The world’s largest gay pride event, WorldPride, was hosted this year in Washington
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Pilgrims light candles at a shrine dedicated to the Virgin of Rocio near Aznalcazar, Spain, during an annual pilgrimage joined by hundreds of thousands of people
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A squirrel picks and then destroys a rose at Alexandra Bowls Club in Southend-on-Sea, Essex
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Bottlenose dolphins Allie and Tapeko swim with a new calf at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. Footage showed Allie giving birth in the pool with support from fellow mother Tapeko
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Rita Ora, 34, performs at the World Club Dome Festival in Frankfurt, Germany
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Jacob Willcox, an Australian surfer, competes in the final round at Burton Automotive Newcastle Surfest on Merewether beach in Newcastle, Australia
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Trooping the Colour, The Colonel’s Review, took place over the weekend. This year Lieutenant Colonel Storm Green, centre, led the parade
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A dancer plays with fire on Chao Lao beach in Chanthaburi, Thailand
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Shaine Casas competes in the final of the Men’s 200m individual medley on day five of the Toyota National Championships at Indiana University. He placed ninth out of 24
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Rangers in Kenya’s Lake Nakuru national park restrain a sedated eastern black rhinoceros before she is flown to the Segera Rhino Sanctuary with 20 others. Eastern black rhinos are native to Kenya but died out in Segera because of poaching
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Luis Gomes, left, as Lieutenant B F Pinkerton and Hye-Youn Lee as Cio-Cio-San run through a dress rehearsal for Madama Butterfly, the tragic opera by Giacomo Puccini, at Grange Park Opera in Surrey
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Thiago Barbalho’s exhibition, Chants, at the Elizabeth Xi Bauer gallery in Deptford, southeast London, explores language, symbolism and identity
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Mang Cancan, a giant panda, plays on the swing at Chongqing zoo in China. He was born in July 2023 and often entertains visitors with his playfulness
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President Macron of France and his wife, Brigitte, were welcomed to Monaco for a state visit by Princess Charlene and Prince Albert II
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Pope Leo XIV arrives at St Peter’s Square in the popemobile before Mass as part of the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly
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Fireworks erupt during the Outdoor Dragon Show along the Vistula river near Wawel Castle in Krakow, Poland. The annual performance involves airborne dragon sculptures up to 25 metres long and 15 metres tall
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Tourists enjoy white water rafting across the Palayangan river in West Java, Indonesia
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