An employee works at the electric arc furnace to melt down scrap metal at KNDS Deutschland Tracks during a visit as part of the Cleantech Future Festival in Remscheid, Germany, on June 17, 2026. KNDS is a global leader in the development and manufacture of tracks and undercarriage components for tanks and armored vehicles. Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images
The Rivesaltes Camp Memorial and The Joffre Camp site at Salses-le-Chateau in the Pyrenees-Orientales department in France on June 17, 2026. The museum of the Rivesaltes camp, which over the course of the 20th century housed Spanish refugees, Jews, Roma, and Harkis, unveiled a new permanent exhibition, inaugurated on May 29, 2026, to defend “historical truth” against the “populisms” that threaten it. Jc Milhet/AFP via Getty Images
Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks on the administration's crackdown on crime and fraud in Bethpage, N.Y., on June 17, 2026. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
A delegation of the Flemish government visits the X-Fab, a chip-making facility in Dresden, Germany, on June 17, 2026. The Flemish Minister-President Matthias Diependaele is on a three-day visit to Berlin and Saxony combining political bilateral meetings with visits to leading research and industrial organizations. Nicolas Maeterlinck/Belga Mag/AFP via Getty Images
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Dam Square during a state visit in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on June 17, 2026. Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images
A woman prepares coffee inside her house in the Simon Bolívar neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia, on June 17, 2026. Colombians vote Sunday in a presidential runoff pitting a hard-right opera-singer-turned-lawyer against a leftist senator, an election with stark consequences for the country's stumbling peace process with armed groups and strained ties with Washington. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images
An Australian light-armored vehicle is seen during a clearance operation of an enemy position in the fictional town of 'Line Creek Junction' in Townsville, Australia, on June 17, 2026. Personnel from Australia, the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea gathered at the Townsville Field Training Area to conduct the largest Australian Army exercise of 2026, which will see more than 3,000 troops train together through July 2. Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images
An Afghan volunteer teaches refugee children inside a temporary classroom at the Nasaji area on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 17, 2026. Sanaullah Seiam/AFP via Getty Images
People take a sunbath in Anglet as a heat wave sweeps southwestern France on June 17, 2026. Gaizka Iroz/AFP via Getty Images
Clydesdale horses are washed ahead of the Royal Highland Show opening at the Royal Highland Center in Edinburgh, Scotland, on June 17, 2026. The Royal Highland Show is an annual event showcasing the best of food, farming, and rural life from the Highlands of Scotland. This year's show takes place June 18-21. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
A solar panel array at a solar farm near Lancaster, Calif., on June 17, 2026. For the first time in U.S. history, solar energy outpaced coal by supplying 12.8 percent of the nation's electricity compared with coal's 12.2 percent, according to a report by clean energy think tank Ember. Mario Tama/Getty Images
A vendor sells coconuts along a street in Ahmedabad, India, on June 17, 2026. Shammi Mehra/AFP via Getty Images
Poland's Minister of Culture and National Heritage Marta Cienkowska presents a Jagiellonian golden ring as cultural artifacts looted by the German occupying forces during World War II are returned to Poland, during the German-Polish Forum at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin on June 17, 2026. Ralf Hirschberger/AFP via Getty Images
Dancers perform upon the arrival of the British Royal Navy's Tamar patrol vessel at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 17, 2026. Bay Ismoyo/AFP via Getty Images
Vintage and modern cars are parked along Avenida del Puerto in Havana, Cuba, on June 17, 2026. Pablo Porciuncula/AFP via Getty Images
