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deep fall
Sri Lanka is in a serious crisis.
The economically precarious situation has been triggering protests in the country for weeks.
The state uses violence against the demonstrators.
A Buddhist nun fell to the ground in the capital Colombo after tear gas was used.
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Photo:
Eranga Jayawardena / AP
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roadblock
High fuel prices are causing trouble in Ecuador.
This week, indigenous peoples and farmers protested in several provinces.
Their anger is directed at the government of conservative President Guillermo Lasso.
In San Juan de Pastocalle, in the province of Cotopaxi, they blocked a road.
Photo: Cristina Vega Rhor / AFP
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The current beach
Summer vacation for students is upon us and the beaches are filling up in the small coastal town of Bait Lahiya.
Until 2005, the place repeatedly made headlines for clashes between Palestinians and Israelis.
Then the Israelis left the Gaza Strip, and since then the city has been ruled by the Islamic Hamas.
Photo: Mohammed Abed / AFP
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Banker the house of God
Children during a mass in the cathedral of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was built on the initiative of the French missionary and bishop Joanny Thévenoud.
Photo: Olympia de Maismont / AFP
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Special train to Kyiv
On Thursday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz traveled to Kyiv together with French President Emmanuel Macron and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
The special train started at night from Poland towards the Ukrainian capital.
Hostesses waited for the three high-ranking politicians before the passengers arrived.
Photo: Ludovic Marin / AFP
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Under the waxing crescent
A bloody civil war has been raging in Syria for eleven years.
The village of Tal Sallur in Afrin province is held by rebels.
This week, the waxing crescent moon enlightened the region, followed by a "strawberry supermoon" on June 14th.
Photo: Rami Al Sayed / AFP
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horse heads
Spectators line up at the betting booths at the historic Belmont Stakes horse race in New York.
Photo: Frank Franklin II/AP
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Rich performance
The outfit and setting definitely match the title of the series: »Reich!« is the name of the comedy that will be shown on Apple+ at the end of June.
Pictured here: Actress Christine Ko's legs at the premiere in West Hollywood.
Photo: Caroline Brehmann/EPA
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Cinderplace
The fire still burns in the hills of Wrightwood, California.
Once again, forests are on fire in the US state on the west coast.
According to recent reports, the Sheep Fire has spread to more than 990 hectares.
Particularly warm weather and heat create favorable conditions for wildfire outbreaks in Southern California.
Sometimes, however, it is man who causes nature to burst into flames.
Photo: Etienne Laurent/EPA
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Dino Disneyland
In March 2019, Ankapark opened near Ankara with the claim of being the largest theme park in the world.
Five million visitors from Germany and abroad visited the attraction in the first year.
After that, however, the project, which cost around 800 million dollars, literally imploded.
Just under a year later, the organizers closed the doors and the attractions and play equipment began to rot.
Meanwhile, prosecutors and investigators are scrambling to investigate the violations of the law committed in selling off the dinosaur statues, planted trees, office furniture and computers, and other furnishings.
At the center of the investigation is the initiator of Ankapark, Melih Gokcek, who was once the mayor of Ankara.
Photo: SEDAT SUNA/EPA
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On ruins
Destroyed Russian military vehicles stand in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv as a symbol of the resistance.
A woman waves the Ukrainian flag on top of a wrecked Russian tank.
The attackers withdrew from the region weeks ago.
The summer of 2022 is still bitter for the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, because war is raging on the fronts in the east and south.
According to government figures, around 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in a good three and a half months of the Russian war of aggression.
Photo: Natacha Pisarenko / dpa
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Finally: art!
After five years of waiting and heated discussions beforehand, the time has finally come: the documenta in Kassel has opened.
From June 18, everyone can get an idea of the art for themselves.
For example, from this installation by Losso Marie Ange Dakouo in the rooms of the Hübner Areal.
The former factory site is a central location of the documenta.
Photo: Uwe Zucchi / dpa
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muscle flexing:
The pure joy of an athlete – Darius Kiefer celebrates at the U17 European Wrestling Championships in Bucharest, Romania.
Photo: Kadir Caliskan / United World Wrestling / IMAGO
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Against disappearance
British photojournalist Dom Phillips and indigenous leader Bruno Pereira have disappeared into the Brazilian jungle.
Authorities later found human remains in a remote Amazon region.
A suspect has since made a confession.
In Manaus, the case leads to protests.
Photo: Raphael Alves/EPA
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water cannon
The monsoon season is yet to come to Mumbai.
But high water and heavy rains already flooded roads in mid-June.
The neighbors help each other, as this picture shows: A woman throws a bottle of drinking water to a man.
Photo: Indranil Mukherjee / AFP
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Under the volcano
Villagers use nets to catch victims thrown into Gunung Bromo's crater.
The volcano is one of the most active in Indonesia, the offerings are said to please gods.
Slipping into the crater to catch the offerings despite the heat and danger is said to bring good luck.
Most of the approximately 600,000-strong Tengger ethnic group live in several communities near the constantly bubbling volcano.
Photo: JUNE KRISWANTO / AFP
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Group picture with women:
In the Essendon Bombers game against the Hawthorn Hawks in Australia, the battle for the game equipment created an image that almost seems like a ballet choreography.
Photo: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
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Someone who dares
A groom in a traditional procession at a traditional wedding in Banda Aceh, a city on the northern tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
Photo: Chaideer Mahyudin / AFP
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Long way
French President Emmanuel Macron traveled to Moldova on June 15 and met with President Maia Sandu.
A day later he traveled to Kyiv together with Chancellor Scholz and the Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
The visit to Ukraine was preceded by long hesitations.
Photo: REUTERS
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Blah Blub!
Huge soap bubbles in front of Hamburg City Hall
Photo: Marcus Brandt / dpa
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Let rainbows speak
Colorful lips at the Nepalese Pride Parade in Kathmandu.
Hundreds of youth and LGBTQIA activists took part in the demonstration demanding equal rights for people of all genders and sexual orientations.
Homosexual acts have not been punishable in Nepal since 2007, and discrimination based on sexual orientation has been prohibited since 2008.
In the same year, legislation to recognize same-sex marriages was introduced.
Photo: Narendra Shrestha/EPA
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Riddles on the wall
They are probably among the most famous pictures in the world.
Because they are so easily accessible and yet enigmatic.
This effect may be intensified if you admire Vincent Van Gogh's pictures not on a screen, but projected onto the floor, walls, columns and ceilings.
»Beyond Van Gogh« is the name of the immersive exhibition in Bogota, Colombia, which will open on July 10th.
Photo: Juan Barreto / AFP
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Harmless shark
The statue of the great white shark on the Manhattan Beach Pier does not only attract tourists.
Los Angeles residents also like to come here to relax.
However, even with its mouth wide open, the shark hardly scares a walker.
»Jaws« and its follow-up films have long since disappeared from art house cinemas.
And on TV, the series with the trick technique from the seventies looks rather graceful.
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Photo: Patrick T. Fallon / AFP