Visual Highlights of the Week Globally: June 24 – June 30

June 24 – June 30, 2023

A return to regular life was observed in Moscow following an unsuccessful coup led by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, and in Paris, a clash between riot police and protesters emerged over a 17-year-old driver’s lethal shooting by the police in Nanterre. Simultaneously, Muslims globally celebrated the holy festival of Eid al-Adha. In sports, athletes with disabilities participated in a precursor event to the Asian Games in Hangzhou.

The past week’s most impactful visuals from across the globe, as captured and published by the Big Big News, are showcased in this photo gallery.

Subramoney Iyer, an AP photo editor based in New Delhi, India, handpicked this selection.

During the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador, Mexico’s Karla Ortiz stumbles in the women’s 64kg weightlifting final round on Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Illegal narcotics ablaze, sending smoke and flames into the sky, mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, on Monday, June 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

On Tuesday, June 27, 2023, women and children in Lahore, Pakistan, wait to receive free food at a distribution point. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

NATO’s seven leaders, including Belgium’s Prime Minister Alexander de Croo, Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda, Polish President Andrzej Duda, Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama, and Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis, gather for a meeting in The Hague, Netherlands, following a group photo on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. These talks precede the NATO summit in Lithuania scheduled for next month. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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Disabled swimmers compete in a test event at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Aquatic Sports Arena, the designated venue for the forthcoming Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, on Thursday, June 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Fashion models flaunt designs by Central African Republic fashion designer Ketura Kimono Milca at the Liputa fashion show’s ninth edition in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

During the annual high heel race held as part of Madrid’s pride week, participants strut their stuff in Madrid, Spain, on Thursday, July 29, 2023. Each competitor must wear shoes with heels at least 15 centimetres (5.9 inches) high. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A supporter of the Kremlin waves a flag bearing an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian words ‘For the Motherland, for the sovereignty, for the Putin’ close to the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, June 25, 2023. The capital returned to normalcy, with people taking to the streets and cafes after the previous day’s protection against Wagner mercenaries. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs’ top draft pick, welcomes fans at an NBA basketball press conference at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)

A supporter embraces Semilla party congresswoman-elect Elena Motta during a celebration at Constitution Square in Guatemala City on Monday, June 26, 2023. Semilla’s presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo and former first lady Sandra Torres of the UNE party advance to an Aug. 20 presidential runoff. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

At the NYC Pride March, a participant poses for a picture on Sunday, June 25, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

On the first day of the Eid al-Adha holiday, Muslims exchange greetings after prayers at the Sunni shrine of Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

South Korean singer PSY commands the stage during his concert “Summer Swag 2023” at Jamsil Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Muslim pilgrims engage in prayer outside the Namira Mosque in Arafat on the second day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, close to the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Roughly two million pilgrims gather in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca for the largest Hajj since the coronavirus pandemic drastically limited access to one of Islam’s five pillars. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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