World in pictures this week, June 5, 2025
22 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors
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Afghans wrestlers fight during a match at the Chaman-e-Hozari Park in Kabul, Afghanistan.Credit:AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi
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Students of a dance school wait outside Romania’s Palace of Parliament during a series of events marking International Children’s Day in Bucharest, Romania.Credit:AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru
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Eileen Lamb, centre, who was diagnosed with autism as an adult, works with her son Charlie Lamb, left, who also has autism, and daughter Billie at their home in AustinCredit:AP Photo/Eric Gay
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Supporters of Kim Moon Soo, presidential candidate with the People Power Party, attend his election campaign rally in Seoul, South Korea.Credit:AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon
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Pope Leo XIV arrives on his pope mobile before celebrating a Mass for the Jubilee of Families in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican.Credit:AP Photo/Andrew Medichini
6/22
Anti-government demonstrators block the Pan-American Highway in Akua Yala, Panama, to protest against a law overhauling social security and against the Panama-U.S. memorandum concerning the Panama Canal.Credit:AP Photo/Matias Delacroix
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Elon Musk attends a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House.Credit:AP Photo/Evan Vucci
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An employee of the Museum of Urban Sculpture cleans one of the four famous horse sculptures of the Anichkov Bridge over the Fontanka River in St. Petersburg, Russia.Credit:AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky
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Thick smoke and flames erupt from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.Credit:AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi
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Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.Credit:AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana
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Nana Sula “Janet” Evans blesses the remains of 19 African Americans repatriated from Germany during their memorial service at Dillard University’s Lawless Memorial Chapel in New Orleans.Credit:Scott Threlkeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP
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Migrants wait on the beach for a dinghy in Gravelines, France. The numbers of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats is up roughly 40% on last year. It was reported in April that the UK and France are holding negotiations over a potential deal to return irregular migrants who cross the English Channel in small boats. Credit:Carl Court/Getty Images
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Sargassum covers the coast of Playa Lucía, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico.Credit:AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo
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A scientist from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute captures a bat for research in Gamboa, Panama.Credit:AP Photo/Matias Delacroix
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A tourist takes his dogs out for a quick break under billowing wildfire smoke off Highway 97 north of Buckinghorse River, British Columbia.Credit:Nasuna Stuart-Ulin/The Canadian Press via AP
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Mountaineers form a queue as they approach the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal.Credit:AP Photo/Kunga Sherpa
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A dog stands on its hind legs to watch its owner take a morning swim in the Pacific Ocean on an overcast, winter day in Lima, Peru.Credit:AP Photo/Martin Mejia
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A sheep jumps in the air to the surprise of handler Max Atkins during judging at The Royal Bath And West Show in Shepton Mallet, England. The historic show is one of the oldest surviving agricultural shows in England, taking place over four days.Credit:Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
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Dua Lipa performs on stage during Radical Optimism European Tour Movistar at Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, Netherlands.Credit:Kristy Sparow/Getty Images for ABA
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Fans are reflected in glass as Gael Monfils serves during a second-round match of the French Tennis Open at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris.Credit:AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson
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A man walks on Paris’ ring as he celebrates after the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan.Credit:AP Photo/Thomas Padilla
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Fans gather along the Colle delle Finestre climb to see riders passing by, during the stage 20 of the Giro d’Italia from Verres to Sestriere in Italy.Credit:Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP
