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June  5 — Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning against Casper Ruud during the men’s singles final at the French Open on Sunday. Nadal crushed Ruud to lift the trophy for the 14th time.

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Picture: ADAM PRETTY/GETTY IMAGES

June 5 — Wales players celebrate after qualifying for the World Cup after beating Ukraine at Cardiff City Stadium in Wales.  

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Picture: REBECCA NADEN/REUTERSDAY

June 5 — Participants run through coloured powder during the Colour Run race in Moscow, Russia.

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Picture: MAXIM SHEMETOV/REUTERS

June 5 — Firefighters carry a dead body after a huge fire broke out in an inland container depot at Sitakunda, near the port city Chittagong, Bangladesh. The blaze was brought under control after three days, with at least 43 people killed.

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Picture: REUTERS

June 5 — The illuminated Sydney Opera House is reflected on the water in Sydney, Australia, during the city’s annual Vivid Sydney festival, which ends June 18. 

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Picture: BRENTON THORN/GETTY IMAGES

June 6 — A resident named only as Elena, 81, reacts as she leaves her former house, which was destroyed in a Russian military strike, in the town of Druzhkivka, in Donetsk region, Ukraine.

June 6 — An Israeli soldier argues with a demonstrator wrapped in a Palestinian flag during a protest against Israeli settlements in Jordan Valley in the West Bank.

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Picture: RANEEN SAWAFTA/REUTERS

June 6 — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee pay silent tribute during a ceremony marking Korean Memorial Day and the 67th anniversary of the Korean War, at the Seoul National cemetery in Seoul, South Korea. 

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Picture: CHUNG SUNG-JUN/GETTY IMAGES

June 6 — Relatives gather around one of the victims of the attack by gunmen during a Sunday mass service, as she receives treatment at a hospital in Owo, Nigeria. The Catholic Laity Council of Nigeria said more than 50 parishioners were killed by “bandits”.

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Picture: TEMILADE ADELAJA/REUTERS

June 7 — Migrants walk in a caravan to cross the country to reach the US border, as regional leaders gather in Los Angeles to discuss migration and other issues, in Huehuetan, Mexico.

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Picture: QUETZALLI NICTE-HA/REUTERS

June 7 — Actor Matthew McConaughey, a native of Uvalde, Texas, holds up a picture of 10-year-old victim Alithia Ramirez as he speaks to reporters about the school shooting in Uvalde, in which 21 people died, at the White House in Washington, the US.

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Picture: KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS

June 7 — A woman splashes water at the Barcaccia fountain near the Spanish Steps during hot weather in Rome. Italy’s economy will grow 2.8% this year, its statistics bureau said, slashing the 4.7% projection it made in December.

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Picture: GUGLIELMO MANGIPANE/REUTERS

June 9 — Sian and Gareth Phillips, siblings of missing journalist Dom Phillips, hold a placard and a rose during a protest following the disappearance, in the Amazon, of Dom Phillips and campaigner Bruno Araujo Pereira, outside the Brazilian embassy in London, Britain.

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Picture: TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS

June 8 — Palestinian women enjoy the beach in Gaza City.

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Picture: MOHAMMED SALEM/REUTERS

June 9 — Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde view a wax fabric market at Le Grand Baobab in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

June 9 — Suspected parliament arsonist Zandile Mafe appears at the Western Cape High Court to appeal against the dismissal of his bail application, in Cape Town. Mafe faces charges of housebreaking with intent to commit terrorism and arson, theft and two separate arson and terrorism charges.  

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Picture: BRENTON GEACH/GALLO IMAGS

June 8 — Restoration work begins on the art portraits of former president Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Cape Town Civic Centre in Cape Town.

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Picture: JACO MARAIS/GALLO IMAGES

June 9 — A man walks through red-coloured wooden torii gates at the Nezu shrine in Tokyo on Thursday. On the same day, Japan was elected to the UN Security Council for a two-year term starting on January 1 2023. The UN General Assembly also elected Mozambique, Ecuador, Malta and Switzerland to the council.

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Picture: ISSEI KATO/REUTERS
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