Day in Photos: Soweto March Commemoration, Earthquake in Indonesia, and Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Students gather to mark Youth Day, the 50th anniversary of the June 16, 1976, Soweto Uprising, organized by 1976 at Fifty in Soweto near Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 16, 2026. The day honors thousands of Black students who protested against apartheid-era education policies and those who were killed or injured when police opened fire on the demonstration.Emmanuel Croset/AFP via Getty Images

Students gather to mark Youth Day, the 50th anniversary of the June 16, 1976, Soweto Uprising, organized by 1976 at Fifty in Soweto near Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 16, 2026. The day honors thousands of Black students who protested against apartheid-era education policies and those who were killed or injured when police opened fire on the demonstration.Emmanuel Croset/AFP via Getty Images

James McDonald riding Map of Stars wins the Wolferton Stakes on Day One during Royal Ascot 2026 at Ascot Racecourse in Ascot, England, on June 16, 2026. Steve Bardens/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse

Fabiana Almeida (C), the daughter of Taty Almeida, the late president of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo human rights association, shouts slogans as the funeral cortege drives past the home of former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on its way to the burial in Buenos Aires, on June 16, 2026. Almeida, who died at age 95 on June 14, was a leading voice against the crimes of Argentina’s last dictatorship after her son Alejandro was kidnapped in 1975 by the right-wing paramilitary group Triple A. Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images