Last week in pictures: Take a look at some of the most stunning images from around the world
Take a look at some of the most compelling images published by AP from around the world.
Associated Press
June 27, 2021 / 10:58 IST
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People work out on surfboards near a beach of the Kavouri suburb, south of Athens, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. According to the Greek National Meteorological Office temperatures will rise up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in central Greece. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
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Enthusiasts practice yoga to mark International Yoga Day on the rooftop of the ARA Yoga Caracas Studio in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Yemeni fighters backed by the Saudi-led coalition ride on the back of an armored vehicle as they leave the front lines of Marib, Yemen, Saturday, June 19, 2021. Yemen has been convulsed by a civil war since 2014 when Houthis took control of the capital of Sanaa and much of the northern part of the country. That forced the government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to flee to the south, then to Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
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Women prepare to perform during a free outdoor event organized by The Broadway League during Juneteenth celebrations at Times Square on Saturday, June 19, 2021, in New York. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, two months after the Confederacy had surrendered. It was about 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Southern states. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Pope Francis meets Spider-Man, who presents him with a mask, at the end of his weekly general audience with a limited number of faithful in the San Damaso Courtyard at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. The masked man works with sick children in hospitals. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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A bride, center, and her friends pose for pictures after a wedding in the town hall at Roemerberg square in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, June 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Revelers dance during the "Inti Raymi," or Sun Festival celebrations, despite restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, in Cotacachi, Ecuador, Thursday, June 24, 2021. Across the Andes, from the tip of Argentina as far north as Colombia, indigenous communities gather in June for the southern hemisphere's winter solstice to pay homage to Inti, the ancient Incan sun god, in hopes of being granted a plentiful harvest. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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A girl wearing a crown made of flowers takes part in an event inspired by pre-Christian traditions at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, June 24, 2021. According to pre-Christian traditions, fairies, called in Romanian "Sanziene," come to earth around the summer solstice bringing fertility to land and beings for the coming summer. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Visitors take smartphone photos of a child posing at a mock space station at an exhibition promoting China's achievements under the Communist Party from 1921 to 2021, in Beijing, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. Authorities in the capital city are gearing up to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of China's ruling Communist Party, which will be observed on July 1. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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People attend a party during the the opening night of the Resorts World Las Vegas hotel-casino, Thursday, June 24, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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A man carries another on his back bringing him for a medical check up at a government hospital in Jammu, India, Monday, June 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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People walk around a bonfire celebrating the summer solstice in Okunevo village, some 200 kilometers (124 miles) northeast of the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, Monday, June 21, 2021. The festivities of Ivan Kupala, or John the Baptist, are similar to Mardi Gras and reflect pre-Christian Slavic traditions and practices. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Sofiychuk)
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Rescue personnel work at the remains of the Champlain Towers South Condo in Surfside, Fla., on Friday, June 25, 2021. The seaside tower collapsed on Thursday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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A Palestinian man carries a boy away from tear gas canisters fired by Israeli soldiers during a protest against the West Bank Jewish settlement outpost of Eviatar that was rapidly established the previous month, at the Palestinian village of Beita, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, June 25, 2021. The Palestinians say it was established on their farmland and fear it will grow and merge with other large settlements in the area. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Afghan militiamen join Afghan defense and security forces during a gathering in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. The defense ministry is working with warlords to mobilize local militias across the country, most particularly in the north, to try to stem the tide of the latest Taliban gains. Several key districts in the north of the country have fallen to the Taliban. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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A framed image of Argentine-born Cuban revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara hangs on a wall while nuns leave after being inoculated with a dose of the Cuban Abdala COVID-19 vaccine, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Natisha Stansberry cries as she holds a locket of her child close to her chest in St. Louis on Monday, May 17, 2021. Stanberry was a victim of childhood sexual assault and her brother was murdered. She was told during a drug test that rat poison and fentanyl were found in her urine test when she went to Assisted Recovery Centers of America for help with her drug addiction. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
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In this photo created with an in-camera multiple exposure, registered nurse Lisa Lampkin, part of a group of nurses who had been treating coronavirus patients in an intensive care unit, stands for a portrait in the empty COVID-19 ICU at Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, Calif., Tuesday, April 6, 2021. "I would go home, try to sleep," she says. Then she would "wake up to the reality of this pandemic again." (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
![Revelers dance during the "Inti Raymi," or Sun Festival celebrations, despite restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, in Cotacachi, Ecuador, Thursday, June 24, 2021. Across the Andes, from the tip of Argentina as far north as Colombia, indigenous communities gather in June for the southern hemisphere's winter solstice to pay homage to Inti, the ancient Incan sun god, in hopes of being granted a plentiful harvest. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2021/06/AP21177125366677-675x435.jpg "Revelers dance during the "Inti Raymi," or Sun Festival celebrations, despite restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, in Cotacachi, Ecuador, Thursday, June 24, 2021. Across the Andes, from the tip of Argentina as far north as Colombia, indigenous communities gather in June for the southern hemisphere's winter solstice to pay homage to Inti, the ancient Incan sun god, in hopes of being granted a plentiful harvest. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)")
![A girl wearing a crown made of flowers takes part in an event inspired by pre-Christian traditions at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, June 24, 2021. According to pre-Christian traditions, fairies, called in Romanian "Sanziene," come to earth around the summer solstice bringing fertility to land and beings for the coming summer. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2021/06/AP21177125991354-653x435.jpg "A girl wearing a crown made of flowers takes part in an event inspired by pre-Christian traditions at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, June 24, 2021. According to pre-Christian traditions, fairies, called in Romanian "Sanziene," come to earth around the summer solstice bringing fertility to land and beings for the coming summer. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)")
![A framed image of Argentine-born Cuban revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara hangs on a wall while nuns leave after being inoculated with a dose of the Cuban Abdala COVID-19 vaccine, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2021/06/AP21177125442572-645x435.jpg "A framed image of Argentine-born Cuban revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara hangs on a wall while nuns leave after being inoculated with a dose of the Cuban Abdala COVID-19 vaccine, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)")
![In this photo created with an in-camera multiple exposure, registered nurse Lisa Lampkin, part of a group of nurses who had been treating coronavirus patients in an intensive care unit, stands for a portrait in the empty COVID-19 ICU at Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, Calif., Tuesday, April 6, 2021. "I would go home, try to sleep," she says. Then she would "wake up to the reality of this pandemic again." (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2021/06/AP21177125697590-653x435.jpg "In this photo created with an in-camera multiple exposure, registered nurse Lisa Lampkin, part of a group of nurses who had been treating coronavirus patients in an intensive care unit, stands for a portrait in the empty COVID-19 ICU at Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, Calif., Tuesday, April 6, 2021. "I would go home, try to sleep," she says. Then she would "wake up to the reality of this pandemic again." (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)")
