Chip Somodevilla / GettyA rainbow arcs over the giant, crumbling concrete busts of former U.S. presidents, including George Washington, at the Presidents Heads, following an evening rain storm on June 27, 2026, in Williamsburg, Virginia. Forty-three presidents, from George Washington to George W. Bush, are represented as 15-foot-tall, 11-ton concrete busts that were once part of Presidents Park, a 10-acre theme park in Williamsburg that closed in 2010 because of financial troubles. Sculpted by the artist David Adickes of Houston, Texas, the busts were rescued from demolition by the local builder Howard Hankins and stored on his private property. Plans are under way to relocate the busts to a nearby location for display and preservation.Ethan Miller / GettyA 300-foot-wide by 150-foot-tall American flag is suspended across the Hoover Dam on June 30, 2026, in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada. The 2,000-pound flag and surrounding canyon walls are being illuminated by a lighting display nightly at dusk, through July 4, 2026, to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States’ Declaration of Independence.Tom Nicholson / ReutersPeople hang from a bridge above the Canal Saint-Martin after public swimming was permitted in certain areas because of high temperatures during a heat wave in Paris, France, on June 26, 2026.Jordan Tovin / ReutersAn advertisement featuring Lamine Yamal of Spain’s World Cup national team gets towed along the East River past the Brooklyn Bridge on June 26, 2026.Julian Finney / FIFA / GettyErling Haaland of Norway celebrates after a 2–1 win during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32 match between Côte d’Ivoire and Norway at Dallas Stadium on June 30, 2026, in Arlington, Texas.Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP / GettyA jockey balances on a wooden plow adapted for a race, attempting to steer two bulls through a flooded paddy field during Pacu Jawi, a traditional bull-racing event, in Simabur village, Tanah Datar Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia, on June 27, 2026.McKlein Photography / LAT Images / GettyOliver Solberg competes in his Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 during Acropolis Rally Greece, Round 8 of the 2026 FIA World Rally Championship, on June 26, 2026, in Loutraki, Greece.Sakis Mitrolidis / AFP / GettyA Greece Air Force Canadair CL-415GR water-bomber aircraft drops water over a forest fire in Liti, a village north of Thessaloniki, on June 30, 2026.Michael Ciaglo / GettyA man walks down the road after being turned back from going to his home as the Aspen Acres fire burns on July 1, 2026, in Pueblo, Colorado. As of yesterday, more than 35,000 acres and 100 structures had burned in the fire, one of several blazes that are currently burning across the state after a warm and dry winter.Matias Baglietto / Anadolu / GettyPeople gather at Parque Avellaneda for the annual Luz de Fuego celebration, centered on the burning of the Gran Fantoche de las Miserias (“The Great Puppet of Miseries”), in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 27, 2026. The traditional San Pedro and San Pablo Bonfire celebration features the burning of a massive handcrafted structure, built by local residents, symbolizing the collective release of personal and social hardships. Participants create their own symbolic puppets to cast into the flames, representing struggles such as war, hunger, violence, unemployment, and discrimination. Rooted in the cultural traditions of San Juan Night, the ritual combines fire, music, and community performances in a collective act of remembrance, renewal, and hope for a better future.Ertuğrul Baştan / Anadolu / GettyPeople walk along a coastal promenade in the Ganita area during a sunset in the Ortahisar district of Trabzon, Turkey, on June 27, 2026.Marton Monus / ReutersA drone view shows people cooling themselves in a pool during a heat wave in Budapest, Hungary, on June 27, 2026.Michal Čížek / AFP / GettyA woman cools off in the Vltava River in Český Krumlov, South Bohemia, Czech Republic, on June 27, 2026, as record-setting high temperatures hit the region during a heat wave.Andreea Alexandru / APA couple walks by a public fountain on an extremely hot day in Bucharest, Romania, on June 27, 2026.Ricardo Arduengo / ReutersYohancy Gil and her husband, Sergio Guanipa, stand on ruins as they wait for news from rescue teams looking for their children under the rubble at the site of a collapsed building in the aftermath of earthquakes, in La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 30, 2026.Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP / GettyLesser crested tern chicks flock together on Kubbar Island, off the southern coast of Kuwait, on June 27, 2026, during the annual breeding season, when thousands of seabirds nest on the island.Valentyn Ogirenko / ReutersYana Hrynko, senior researcher of The National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War, shows bird’s nests made partially with fragments of fiber-optic lines that were found by a Ukrainian serviceman on the front line and then passed to the museum, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 23, 2026. Both Ukrainian and Russian troops use drones controlled via long lines of optic fiber to bypass electronic warfare jamming, leaving miles of ultra-thin lines tangled in trees and scattered across the land in Ukraine’s frontline regions.Alina Smutko / ReutersPeople take shelter inside a metro station during an overnight Russian missile-and-drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 2, 2026.Tierney L. Cross / GettyA visitor views the U.S. Capitol behind the 110-foot Freedom 250 Ferris wheel on the third day of the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, pictured from the Washington Monument, on June 27, 2026, in Washington, D.C.Mohamed Elshahed / Anadolu / GettyChildren with physical and intellectual disabilities receive treatment and recognition at the Future Children Center in Cairo, Egypt, pictured on June 30, 2026. The center provides physical therapy and rehabilitation services tailored to each child’s individual needs, aiming to improve motor skills, enhance mobility, and support their integration into daily life.Charlie Riedel / APFans celebrate during a watch party for the World Cup match between Team USA and the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the KC Live! entertainment district in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 1, 2026.Devi Rahman / AFP / GettyA participant is briefly lifted into the air as a giant dragon-train kite catches the wind during a kite festival in Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on June 28, 2026.CFoto / Future Publishing / GettyA dancer dressed in the attire of the Tang Dynasty, using a wire rigging, flies over the Wenfeng Pagoda and scatters peony petals in Luoyang City, Henan Province, China, on June 27, 2026.Mike Egerton / PA Images / ReutersNaomi Osaka wears a traditionally themed on-court outfit ahead of her match against Elsa Jacquemot during the ladies’ singles on Day 1 of the 2026 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, in London, on June 29, 2026.Lindsey Wasson / APA person calling themselves “Seattle Cloud Guy” jogs by during the Pride Parade in Seattle, Washington, on June 28, 2026.Özgen Beşli / Anadolu / GettyAn insect alights on a wildflower blooming in a high-altitude area in Kars, Turkey, on July 1, 2026.Cesar Manso / AFP / GettyRevelers douse one another with red wine during the Batalla del Vino (“Battle of Wine”) in Haro, in the wine-producing region of La Rioja, Spain, on June 29, 2026. Every year thousands of locals and tourists climb a mountain in the northern Spanish wine-producing region to celebrate Saint Peter’s Day by soaking one another with red wine using water pistols, buckets, or any other available container.Peter Kneffel / DPA / GettyA crow flies past an oversize statue of a lion lying on its back and holding a beer mug, which is waiting to be installed on the grounds of the Theresienwiese for Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, on June 30, 2026. The 191st Oktoberfest will take place from September 19 to October 4, 2026.
