Week in pictures 13 July 2024
LONDON: New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is applauded as he steps out of No. 10 Downing Street in London at the end of a weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday, July 9. Starmer became prime minister after the center-left Labour Party won the general election by a landslide, ending a 14-year era of Conservative rule (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)
MUNICH: Spain’s Lamine Yamal scores a stunning long-range goal against France in the Euro 2024 semifinals on Tuesday, July 9. Yamal, 16, is the youngest player to score in a men’s European Championship, and his goal helped Spain advance to the final with a 2-1 victory (James Gill/Danehouse/Getty Images)
PAMPLONA: Revelers sprint during the annual “running of the bulls” at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Spain, on Sunday, July 7 (Susana Vera/Reuters)
CATANIA: Lava rises from a crater of Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, on Sunday, July 7 (Etna Walk/Giuseppe Di Stefano/Reuters)
PARIS: A French flag is waved during an election night rally in Paris’ Place de la République on Sunday, July 7. A left-wing alliance won the most seats in the French parliament, thwarting the far right in a stunning result to Sunday’s second-round vote (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images)
DORTMUND: England forward Ollie Watkins, holding his Player of the Match award, is embraced by teammate Kieran Trippier after their 2-1 win over the Netherlands in the Euro 2024 semifinals on Wednesday, July 10. Watkins, who came on as a substitute, scored the match-winning goal in added time (Matt McNulty/UEFA/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON DC: A welcome ceremony is held for NATO allies and partners before a White House dinner in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, July 10. The alliance is celebrating its 75th anniversary (Ken Cedeno/Reuters)
KOUROU: People watch the Ariane 6 rocket take off from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on Tuesday, July 9. The European Space Agency hopes the rocket system will go on to make it more self-reliant and even challenge SpaceX’s dominance in the global market for launching satellites (Jody Amiet/AFP/Getty Images)
PRAGUE: A newborn Chinese pangolin is weighed at the Prague Zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, July 10. The species is critically endangered (Petr David Josek/AP)
KYIV: Emergency and rescue personnel clear rubble at the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, July 8 (Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty Images)