 70 years.
The fans didn't have to wait that long this time: On Sunday the team won the final again, this time in a dramatic match against Pachuca with the final score 3:2.
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Fog lights
At a cemetery on the outskirts of Lima, a health official distributes pesticides against Aedes mosquitoes.
They transmit diseases such as dengue fever, zika and the chikungunya virus.
Now the authorities have smoked out Nueva Esperanza, as the cemetery is called.
It is the largest cemetery in Peru and the second largest in the world.
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gun show
A soldier shows a rifle to a girl at a stand of the Romanian Army Special Forces in Bucharest's Parliament Palace.
On World Children's Day, more than fifteen thousand children and adults have come to the communist-era building.
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retribution
The Israeli army blows up the house of Diaa Hamarsha's family.
The Palestinian killed five people in a shootout in March in Bnei Brak, an Orthodox Jewish town near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
Photo: Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP
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Beach Apocalypse
On June 1, people stand on a beach covered with rubbish and debris in Zipolite, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
The cause of the chaos is Cyclone Agatha, which caused flooding and landslides on the Pacific coast.
At least nine people died.
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downward spiral
Not even room for wet laundry: poverty in Peru is rising again after the pandemic and inflation.
According to the Peruvian statistical institute, 25 percent of the country's population lives below the poverty line.
Photo: Martin Mejia/AP
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sweet harvest
For chocolate lovers, the cocoa from Venezuela is one of the best in the world, and the richness of species and flavors in the growing areas is unsurpassed.
The Venezuelan share of the world market is only a few percent.
The country now wants to change that, production is to be increased to 60,000 tons within three years.
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hats off
Graduates of the United States Naval Academy celebrate and toss their hats in the air at the end of the academy's graduation ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland.
1,100 men and women enrolled in the 2022 class at the United States Navy and Marines Officers' School.
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mishap
The Swiss show jumper Martin Fuchs falls at the Nations Cup in Rome while jumping with his horse Leone Jesi.
The German team wasn't lucky either, they finished seventh in the end.
France was the winner of the tournament.
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Equality!
"We have the power": Gays and lesbians in Poland may not have the power, but they won't let themselves be defeated either.
7500 people from the LGBTQ+ community took part in the Equality March in Gdańsk under this motto.
The right-wing government of the Catholic country describes the collection movement as an ideology.
Photo: Piotr Lapinski / NurPhoto / IMAGO
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sea of colour
They may have lost the Champions League final to Madrid, but they came home victorious, with hundreds of thousands of Liverpool fans celebrating their side.
The celebrations had been planned three weeks in advance, with DJ Calvin Harris DJing.
At least the League Cup and the FA Cup brought home Jürgen Klopp's team.
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dog biscuit
In Dubai, owners can walk their dogs big.
In the “Happy Bark Day” café, four-legged friends can feast on cakes and pastries while their two-legged friend drinks a coffee.
Cupcakes and donuts are $30, and a beef birthday cake is $55.
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Alone
Tanya belongs to a minority within a minority.
The 22-year-old Rohingya is transgender and sees herself as a woman.
»Ever since I was a child I liked to wear dresses and make-up.
My brothers beat me for it,” she says.
Today she runs a beauty salon in the largest refugee camp in the world on the border with Bangladesh.
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mountains of mud
A man clears debris from a landslide in Recife, in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco.
After torrential rains in northeastern Brazil, at least 56 people have died and dozens are missing, civil defense officials said on Sunday.
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exhausted
This photo shows Lima Spesaly, presenter of the Afghan news channel 1TV, during a break.
The Taliban have now also made it compulsory for women journalists to wear a full veil during a broadcast.
Only the eyes may still be seen.
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flight figures
The Bethpage Air Show in Long Island is one of the largest air shows in the USA with more than 200,000 visitors.
This year the Skytypers Air Show was in attendance with their vintage WWII aviators.
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Corona shock
At a pharmacy in the capital Pyongyang, medical personnel from the People's Army in protective gear are busy dispensing medicines.
In the second week of May, North Korea officially confirmed the first corona outbreak since the pandemic began more than two years ago and ordered a nationwide lockdown.
Since then, concerns have grown about an uncontrolled outbreak amid a lack of vaccines and inadequate medical supplies.
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surprise offender
The trial of the attack on the Green Vault in Dresden continues, here the accused Wissam R. is led into the courtroom.
Recently, another member of the Remmo clan was arrested.
The man was only to be heard as a witness, but was arrested outside the courthouse because he is now a suspect himself.
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The vultures are waiting
These birds don't exactly make a trusting impression.
But appearances are deceptive, these are not vultures but storks taking a break during sunset near Debrecen, Hungary.
And well sorted - only one bird per power pole.
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Yellow wall
In Shanghai, people stand next to barriers that were erected in certain areas of the Chinese metropolis to prevent the spread of the corona virus.
After two months of strict lockdown, the authorities have now lifted many restrictions.
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relief
People pour milk on a young woman's eyes in Istanbul.
She was hit by tear gas from Turkish police while taking part in a demonstration marking the 9th anniversary of the Gezi protests against President Erdoğan.
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Leap out of the pandemic
A woman poses in a square in Shanghai's Lujiazui financial district.
Now you can do outdoor sports again, because the lockdown due to the corona virus was lifted in the city on June 1st.
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mountain glow
Etna is active again, lava flows down the Italian volcano.
The picture was taken on the north side of the mountain on the island of Sicily.
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"Devastated"
South Korean boy band BTS, also known as Bangtan Boys, condemns hate crimes against Asians in the United States.
During a visit to the White House with press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, they spoke out against discrimination.
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Nine euro bath
For nine euros straight to the sea: people plunge into the still ice-cold waters of the North Sea near Westerland on Sylt.
After it had remained largely quiet at the start of the nine-euro ticket, people are now reporting completely overcrowded trains going to tourist destinations at the start of the Whitsun holidays.
Photo: Fabian Bimmer / REUTERS
