Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email A series of striking news photos taken around the world this week. Louis Tutto/AFP A man struggled while being arrested by Kenyan police as people took to the streets of Nairobi to protest against President William Ruto’s controversial finance bill, which has now been withdrawn. Scarfe/AFP Early revelers at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset, UK, party at the Stonehenge art installation. 200,000 people will enjoy a weekend of music, comedy, poetry and drama. Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA are among the headliners. Lawrence Bryant/Reuters A huge sinkhole has opened up on a football field at Gordon Moore Park in Alton, Illinois, swallowing up a light pole, benches and artificial turf. The hole, caused by subsidence from nearby underground limestone mining, is at least 100 feet (30.5 m) wide and 50 feet (15 m) deep. Luis Gandariras/EPA Military police line up in front of supporters of Bolivian President Luis Arce during a protest against military personnel trying to enter the government headquarters in La Paz, an apparent coup attempt. Just before his arrest on Wednesday, Gen. Juan José Zuniga said the president had ordered him to launch an uprising. Stephanie Laycock/Reuters Models display the work of designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren in Paris as part of the fall/winter 2024-2025 Haute Couture collection show. Mauro Pimentel/AFP People participate in yoga ao Sol Nascer (Sunrise Yoga) at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Finbar Webster/Getty Images Tourists watch the sunrise at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. On the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, the sun rises in perfect alignment with the heel and altar stones of Stonehenge’s 5,000-year-old circle. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images A man sunbathes in front of a row of beach huts in Walton Nez, Essex, England. Temperatures have risen in some parts of the UK, with the highest temperature reaching 30 degrees Celsius. STR/AFP Officials stand in front of a burning pile of seized illegal drugs during a destruction ceremony to mark the United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Yangon, Myanmar. Xinhua News Agency/REX/Shutterstock China’s lunar probe has returned to Earth with the first samples from the unexplored far side of the moon. After nearly two months of mission, Chang’e-6 landed in the desert of Inner Mongolia. Source link
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