Day in Photos: Soweto Immigration Protest, Heat Wave in Europe, and Battle of Wine
Protesters rally against illegal immigrants in Soweto, South Africa, on June 29, 2026. Last week South African President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to prevent any attempts to destabilize the country amid rising tensions over immigration. Emmanuel Croset/AFP via Getty Images
Protesters rally against illegal immigrants in Soweto, South Africa, on June 29, 2026. Last week South African President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to prevent any attempts to destabilize the country amid rising tensions over immigration. Emmanuel Croset/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Soweto Immigration Protest, Heat Wave in Europe, and Battle of Wine

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio greets Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul in the Treaty Room of the State Department ahead of a meeting in Washington on June 29, 2026. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
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Police and firefighters remain next to a burned car, which had allegedly transported the people responsible for planting a bomb, in the outskirts of Quito, Ecuador, on June 29, 2026. Rodrigo Buendia/AFP via Getty Images
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Protesters rally at Place Vendome outside the French Justice Ministry in Paris on June 29, 2026, to demand a law cracking down on violence against minors following the death of Lyhanna, an 11-year-old girl who was slain in May. Protests continue across France for the fourth consecutive Monday since her death. Julie Sebadelha/AFP via Getty Images
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Beachgoers on an artificial pier in Durres, Albania, on June 29, 2026. Europe's deadly heat wave pushed east with hundreds of millions still sweltering across the continent. Adnan Beci/AFP via Getty Images
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Afghan residents clear rubble from their home at the site of a Pakistani airstrike in Barolo village, Afghanistan, on June 29, 2026. Aimal Zahir/AFP via Getty Images
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(From L) France's President Emmanuel Macron, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn (Rama X), Thailand's Queen Suthida, the French president's wife Brigitte Macron, and Princess of Thailand Sirivannavari Nariratana pose ahead of a meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, on June 29, 2026. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images
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Revelers douse one another with red wine during the Batalla del Vino (Battle of Wine) in Haro, in the wine producing region of La Rioja, Spain, on June 29, 2026. Every year thousands of locals and tourists climb a mountain to celebrate St. Peter's Day by splashing each other with red wine using water pistols, back-mounted spraying devices, buckets which are randomly poured on heads, and any other available container. Cesar Manso/AFP via Getty Images
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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte interacts with Larry the cat as Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer bids him farewell after their meeting at 10 Downing Street in central London on June 29, 2026. Carlos Jasso/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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Argentina's Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno (2nd R) takes part in the 68th Mercosur Foreign Ministers summit at the South American Football Confederation headquarters in Luque, Paraguay, on June 29, 2026. Daniel Duarte/AFP via Getty Images
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The Royal Navy's HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier and other ships at His Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth are viewed from Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, England, on June 29, 2026. The government has announced plans to build six new warships to replace the Type 45 destroyers stationed there as part of the forthcoming Defense Investment Plan. Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
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A woman attends the burial of a relative killed during the internal armed conflict (1960-1996), at a cemetery in Pacoj village, Guatemala, on June 29, 2026. The remains of 68 people, victims of the 36-year conflict, were buried. More than 200,000 people were killed or disappeared in the civil war. Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images
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Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos (R) and Vice Governor Sakur Tan (L) inspect surrendered loose firearms from private armed groups during a visit to a police camp in Maimbung town, Sulu province, Philippines, on June 29, 2026. Nickee Butlangan/AFP via Getty Images
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Women and children queue to receive free food being distributed in al-Mohayra camp for displaced people in the southern Kordofan region of Sudan, on June 29, 2026. El-Obeid, a city of half a million people that hosts nearly 100,000 refugees displaced by violence elsewhere, has in recent weeks faced its most intense paramilitary attacks yet. AFP via Getty Images
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Members of a French crisis-response unit check a damaged building in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026, five days after two earthquakes rocked the nation. Miguel Medina/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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The Notre Dame, France's largest container ship, approaches the northern port of Le Havre, France, on June 29, 2026. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images
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Contractors build a new house as survivors of the 2025 Eaton Fire hold a demonstration in Altadena, Calif., on June 29, 2026. Altadena residents are expressing support for California Senate Bill 1090, which addresses disaster recovery, restricting rapid large-scale investor purchases and exemptions in fire-damaged areas. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
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Supporters of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party attend a campaign rally in front of Berlin City Hall on June 29, 2026. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images
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French President Emmanuel Macron (R) welcomes Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tarik ahead of a meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on June 29, 2026. Mehdi Fedouach/AFP via Getty Images
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A fisherman's silhouette is seen with the Morro lighthouse in the background during a power outage at dawn in Havana on June 29, 2026. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images