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Photos Of The Week (June 24-30, 2024)

Street artists dressed in carnival costumes walk near an installation depicting a Russian soldier as they take part in a procession in Moscow. The theatrical procession took place on June 24, on the eve of an awards ceremony for the National Theater Prize and the Golden Mask festival.

Serbs nationals hold icons as they take part in a ceremony marking the historic Battle of Kosovo at a memorial in Gazimestan on the outskirts of Pristina on June 28

Kosovar artist Alkent Pozhegu works on a mosaic portrait of Michael Jackson on the 15th anniversary of his death, in Gjakova, Kosovo, on June 25.

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, whose trial on spying charges began behind closed doors on June 26, is seen inside an enclosure for defendants in Yekaterinburg. Gershkovich, the American-born son of immigrants from the former Soviet Union, is the first U.S. journalist arrested on spying charges in Russia since the Cold War. Russian authorities have not provided any evidence to support the espionage charges. 

A man reacts next to a damaged car at the site of a Russian missile strike in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine.
 

A boy sits on a swing near the site of a Russian missile strike in Odesa, Ukraine.
 

A man tries to stop a fire following shelling in Druzhkivka, in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.

Supporters of Iranian presidential hard-line candidate Saeed Jalili cheer during an election campaign in Tehran ahead of a presidential election on June 28.

Children play in a park in Kabul. UN officials have raised alarms over the severe poverty and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, describing the situation as "alarmingly high" in a briefing to the UN Security Council.

Romanian soccer fans celebrate in downtown Bucharest after their country's national soccer team advanced to the knockout stages of the Euro 2024 tournament.

Fans in Tbilisi celebrate in the streets of Tbilisi after Georgia's soccer team won against Portugal in the EURO 2024 championship.
 

A lightning strikes a hill in the distance during a thunderstorm near Pristina.
 

A woman cleans debris in an apartment in a heavily damaged residential building following a Russian aerial attack, in Selydove, eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine.
 

Protesters set off flares during a protest against an art festival in Belgrade that aims to foster reconciliation between Serbs and Kosovo Albanians.

A frigate with red sails floats on the Neva River during a general rehearsal for the Scarlet Sails celebration in St. Petersburg, Russia.

A Romania supporter poses outside the stadium prior to his country's Euro 2024 soccer game against Slovakia in Frankfurt on June 26.