Photos of the Week: Stone Roofs, Football Fans, Soapbox Racers

A large mechanical puppet, shaped like a demonic scorpion with a woman's torso, seen at a music festival

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The mechanical machine “The Guardian of Darkness,” half-woman, half-scorpion, from the Compagnie La Machine, performs during the 19th edition of the Hellfest rock and heavy-metal festival, in Clisson, France, on June 19, 2026.

The face of a young panda cub is covered by its mother's paws.

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The face of seven-month-old giant-panda cub Satrio Wiratama, known as Rio, is covered by the paws of his mother, Hu Chun, at the Panda Palace of Taman Safari Indonesia, in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on June 20, 2026.

A bird, its head tilted, looks toward the camera.

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A red-footed seriema is pictured in its enclosure at Dortmund Zoo, in Dortmund, Germany, on June 24, 2026.

A ground squirrel, its head tilted, looks toward the camera.

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A ground squirrel, locally known as gelengi, stands in a meadow in Erzurum, Turkey, on June 24, 2026.

People race in a soapbox car depicting King Charles III on a mobility scooter

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Participants race in a soapbox car depicting King Charles III on a mobility scooter, during the 2026 Red Bull Soapbox Race at Alexandra Palace, on June 20, 2026, in London, England.

People walk in a square past two tall sculptures of workers.

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Iranians walk between sculptures of workers in Tehran on June 22, 2026.

Two people, dressed in full medieval armor, face off inside a mixed martial arts fighting cage.

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Competitors fight in a mixed-martial-arts arena during the Knights of the Cage, a gala of a medieval armored combat, in Onet-le-Château, France, on June 20, 2026. Fighters in armor with shields and swords, or axes, took part in about 20 fights in an MMA cage in Aveyron.

A football supporter stands stiil, bolt-upright, one arm raised, among a stadium crowd during a game.

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Michel Kuka Mboladinga, a supporter of the team from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, pays tribute to Congo’s late Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, by remaining motionless ahead of the 2026 World Cup Group K football match between Colombia and Congo, at Guadalajara Stadium in Zapopan, Mexico, on June 23, 2026.

Norwegian national football team supporters, sitting in rows on an open staircase in Times Square, 'row' together in unison, cheering their team.

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Norwegian-national-football-team supporters gather on the iconic red steps in Times Square ahead of Monday’s FIFA World Cup match, creating a festive atmosphere with chants and traditional rowing celebrations in New York City, on June 21, 2026.

Dozens of people lie on their backs on yoga mats arranged on a large wooden floor in a grid pattern.

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People take part in a yoga session to celebrate International Yoga Day at the Thuwanna Indoor Stadium, in Yangon, Myanmar, on June 21, 2026.

Students sit at dozens of desks set up in a large grid pattern.

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Students prepare to take university-entrance exams at the Belgrade Fair, in Belgrade, on June 25, 2026, as Serbia endures a heat wave affecting much of southeastern and central Europe.

Many industrial robots work on a production line in a factory.

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Industrial robots work on a production line producing components for electric vehicles on June 22, 2026, in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China.

People walk near the base of a decommissioned space shuttle in a museum setting.

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People gather during a media preview of the retired NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour, displayed in a vertical ready-to-launch position, affixed to the giant orange external tank and twin solid rocket boosters, at the California Science Center on June 24, 2026, in Los Angeles, California.

A man hangs beneath a large balloon, strapped into a full-body harness, operating flaps with his arms, inside an airship hangar.

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Jean-Pierre David, the French creator of the individual airship Aeroplume, flies inside an airship hangar in Écausseville, France, on June 24, 2026.

A train travels across a rusting steel bridge, seen head-on at a distance.

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A train travels on the Long Bien Bridge, in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 24, 2026.

A group of men gather around others who spin a long board with flaming torches attached.

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Iranian mourners take part in a traditional ceremony during Tasua commemorations, held one day before Ashura, on June 24, 2026, in Tehran, Iran.

An aerial view of smoke from a warehouse fire rising above Los Angeles.

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An aerial view of a massive warehouse fire at a cold storage facility as it continued to burn and spread smoke around the city on June 20, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for Los Angeles County in response to the Lineage Logistics warehouse fire, which began on June 17 in the Boyle Heights neighborhood.

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A bank of clouds rises above the skyline of Beijing, China, on June 24, 2026.

A view of a tall and broad mountain standing above a green valley dotted with houses and farms.

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A view of the Zugspitze and houses in the valley below, taken from the village of Lermoos, Austria, on June 22, 2026

A surging waterfall descends through a forested area.

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An aerial view of the surging Huangguoshu Waterfall, seen after days of continuous rainfall, on June 23, 2026, in Anshun, Guizhou Province, China

Rows of purple lavender, growing in a field on gentle hills

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A lavender field in Valensole, Southern France, photographed on June 22, 2026

A field of sunflowers, with one having a 'happy face' made on it by removing some of its seeds

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Sunflowers bloom in a field in Kırklareli, Turkey, on June 24, 2026.

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A stork eats a locust in a wheat field after a harvester cut the crop near Manastirea village, in Romania, on June 19, 2026. Romanian farmers have been forced to start the annual grain harvest weeks earlier than usual because of an intense early-summer heat wave and prolonged drought conditions.

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A dog relaxes on grass during a spring visit to Scarborough Bluffs, along Lake Ontario, in Toronto, Ontario, on June 20, 2026.

A man cools off, floating in a fountain in front of the Eiffel Tower.

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A man cools off in the Warsaw Fountain at the Jardins du Trocadéro in front of the Eiffel Tower during hot weather on June 24, 2026, in Paris, France. Various European governments issued health warnings this week in relation to the high temperatures, which neared 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in many large cities.

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People wade near mangrove trees at sunset at Walakiri beach, in Waingapu, East Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on June 24, 2026.

A view of historic dry-stone houses with conical stone roofs in Italy

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A view of iconic drystone dwellings with conical roofs called trulli, in Alberobello, in the southern region of Puglia, Italy, on June 24, 2026. “With the increase in heat waves, traditional solutions (such as trulli) are becoming a valuable reference, capable of inspiring climate-adaptation strategies for contemporary construction as well,” Gerardo Biancofiore, the head of the Puglia branch of the national builders’ association ANCE, said.

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A man carries a mattress past damaged residential buildings following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on June 25, 2026. A pair of massive earthquakes struck on June 24, killing at least 164 people and destroying multiple buildings near the capital.