Patriotic election socks, Olympics preparations, and the sale of a masterpiece

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Phil Noble/Reuters

The patriotic socks of Britain's Reform UK Party Leader Nigel Farage, pictured as he speaks to journalists at the launch of Reform's manifesto in Wales, Britain, on June 17, 2024.

Safin Hamid/AFP
Safin Hamid/AFP

Flames rise after a massive fire broke out at the asphalt storage facility of an oil refinery in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region, early on June 13, 2024.

Madaree Tohlala/AFP
Madaree Tohlala/AFP

Preserving an old copy of the Quran at the Museum of Islamic Cultural Heritage in Yingor district in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat in Thailand on June 13, 2024.

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Fadel Senna/AFP

A Muslim pilgrim prays at dawn as he stands on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahmaor Mount of Mercy, during the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage on June 15, 2024.

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Douglas Magno/AFP

A man rides a horse the Cavalhada of Mateus Leme festival in Mateus Leme, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, on June 15, 2024.

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Stefano Rellandini/AFP

France's trampoline gymnast Lea Labrousse poses inside the former courthouse and prison Conciergerie in Paris, on May 30, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games.

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Haj Kadour/AFP

In this aerial photo, people ride a Ferris wheel at an amusement park in Idlib on June 16, 2024, during the Eid-al-Adha festival, marking the end of Muslims' hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.

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AFP / CHINA OUT

Workers sail a boat on the surface of the water of a pearl mussels farm in Jiujiang, in central China's Jiangxi province on June 15, 2024.

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Photo by Presidency of El Salvador/Anadolu via Getty Images

Gang members are brought together for transfer in the presence of authorities, on June 11, 2024 in Tecoluca, El Salvador.

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Carl Court/Getty

A painting by Italian Renaissance painter, Titian, entitled 'Rest on the Flight into Egypt' at Christies in London. It goes for auction on July 2, 2024, and is expected to sell for up to £25mn.