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Photos from June 2026 Show Events in Nine Countries
Images captured between June 1 and June 18, 2026, document scenes ranging from a horse ride in Turkey to firefighting at a Ukrainian cathedral and algae removal at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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A woman rides an Akhal-Teke horse through shallow water in a wetland near Ankara, Turkey, on June 1, 2026. National Park Service employees and contractors vacuum green algae from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., on June 18, 2026. The work follows a $14 million repair, resealing, and painting project completed under the current administration.
A worker removes a letter from President Trump’s name on the wall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on June 13, 2026.
A visitor passes the Ryan Gander artwork “I’ve Felt Everything I’m Going to Feel—The Unspeakable World” during a press preview of the 2026 Art Basel in Basel, Switzerland, on June 16, 2026. The frigate Rossiya, fitted with scarlet sails, sails on the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia, during a rehearsal for the Scarlet Sails celebration on June 11, 2026.
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, Ukraine, after Russian missile and drone strikes on June 15, 2026. Black smoke rises from a refinery in Moscow after Ukrainian missile and drone strikes on June 18, 2026.
A performer twirls a flaming object during a fire show at the Dragon Boat Festival in Tainan, Taiwan, on June 17, 2026. The Carolina Hurricanes pose on the ice after defeating the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final in Las Vegas on June 14, 2026.
Young people kick a burning coconut shell during a traditional “fire football” game marking the Islamic New Year in Bandung, West Java, on June 15, 2026.
