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Week in pictures: From deadly protests in Kenya to elections in France

A roundup of some of last week’s events.

A tear gas canister explodes as protesters try to help injured people outside the Kenya Parliament during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 25
A tear gas canister explodes as protesters try to help injured people outside Parliament during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes proposed in the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, Kenya [Luis Tato/AFP]
Published On 30 Jun 2024

From antigovernment protests in Sri Lanka to a pan-European Pride parade in Greece, here is the week in pictures.

Police use water cannons and tear gas to disperse teachers and principals protesting against salary anomalies during an anti-government demonstration in Colombo on June 26
Police use water cannons and tear gas to disperse teachers and principals protesting against salary anomalies during an antigovernment demonstration in Colombo, Sri Lanka. [Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP]
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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the site of a Russian missile strike in Odesa, on June 24
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the site of a Russian missile strike in Odesa, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP]
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who stands trial on spying charges, is seen inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia June 26
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who stands trial on spying charges, which he denies, is seen inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia. [Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters]
Supporters of Donald Trump attend a watch party for the first presidential debate of the 2024 presidential elections between US President Joe Biden and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Miami, on June 27
Supporters of presumptive Republican candidate Donald Trump attend a watch party for the first presidential debate of the 2024 presidential elections between US President Joe Biden and Trump, in Miami, United States. [Giorgio Viera/AFP]
A supporter of President Luis Arce waves a Bolivian flag as soldiers flee from Plaza Murillo, after a failed coup attempt, in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, June 26
A supporter of President Luis Arce waves a Bolivian flag as soldiers flee from Plaza Murillo, after a failed coup attempt, in La Paz, Bolivia. Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia's government palace located in Plaza Murillo as Arce said the country faced an attempted coup. [Juan Karita/AP Photo]
A mother bids farewell to the body of her child who was killed in the aftermath of overnight Israeli bombardment in al-Maghazi in the central Gaza Strip, at the morgue of the Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah on June 25
A mother bids farewell to the body of her child who was killed in Israeli bombardment in the Maghazi refugee camp, at the morgue of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange kisses his wife Stella Assange as he arrives in Canberra, Australia, June 26
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange kisses his wife Stella Assange as he arrives in Canberra, Australia. Julian Assange has pleaded guilty to a single felony charge for publishing US military secrets in a deal with Department of Justice prosecutors that secures his freedom and concludes a drawn-out legal saga that raised divisive questions about press freedom and national security. [Edgar Su/Reuters]
People take part in the pan-European international LGBTQI+ Pride parade in Thessaloniki, Greece, June 29
People take part in the pan-European international LGBTQ Pride parade in Thessaloniki, Greece. The parade is hosted in a different European city each year. [Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters]
A woman votes in Strasbourg, eastern France, Sunday, June 30
A woman votes in Strasbourg, eastern France. France is holding the first round of an early parliamentary election on Sunday that could bring the country's first far-right government since Nazi occupation during World War II. The second round is on July 7. [Jean-Francois Badias/AP Photo]