The 2015 European Games in Azerbaijan are in full swing, while protesters congregate in Armenia and a volcano erupts in Indonesia. These and many more of the past week's most notable events are depicted in the following photo gallery.
Protesters are hit by a water cannon fired from a riot police vehicle during a rally against a recent decision to increase the tariff on electricity, in Yerevan, Armenia. June 23, 2015.
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© AP Photo / Andreea Alexandru
People silhouetted against a pyrotechnic display at the end of an international air show in Bucharest, Romania. June 20, 2015.
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© AP Photo / Daniel Ochoa de Olza
A woman walks past political graffiti as she speaks on her phone in Athens, Greece. June 23, 2015.
A young boy carrying metal to sell walks by as a fire burns through part of Gikomba market, East Africa's largest second hand clothing market, in Nairobi. June 23, 2015.
Pakistani children cool off under a leaking water pipeline during a heat wave in Karachi. May 5, 2014.
A Balinese woman performs a traditional dance at the 37th Bali Art Festival in Denpasar, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. June 24, 2015.
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© AP Photo / Michael Sohn
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, right, smile as a little robot waves to the Queen during a reception at the 'Technische Universitaet' (Technical University) in Berlin, Germany. June 24, 2015.
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© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich
Russian female water polo team prior to the beginning of the final match during the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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© AP Photo / Andres Kudacki
A reveler jumps over a bonfire during the night of San Juan in Alcobendas near Madrid, Spain. June 24, 2015.
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© AP Photo / Binsar Bakkara
Hot lava flows from the crater of Mount Sinabung as seen from Tiga Kicat, North Sumatra, Indonesia. June 23, 2015.
Palestinians, barred by Israeli security forces from crossing into Jerusalem from the West Bank due to their age, climb over a section of the controversial barrier. They are trying to make their way to the first Friday prayer of Ramadan in Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque, in the village of Al-Ram, near Ramallah. June 19, 2015.
A local resident sits amidst debris at his damaged house, which according to locals was hit by Ukrainian artillery in Donetsk, Ukraine. June 22, 2015.
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© AP Photo / Andy Wong
Chinese perform yoga at a hotel banquet hall to mark the International Yoga Day, in Changping District, on the outskirts of Beijing, China. June 21, 2015.
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© Sputnik / Ramil Sitdikov
High school graduates during a celebratory fireworks display in Moscow.
A man rides his bicycle under heavy rain in the neighborhood of Koumassi, in Abidjan. June 22, 2015.
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© AP Photo / Gregorio Borgia
A migrant lies on the deck of the Belgian Navy Vessel Godetia after being recovered during a search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coasts. June 23, 2015.
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© Sputnik / Willam Webster
Participants of anti-austerity protests in London.
A parade participant poses in costume for the 33rd Annual Mermaid Parade at New York's Coney Island. June 20, 2015.
Gary Hunt of the UK dives from the 28 metre platform on the Copenhagen Opera House during the fourth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at Copenhagen, Denmark. June 20, 2015.
Girls wearing red neckerchiefs, a symbol of the Soviet-era young pioneer organisation, take part in a rally in central Simferopol commemorating the 74th anniversary of the 1941 Nazi Germany invasion of the Soviet Union. June 22, 2015
These little things are newborn female panda cub twins in an incubator at the Giant Panda Research Base in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. June 22, 2015.
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© Sputnik / Ramil Sitdikov
Participants of the Color Run in Moscow.
Cooked dogs are displayed at a vendor's stall in Yulin, in southern China's Guangxi province. June 22, 2015.
Men walk past a lingerie and underwear store in a shopping district in central Madrid, Spain. June 22, 2015.
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© Sputnik / Alexey Filippov
The fire of the 2015 European Games on the waterfront in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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© AP Photo / Manish Swarup
A homeless girl sits on a footpath as commuters walk past in New Delhi, India. June 23, 2015.
Models present creations for fashion house Dsquared2 at the Men Spring-Summer 2016 Milan's Fashion Week. June 23, 2015.
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A photo of aurora captured by NASA astronaut Scott Kelly from the International Space Station. June 22, 2015.
Brazilian pianist Ricardo de Castro Monteiro performs in the air on a piano hanging from wires during the annual "Virada Cultural" event, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. June 21, 2015.
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An alpaca at the "Russian Alpaca" farm in Moscow.
