Day in Photos: 250th Independence Flyover in New York, Taiwan Army Rocket Exercise, and Capitol Hill Bear
The Patrouille de France conducts a flyover above the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of American independence, in New York City, on June 9, 2026. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
The Patrouille de France conducts a flyover above the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of American independence, in New York City, on June 9, 2026. Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: 250th Independence Flyover in New York, Taiwan Army Rocket Exercise, and Capitol Hill Bear

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Demonstrators run for cover during clashes with police officers at a demonstration against a controversial U.S.-built Ebola quarantine center slated to begin operations at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 9, 2026. Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images
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NASA commander Randy Bresnik, mission specialist Frank Rubio, and mission specialist Andre Douglas, and European Space Agency pilot Luca Parmitano speak during a press conference announcing the crew for the Artemis III mission at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on June 9, 2026. Luca Parmitano will be the pilot of NASA's Artemis 3 voyage, the first European to join one of the program's missions. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images
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A bird flies past as the sun sets behind the rooftops in Berlin on June 9, 2026. David Gannon/AFP via Getty Images
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Dogs sit in the trunk of a vehicle waiting in traffic, as people fleeing from Tyre in southern Lebanon after Israel's evacuation warning seek refuge in more northerly Sidon, Lebanon, on June 9, 2026. Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images
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A Taiwanese Army RT-2000 multiple launch rocket system fires rockets during a live-fire training exercise in Taichung, Taiwan, on June 9, 2026. Cheng Yu-chen/AFP via Getty Images
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A blue jay on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 9, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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A strike and demonstration by Assistants for Students with Disabilities for civil servant status takes place in front of the Ministry of Education in Paris, on June 9, 2026. Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images
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People cross the Holbeinsteg pedestrian bridge over the river Main on a cloudy day in Frankfurt, Germany, on June 9, 2026. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images
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Participants lay white balloons to float in a pond at the end of a rally in memory of late 11-year-old Lyhanna and to demand new child protection laws in the presence of Lyhanna's grand-parents and relatives in Saint-Jean d'Angely, south-western France on June 9, 2026, following the disappearance and death of Lyhanna. Outrage has erupted in France after it emerged the main suspect Jerome.B, a 41-year-old father of two, had been repeatedly accused of sexually abusing children but no action was taken to protect others. The 11-year-old's disappearance and death exposed years of unprocessed judicial complaints against her suspected killer. Romain Perrocheau / AFP via Getty Images
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The first “T-Rex leather” bag made from lab-grown materials on display ahead of its auction at the Hotel Drouot auction venue in Paris, on June 9, 2026. Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images
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A boat sails in Gulf waters as the sun sets behind Kuwait Towers in Kuwait City, on June 9, 2026. Yasser al-Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images
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Youths gather infront of a burning barricade on Duncairn Gardens in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on June 9, 2026. Demonstrations have been called in reaction to what police described as a “brutal” knife attack in north Belfast on Monday night, which has left a male victim in his 40's with serious injuries. The Home Office has confirmed the suspected knifeman is a Sudanese national who was in the UK on leave to remain, after being granted refugee status in 2023. Officials have called for calm as misinformation circulated online following the attack. Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
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Staff members with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's (D-NH) office deliver a stuffed bear nicknamed “Kodak” to the Senator's office in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington on June 9, 2026. Every year the stuffed moose and a stuffed moose nicknamed “Marty” are transferred to Capitol Hill for the annual “Experience New Hampshire” reception. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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People ride a car through the Zojila tunnel, India's longest road tunnel project connecting Jammu and Kashmir with the Ladakh region, in Minamarg, India, on June 9, 2026. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images
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Palestinian boys skate at the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on June 9, 2026. Omar al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images