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Caracas earthquakes and Europe heat waves
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A boy washes his hair and face after playing in the mud in a paddy field during Asar Pandra, the annual paddy planting festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 29 June 2026.
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People inspect the rubble of a collapsed building after earthquakes hit the country, in La Guaira, Venezuela, on 25 June 2026.
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A person cools off at Trocadero fountain near the Eiffel Tower during a heat wave in Paris, on 24 June 2026.
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The Freedom 250 Wheel operates during the opening of The Great American State Fair on the National Mall, with the US Capitol in the background, in Washington DC, on 25 June 2026.
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People stand on the rubble of a collapsed building in the aftermath of earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, on 25 June 2026.
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A hippopotamus catches a frozen apple at Rome's Zoological Garden "Bioparco" during a heatwave on 26 June 2026.
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Lightning strikes the Eiffel Tower during a thunderstorm in Paris on 27 June 2026.
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Argentina fans wave flags featuring Diego Maradona during a traditional banderazo rally in Dallas, Texas, on 26 June 2026.
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A full moon rises over the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, which was recently damaged during Russian missile and drone strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 28 June 2026.
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A mural displayed on the facade of a building depicts late figures aligned with the Iranian government at Vanak Square in Tehran on 29 June 2026.
A few months after public pushback forced Damascus governorate to pause restrictions on alcohol consumption in March, the issue has re-emerged…
It took just 39 seconds to cause enormous wreckage in Venezuela. On the evening of 24 June, two powerful earthquakes, registering magnitudes of 7.5…
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