June 25, 2024

A tear gas canister explodes as protesters try to help injured people outside the Kenya Parliament during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the 2024 finance bill, in downtown Nairobi.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange looks out a plane window as he approaches Bangkok airport for a layover, according to a post by Wikileaks on X. Assange has been released from prison in Britain and is set to face a final court hearing after reaching a plea deal with U.S. authorities that brings to a close his years-long legal drama. 

A serviceman plays a piano in a damaged building in the front-line town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Press Service of the 24th King Danylo Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via Reuters)

Shlomi Ziv, who was kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas and is one of four hostages who has been rescued by Israeli forces alive, looks on from a vehicle as he returns home from the hospital, in Elkosh in northern Israel.

Former South African finance minister, Des van Rooyen, reacts ahead of his swearing-in ceremony as a member of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party into the South African parliament in Cape Town, South Africa.

An American soldier stands guard with a dog at Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver aid, off the Gaza Strip.

Britain's King Charles with Emperor Naruhito of Japan arrives at Buckingham Palace, London, during Emperor Naruhito's state visit to Britain, June 25, 2024.

People gather to fill up their water containers from a truck loaded with water cisterns in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

Milwaukee Brewers' Brice Turang looks up as he pops out during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers In Milwaukee, June 24, 2024.

U.S. citizen Robert Woodland sits in a glass cage prior to a court session on drug-related charges in Moscow, Russia. Woodland was arrested on drug charges in January and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

A humpback whale jumps above water near Recreio dos Bandeirantes beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 24, 2024.