Week in pictures 15 June 2024
BARI: World leaders watch a parachute drop demonstration during the first day of the G7 summit in Bari, Italy, on Thursday, June 13 (Alessandra Benedetti/Corbis/Getty Images)
PARIS: Supporters of the far-right National Rally party react in Paris after polls closed in European parliamentary elections on Sunday, June 9. French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the country’s parliament and called a snap election after an exit poll showed that his party was set to be trounced by the far-right opposition (Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters)
PARIS: Tennis star Carlos Alcaraz with ball kids after winning the French Open on Sunday, June 9. Alcaraz won his third grand slam title, and his first French Open, by defeating Alexander Zverev in five sets (Lisi Niesner/Reuters)
CINCINNATI: A fan is tased by a police officer as he runs on the field before the ninth inning of a Cincinnati Reds baseball game on Tuesday, June 11 (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
ROME: In this photo, taken with a slow shutter speed, Germany’s Jana Marie Lowka throws a javelin during the European Athletics Championships on Monday, June 10 (Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)
NAIROBI: Members of the Tsavora Fencing Mtaani Club train in the Mathare informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday, June 9 (Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images)
SAINT PETERSBURG: An acrobat dressed as Spider-Man performs in a subway train in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, June 11 (Artem Priakhin/SOPA Images/Sipa USA/AP)
TECOLUCA: Suspected gang members wait to walk in their cells after they were transferred to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on Tuesday, June 11 (Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout/Reuters)
NANJING: This aerial photo, taken on Sunday, June 9, shows people cooling off at a water park in Nanjing, China (AFP/Getty Images)
BROWNSVILLE: SpaceX's Starship launches near Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday, June 6. This was the fourth test flight for the Starship, the most powerful launch vehicle ever built (SpaceX/Handout/Reuters)