From the final matches of the FIFA World Cup 2018 group stage and the Hellfest metal music festival to the Turkish snap elections, the breakthrough EU summit on migration and the deadly shooting at the Capital Gazette's office in Annapolis, Maryland — take a look at this week's events (June 23-39) in the following photo gallery.
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Brazilian fans ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2018 match against Costa Rica.
© Sputnik / Alexandr Kryazhev
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Military aircraft enthusiasts watch as a United States Air Force (USAF) F-15 fighter jet as it travels at low altitude through the 'Mach Loop' series of valleys near Dolgellau, north Wales on June 26, 2018.
© AFP 2023 / Oli Scarff
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A woman sits at the Fan Zone in Kazan while watching a live broadcast of the Russia 2018 World Cup football match between Uruguay and Russia on June 25, 2018.
© AFP 2023 / Benjamin Cremel
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and FIFA chief Gianni Infantino (left) visit the FIFA World Cup park on the Red Square on June 28, 2018.
© Sputnik / Aleksey Nikolskyi
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In this picture taken on June 24, 2018, a young boy plays in a fountain in Krasnodar, one of the host cities of the Russia 2018 World Cup football tournament.
© AFP 2023 / Pierre-Philippe Marcou
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The Tunisian naval forces take part in a military intervention drill on June 25, 2018 at the port of La Goulette in capital Tunis on the occasion of the National Army 62nd anniversary.
© AFP 2023 / Fethi Belaid
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A woman poses as she attends the Hellfest metal music festival in Clisson, western France on June 22, 2018.
© AFP 2023 / Loic Venance
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A firefighter works at fire on a moor above Carrwood, Britain, June 27, 2018.
© REUTERS / Phil Noble
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A girl displaced by the fighting in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah holds a toy rifle at a school where IDPs live in Sanaa, Yemen June 26, 2018.
© REUTERS / Khaled Abdullah
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Zsa Zsa, an English Bulldog owned by Megan Brainard, stands onstage after being announced the winner of the World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif., Saturday, June 23, 2018.
© REUTERS / Jeff Chiu
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Riot police detain a protester in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, Greece, on Monday, June 25, 2018.
© AP Photo / Giannis Papanikos
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A black-capped squirrel monkey looks into a broadcast crews camera and lens at London Zoo in London, Britain, June 27, 2018.
© REUTERS / Toby Melville
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Storm is seen in Sarasota, Florida, US, June 24, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media.
© REUTERS / Courtesy of Val Vasilescu/Facebook.com/Kingofsunsets
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Cars are seen amidst debris after the wall of a residential building collapsed due to heavy rains in Mumbai, June 25, 2018.
© REUTERS / Francis Mascarenhas
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People attend a speech of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan one day before the elections in Istanbul on June 23, 2018.
© AFP 2023 / Aris Messinis
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The US Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, perform during the Vectren Dayton Air Show in Dayton, Ohio June 23, 2018. Picture taken June 23, 2018.
© REUTERS / U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Schumaker
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Rohingya refugee children play with jump ropes outside their tents in Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp on Monday, June 25, 2018, in Kutupalong, Bangladesh.
© AP Photo / Wong Maye-E
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A burned-out vehicle sits in a ditch on Ridge Road, damaged by wildfires that ravaged the neighborhood in Eastpoint, Fla., Monday, June 25, 2018.
© AP Photo / Mark Wallheiser
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Iranian fans attending the match against Portugal in the Russian city of Saransk on June 25.
© Sputnik / Mikhail Serbin
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A horse rears in the crowd during the traditional San Juan (Saint John) festival in the town of Ciutadella, on the Balearic Island of Menorca, on the eve of Saint John's day on June 24, 2018.
© AFP 2023 / Jaime Reina
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Pamir, an 11-year-old Tien Shan White Claw bear, is sprayed with water to cool down on a hot summer day with the air temperature at about 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) at the Royev Ruchey zoo in the suburb of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, June 26, 2018.
© REUTERS / Ilya Naymushin
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US actress Evangeline Lilly attends the World Premiere of Marvel Studios' "Ant-Man and The Wasp" at the El Capitan Theater, on June 25, 2018, in Hollywood, California.
© AFP 2023 / Valerie Macon
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at a European People's Party (EPP) meeting ahead of a EU summit in Brussels, Belgium June 28, 2018
© REUTERS / Eric Vidal