The Week in Pictures: June 21–28, 2024

Published
2024/06/28 13:17 (CEST)
US President Joe Biden and former US President Donald Trump participate in the first 2024 presidential election debate at CNN Atlanta studios. Brian Cahn/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

From the Biden-Trump debate to a coup attempt in Bolivia and the Euro 2024 matches, dpa International presents its Pictures of the Week.

Abel Anibal Aguilar (C) is presented in handcuffs with other detainees following the attempted coup against President Arce's government. Aguilar assured that he would go on a hunger strike. Radoslaw Czajkowski/dpa
Bolivian President Luis Arce greets his supporters on a balcony of the government palace. Soldiers took over the square in front of the Bolivian government palace on Wednesday during an attempted coup. Radoslaw Czajkowski/dpa
A police officer passes near a body of a demonstrator on a sidewalk near the Parliament building, during a demonstration against proposed tax hikes in Kenya. Boniface Muthoni/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Police spray water cannon to disperse protesters during a protest against high taxes. Kenyan President William Ruto confirmed that he wouldn't sign the finance bill proposing new tax hikes after protesters stormed the parliament and several people were shot dead. Boniface Muthoni/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves at supporters after arriving at Canberra Airport. Lukas Coch/AAP/dpa
Injured Palestinians arrive at Al-Aqsa Hospital for treatment following an Israeli attack on the Nasr family's house in the Maghazi camp in central Gaza. Saher Alghorra/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Palestinians pictured on their daily life amid the war surrounded by the enormous destruction caused by Israeli bombing as displaced Palestinians return to Khan Yunis. Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot at Imam Khomeini Hosseinieh polling station during the 2024 Iranian presidential election. Rouzbeh Fouladi/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Firefighters extinguish a fire in a warehouse from the roof. The fire was caused by a Russian missile attack. ---/Ukrinform/dpa
A joint investigation team conducts a probe into the cause of a deadly fire at a lithium battery plant. The fire, which broke out the previous day, resulted in the deaths of 22 workers, injured eight others, and left one worker unaccounted for. -/YNA/dpa
Ultra Orthodox Jews scuffle with Israeli anti-riot police as they block the highway in a sit-in protest against obligatory military service in Israel. The nine Supreme Court judges in Jerusalem ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting the ultra-Orthodox from compulsory military service and approved two petitions that had called for their immediate conscription. Ilia Yefimovich/dpa
King Charles III (R) and Emperor Naruhito of Japan attend the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace, London, as part of his state visit to the UK. Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire/dpa
UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (L) and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speak during their BBC Head-to-head debate in Nottingham. Phil Noble/PA Wire/dpa
A Lebanese soldier from the airborne brigade eats a snake at the end of a drill of a mock attack carried by the Lebanese army, Red Cross and Civil defense in the city of Jounieh, north of Beirut. The exercise comes as tension on the Lebanon-Israel border have escalated. The rhetoric on both sides is heating up. Germany, Sweden, Kuwait, the Netherlands and others are calling on their nationals to leave Lebanon immediately. Marwan Naamani/dpa
Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte arrives for the first day of the European Council summit. Benoit Doppagne/Belga/dpa
Robert Habeck, Germany's Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, speaks behind the Chinese flag and the European Union (R) during a press conference as part of a visit to China. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz eats a bratwurst at the Egbert Baehr butcher's stand at an evening event hosted by the Brandenburg State Farmers' Association on the fringes of the German Farmers' Day. Patrick Pleul/dpa
A match ball is seen in front of the face of France's Theo Hernandez during the UEFA Euro 2024 Group D soccer match between Netherlands and France at Leipzig Stadium. Hendrik Schmidt/dpa
Turkey's Orkun Koekcue (on the ground), Czech Republic's Vladimir Coufal and Ondrej Lingr (R) fight for the ball during the UEFA Euro 2024 Group F soccer match between Czech Republic and Turkey at Volksparkstadion Hamburg. Marcus Brandt/dpa
Germany's Jonathan Tah (Up) and Switzerland's Breel Embolo battle for the ball during the UEFA Euro 2024 group A soccer match between Switzerland and Germany at the Deutsche Bank Park. Federico Gambarini/dpa
Romania's Nicolae Stanciu and Belgium's Leandro Trossard (R) fight for the ball during the UEFA Euro 2024 Group E soccer match between Belgium and Romania at Cologne Stadium. Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa
Czech Republic goalkeeper Jindrich Stanek (C) receives medical treatment after injuring his shoulder during the UEFA Euro 2024 Group F soccer match between Czech Republic and Turkey at Volksparkstadion Hamburg. Marcus Brandt/dpa
Brazil's Raphinha in action during the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024 Group D soccer match between Brazil and Costa Rica at the SoFi Stadium. William Volcov/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Dutch Formula driver Max Verstappen of the Oracle Red Bull team celebrates standing on his car after winning the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix, at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Hasan Bratic/dpa
The winner Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner holds his trophy at the award ceremony after winning the men's singles final tennis match against Polish tennis player Hubert Hurkacz in the Halle tennis open Friso Gentsch/dpa
A person takes part in the Pride Edinburgh 2024 parade through Edinburgh city centre. Jane Barlow/PA Wire/dpa
Italian designer Giorgio Armany (C) thanks the audience at the end of the Giorgio Armani Prive fashion show during the Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024 show at Paris Fashion Week. Alain Jocard/AFP/dpa
A Horse called Politicum gets sprayed with water at the lighting after the Czech Derby flat 1600 horse race. Øíhová Michaela/CTK/dpa

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