Week in pictures 19 Jun 2021
Here is the top news photography from the past week:
COPENAGHEN: Denmark players escort Christian Eriksen as he is carried off after collapsing on the pitch during the Euro 2020 match between Denmark and Finland at the Parken Stadium (Friedemann Vogel/AFP/Getty Images)
GENEVE: A security officer asks the media to step back at the start of a summit between US Presidente Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, June 16. Seated from left are US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Biden, Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The summit, held in Geneva, Switzerland, was the first meeting of Biden and Putin since Biden was elected President (Denis Balibouse/Pool/AFP/Getty Images)
GAZA CITY: Flames are seen after an Israeli airstrike hit Hamas targets in Gaza City on Tuesday, June 15. The Israeli military struck targets in Gaza overnight, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement, citing incendiary balloons launched from Gaza earlier in the day. The airstrikes were the first in Gaza since a ceasefire went into effect nearly one month ago (Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
JIUQUAN: Chinese astronauts Tang Hongbo, Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming wave to the crowd before being launched into space on Thursday, June 17. They were sent to the core module of China's planned space station, which is still under construction in a low-Earth orbit (Roman Pilipey/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)