An employee smelts scrap metal at the electric arc furnace in Remscheid, Germany

Croatian soccer fans react as they watch a broadcast of the FIFA World Cup 2026 match England vs Croatia, in Zagreb, Croatia

Smoke billows out of the UNESCO-listed Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery following a massive overnight Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest against military recruitment and call for the release of detained draft resisters outside a military prison near Kfar Yona, Israel

Fire breathers perform during celebrations marking the beginning of the Islamic New Year in Bandung, West Java

Parisian firefighters work to extinguish a fire at an industrial facility in Bobigny, France

A U.S. National Park Service worker dumps bottles of hydrogen peroxide in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to mitigate an algae bloom which followed the recent renovations in Washington DC, USA

Armoured police officers are seen in a cloud of red smoke during a rally of a coalition against fascism and imperialism a day ahead of the G7 summit's start, in Geneva, Switzerland

Israeli Merkava tanks drive along a road past destroyed buildings in southern Lebanon

People fish at sunset along the Malecon esplanade in Havana, Cuba

Canada's Denis Shapovalov serves against Australia's Alex de Minaur during their tennis match in London, United Kingdom

Anchored fishing boats are covered with tarpaulins as the fishing season ends near the Arabian Sea shore at the Chowk Dongri village, on the outskirts of Mumbai, India

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