Day in Photos: Collapsed Glacier, Landslide on Excavation Site, and Last Day of Underground School
A helicopter flies above the debris and destroyed houses of the village of Blatten, now submerged in the river Lonza in Wiler, Switzerland, on May 30, 2025. The Birch Glacier collapsed on May 28, sending rock, ice and scree hurtling into the valley below, and ultimately destroying the small village in the Swiss Alps. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
A helicopter flies above the debris and destroyed houses of the village of Blatten, now submerged in the river Lonza in Wiler, Switzerland, on May 30, 2025. The Birch Glacier collapsed on May 28, sending rock, ice and scree hurtling into the valley below, and ultimately destroying the small village in the Swiss Alps. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Collapsed Glacier, Landslide on Excavation Site, and Last Day of Underground School

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Demonstrators flash red cards as they gather for an anti-government protest, calling upon the Government of National Unity headed by Abdulhamid Dbeibah to resign, at Martyrs' Square in Libya's capital Tripoli on May 30, 2025. -/AFP via Getty Images
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Rescuers use heavy equipment to search for landslide victims buried under rocks at an excavation site in Cipanas, West Java, on May 30, 2025. At least eight people were killed and a dozen injured on May 30 in a rockfall at the limestone quarry, police said. Rizky Josahema Tambunan/AFP via Getty Images
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Maya Achi indigenous women, victims of sexual violence during Guatemala's internal armed conflict (1960–1996), attend a Mayan ceremony outside the Justice Palace before the sentencing of three former paramilitaries accused of crimes of sexual violence against them, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on May 30, 2025. Former members of the Civil Self-Defence Patrols, created by the army, were part of the state repression that fought leftist guerrillas during the armed conflict, which left 200,000 dead and disappeared, according to a UN commission that documented the atrocities. The trial began on Jan. 28 and is the second for Achi women who were victims of multiple rapes. Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images
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A customs officer discards contraband cigarettes, seized by Sri Lankan Customs, in a garbage dump at Kerawalapitiya Solid Waste Plant in Kerawalapitiya, Sri Lanka, on May 30, 2025. AFP via Getty Images
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People queue for food in a migrant camp in Loon-Plage, France, on May 30, 2025. The number of illegal immigrants crossing the English Channel in small boats is up roughly 40 percent from 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. The pilot scheme would see the UK send a limited number of people who have crossed illegally back to France, in exchange for accepting some people who have a case for family reunification and right to be in the UK. Carl Court/Getty Images
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Students from the special underground Kharkiv School #153 sit in classroom 2A on the last day of classes in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 30, 2025. School #153 opened six months ago. There are four different underground schools in the city, providing a safe education where students can learn without the threat of Russian attacks in the country's second-largest city, where many schools have been destroyed since the start of Russia's war against Ukraine. Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (C) walks after a bilateral meeting with Thai officials on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue Summit in Singapore on May 30, 2025. Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images
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The Pasjan prison, in the outskirts of the town of Gjilan, southeastern Kosovo, on May 30, 2025. In 2022, Denmark and Kosovo signed a 10-year agreement under which 300 Danish convicts will be transferred to the prison to serve the remainder of their sentences. In exchange, Denmark will pay Kosovo around 200 million euros, with the first transfers of prisoners from Denmark set to begin in April 2027. Armend Nimani/AFP via Getty Images
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) waves to supporters during a public meeting in Bikramganj, in the Indian state of Bihar on May 30, 2025. Sachin Kumar/AFP via Getty Images
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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar joins Davy Russell, the candidate for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, as they meet with workers at Raeburn Brick Limited in Hamilton, Scotland, on May 30, 2025. The Scottish parliamentary constituency will hold a by-election on June 5, following the death of Member of the Scottish Parliament Christina McKelvie in March. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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Sunbathers enjoy the beach on a warm afternoon along the Atlantic Ocean in Lacanau, France, on May 30, 2025. Christophe Archambault/AFP via Getty Images
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Municipal workers remove a tree that crashed onto a car following strong winds and heavy rain in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 30, 2025. Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images
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Peru's President Dina Boluarte (C), accompanied by Transport and Communication Minister Cesar Sandoval (2nd L), President of the Council of Ministers Eduardo Arana (3rd L), Lima Airport Partners (LAP) CEO Juan Jose Salmon (3rd R), and Chairman of the Executive Board of Fraport AG Stefan Schulte (2-R) inaugurates the new Jorge Chavez International Airport, in Callao, Peru, on May 30, 2025. Connie France/AFP via Getty Images
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Residents wade through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Guwahati, in India's state of Assam, on May 30, 2025. Biju Boro/AFP via Getty Images
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Young people wearing traditional hanbok gather at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, South Korea, on May 30, 2025. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images
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First Minister John Swinney (L) and Japanese Ambassador to the UK Hiroshi Suzuki (R) take part in a tour of the Auchentoshan Distillery in Glasgow, Scotland, on May 30, 2025.  The distillery is owned by Japanese company Suntory Global Spirits. Japan is an increasingly significant trade partner for the UK whiskey industry, with Scotland exporting 74 million bottles of Scotch whisky to Japan in 2024—a nearly 23 percent rise from the previous year. Jane Barlow/Getty Images
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President Donald Trump, joined by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 30, 2025. Musk, who served as an adviser to Trump and led the Department of Government Efficiency, announced he would leave his role in the Trump administration to refocus on his businesses. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
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A pack of riders cycles in the ascent of Saint Pantaleon pass during the 19th stage of the 108th Giro d'Italia cycling race, from Biella to Champoluc, Italy, on May 30, 2025. Luca Bettini/AFP via Getty Images
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An aide holds a large umbrella to shield Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko upon his arrival for a meeting with Ivory Coast's Prime Minister Beugre Robert Manbe, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on May 30, 2025. Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images