Sputnik's weekly photo gallery presents a compilation of photos to show the highlights of the past week, where you can get a glimpse of what has been happening across the globe during this truly extraordinary time.
From the annual Victory Parade in Moscow and the Black Lives Matter protests, to hajj festivities and Juneteenth, the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, much has been going on.
Soldiers on Red Square during the military parade to commemorate the 75th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, Moscow.
Children play in water fountains as they cool off during a heat wave in the French Riviera city of Nice, on 24 June 2020.
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© AP Photo / Emilio Morenatti
Musicians rehearse at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, 22 June 2020. The Gran Teatre del Liceu reopened its doors and on this occasion, the auditorium’s 2,292 seats were occupied by plants. On 22 June, the UceLi string quartet performed Puccini's "Crisantemi" for this verdant public, brought in from local plant nurseries. The concert was broadcast live online.
Dancers perform during the XIV International Tango Festival at the Metropolitan Museum in Medellin, Colombia, on 20 June 2020. The festival took place amid special measures to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, with dancers having to wear facemasks and practice social distancing when performing in groups, as well as dance without a partner in the new solo category and perform without an audience. All performances were recorded the week prior to the inauguration of the festival, which will be broadcast on local TV between the 21st and 28th of June.
An explosion took place at around 10:00 a.m. local time (07:00 GMT) on 21 June in Kiev, Ukraine. The blast destroyed apartments between the fourth and seventh floors of a nine-storey building.
Protesters react to the effects of pepper spray as they run from police during a clash as demonstrators attempted to pull down a statue of US President Andrew Jackson in the middle of Lafayette Park across from the White House in the midst of racial inequality protests in Washington, DC, the US, 22 June 2020.
The Pacaya Volcano, seen from Rodeo village in San Vicente Pacaya municipality, about 45 km south of Guatemala City, erupts on 20 June 2020.
Swiss acrobat Ramon Kathriner performs on the Wheel of Death during the Glacier 3000 Air show, an event marking the reopening of Alpine facilities on 23 June 2020 above Les Diablerets following lockdown due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Tourists enjoy a pool at a luxury hotel on 19 June 2020 in Lara district in Antalya, a popular holiday resort in southern Turkey. Usually, a tourist would have to get up at dawn to find a free sunbed on a beach in Antalya, a popular holiday resort in southern Turkey. Today, even after sleeping in, the best locations are all available. The novel coronavirus pandemic has hit the tourism industry – the backbone of the country's economy.
Tu-160 strategic bomber during the aerial part of the military parade to commemorate the 75th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in Moscow.
Black Lives Matter protesters demonstrate near the entrance to a rally that US President Donald Trump held in the evening at the BOK Centre on 20 June 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hundreds of supporters lined up early for Donald Trump's first political rally in months, saying that the risk of contracting COVID-19 in a big, packed arena would not keep them from hearing the president's campaign message.
Demonstrators play in a cloud of washable colour powder during a Juneteenth march and rally in Washington, DC, on 19 June 2020. The US marks the end of slavery by celebrating Juneteenth, with the annual unofficial holiday taking on renewed significance as millions of Americans confront the nation's legacy of racial injustice.
A picture taken on 23 June 2020 shows a few worshippers performing al-Fajr prayers at the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca. Saudi Arabia has announced that it will hold a "very limited" hajj this year, with pilgrims already in the kingdom allowed to perform the annual ritual as the country moves to curb the biggest coronavirus outbreak in the Gulf.
People participate in an outdoor fitness class at Hotel X, inside domes to comply with social distancing measures to control the spread of COVID-19, 23 June 2020 in Toronto, Canada. As Canada begins to reopen its economy following the COVID-19 shutdowns, gyms and fitness centres remain closed as they determine how to comply with social distancing measures.
The corvettes "Gromky" (Loud) and "Sovershennyy" (Perfect) moored at a military pier of the Pacific Fleet at the Ship Embankment in Vladivostok. The ships returned from a long three-month mission in the Asia-Pacific region.
Fireworks in Moscow in honour of the 75th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in Moscow.
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© AP Photo / Mindaugas Kulbis
Children cool off in a public fountain in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, 19 June 2020. The heat wave continues in Lithuania, with the temperature having reached as high as 32 degrees Celsius (89.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
A long-tailed macaque climbing on top of a monkey statue in front of the Prang Sam Yod Buddhist temple in the town of Lopburi, some 155km north of Bangkok on 20 June 2020.
