Jeff Chiu / APElena Ostergren shows her voting sticker to her dog Olaf at Club Fugazi during the California primary election on June 2, 2026, in San Francisco.Yang Bo / China News Service / VCG / GettyWorkers repair a peacock-shaped topiary at Gulou Square on June 4, 2026, in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China.Artur Widak / NurPhoto / GettyA wild rhesus macaque sits upright on a wooden fence overlooking a dramatic landscape of sandstone pillars in the Yuanjiajie Scenic Area in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan province, China, on June 3, 2026.Jaspar Moulijn / ANP / AFP / GettyA baby giraffe named Kenyi, just days old, looks on while resting in the giraffe stable at the Wildlands Adventure Zoo in Emmen, Netherlands, on June 1, 2026.Carl De Souza / AFP via GettyPeople walk past a giant sculpture that was taken down during a protest by the National Coordination of Education Workers in Mexico City on June 2, 2026. Protesting teachers attacked an exhibition themed around the FIFA 2026 World Cup soccer tournament that had been set up on a famous avenue in Mexico City, in an effort to press their labor demands.Marvin Recinos / AFP / GettyA woman wearing traditional Bolivian clothing dances at the Killi Killi viewpoint in La Paz, Bolivia, on May 31, 2026.Craig T Fruchtman / GettyPeople stop to watch the sunset along 42nd Street near Times Square the day after “Manhattanhenge,” on May 30, 2026, in New York City.Sun Haiying / VCG / GettyThe return capsule of China’s Shenzhou-22 spaceship descends under a parachute at the Dongfeng landing site in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China on May 29, 2026.Andre Hidayat / ReutersBuddhist monks take part in a circumambulation ritual at Borobudur Temple ahead of Vesak Day in Magelang, Central Java province, Indonesia, on May 30, 2026.Aaron Chown / WPA Pool / GettyThe King’s Gurkha Artillery regiment prepares for a group photo during a visit from King Charles III in Larkhill, England, on June 4, 2026.Mario Tama / GettyParticipants dressed as Marilyn Monroe gather during Monroe’s 100th-birthday celebration on May 30, 2026, in Palm Springs, California.Martin Meissner / APA herd of wild horses is driven into an arena near a nature reserve in Dülmen, Germany, on May 30, 2026.Juni Kriswanto / AFP / GettyHindu devotees of the Tengger community ascend, through low-lying clouds at sunrise, the active Mount Bromo volcano to present offerings of rice, fruit, livestock, and other items as part of the Yadnya Kasada festival near Probolinggo, East Java province, Indonesia, on June 1, 2026.Atet Dwi Pramadia / ReutersA farmer works in a paddy field as Mount Merapi spews volcanic ash, viewed from Batusangkar in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra province, Indonesia, on May 30, 2026.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / GettyA flight board in the Haneda airport shows flights canceled and delayed because of Tropical Storm Jangmi. A large Godzilla sculpture looms in the background, in Tokyo, on June 3, 2026.Erica Dischino / ReutersA drone view shows a nearly finished fresco portion of the Beyond Walls project by the Swiss French artist Saype, painted on grass in Boom Island Park in Minneapolis, on June 3, 2026.Patrick Pleul / DPA / GettyTwo black kites engage in a chase above a hilly landscape in Brandenburg, Germany, on June 3, 2026.Artur Widak / Anadolu / GettyA view of traditional architecture and complex wooden structures along steep hillsides in Wangxian Valley in Shangrao City, Jiangxi province, China, captured on May 29, 2026Matthias Schrader / APYoung people float down the Eisbach wave in the Englischer Garten in Munich, Germany, on May 31, 2026.Wang Zirui / VCG / GettyA harvester collects wheat at night in Anyang, Henan province, China, on May 31, 2026.Emilio Morenatti / APAntoni Gaudí’s Basilica of the Sagrada Família, illuminated at dusk in Barcelona, Spain, on May 30, 2026Guglielmo Mangiapane / ReutersThe sun sets over Roland Garros Stadium during a match between Brazil’s João Fonseca and Norway’s Casper Ruud in Paris, France, on May 31, 2026.Rodrigo Abd / APRiver Plate fans watch an Argentine-soccer-league match against San Lorenzo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 10, 2026.Mindaugas Kulbis / APVisitors hurtle down a waterslide into a giant soup bowl during the Pink Soup Fest in Vilnius, Lithuania, on May 30, 2026.Wang Jianmin / VCG / GettyA tractor driver spreads wheat for drying at a farm in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, on June 3, 2026.RJ Sangosti / MediaNews Group / The Denver Post / GettyWork nears completion at the Gross Dam project in Boulder County, Colorado, captured on June 3, 2026. The project, raising the dam’s height by 131 feet, was designed to be an expansion of the existing reservoir, but its completion remains tied up in legal challenges.Anthony Wallace / AFP / GettyMembers of the LGBTQ community hold a rainbow flag as they take part in a Pride parade in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 31, 2026.Dan Kitwood / GettyA Glanville fritillary rests on the ground at Hutchinson’s Bank reserve in New Addington, England, on June 1, 2026. The U.K. wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is holding its first-ever national poll to crown Britain’s favorite butterfly species. Until June 7, the public will choose from the 60 species native to the U.K., and the winning insect will be officially announced on June 12. Beyond being a celebration of nature, the campaign carries a serious message highlighting that 80 percent of U.K. butterfly species have declined over the past 50 years due to climate change and habitat loss.
