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Los Angeles warehouse fire triggers emergency response
California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency after a warehouse fire that began June 17 continued burning in Los Angeles. The Atlantic published images of additional events from music festivals to wildlife and sports across multiple countries between June 19 and 25.
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A massive warehouse fire at a cold storage facility in Los Angeles continued to burn and spread smoke on June 20. California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for Los Angeles County in response to the Lineage Logistics fire that began June 17 in the Boyle Heights neighborhood.
The mechanical machine “The Guardian of Darkness,” half-woman and half-scorpion, performed at the Hellfest rock and heavy-metal festival in Clisson, France, on June 19.
Participants raced a soapbox car depicting King Charles III on a mobility scooter during the Red Bull Soapbox Race at Alexandra Palace in London on June 20. Fighters in armor with shields and swords or axes took part in about 20 fights inside an MMA cage during the Knights of the Cage event in Onet-le-Château, France, the same day.
Seven-month-old giant panda cub Satrio Wiratama, known as Rio, had his face covered by the paws of his mother Hu Chun at Taman Safari Indonesia in Bogor, West Java, on June 20.
A red-footed seriema appeared in its enclosure at Dortmund Zoo in Germany on June 24. A ground squirrel stood in a meadow in Erzurum, Turkey, the same day. Iranians walked between sculptures of workers in Tehran on June 22.
Iranian mourners took part in a traditional Tasua ceremony in Tehran on June 24. A train traveled on the Long Bien Bridge in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 24. Students prepared to take university-entrance exams at the Belgrade Fair in Serbia on June 25 during a heat wave affecting much of southeastern and central Europe.
Norwegian national football team supporters gathered on the red steps in Times Square in New York City on June 21 ahead of a FIFA World Cup match. Michel Kuka Mboladinga, a supporter of the team from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, remained motionless ahead of the 2026 World Cup Group K match between Colombia and Congo at Guadalajara Stadium in Zapopan, Mexico, on June 23.
