In Pictures
Week in pictures: From Putin visiting North Korea to International Yoga Day
A roundup of some of last week’s events.
![Palestinian women make their way past destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis on June 20](/https/www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AFP__20240620__34XT3Q3__v5__HighRes__TopshotPalestinianIsraelConflictGaza-1719146987.jpg?resize=1170%2C780&quality=80)
Published On 23 Jun 2024
From a slice of life in the devastated Gaza Strip to Thailand legalising same-sex marriage, this is the week in pictures.
![In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (R) walk before a wreath-laying ceremony at the Liberation Monument in Pyongyang, on June 19](/https/www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AFP__20240619__34XK9L7__v3__HighRes__RussianPresidentVladimirPutinVisits-1719146938.jpg?fit=1170%2C780&quality=80)
![A Ukrainian serviceman practices shooting at a training ground in the Donetsk region, on June 18](/https/www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AFP__20240618__34XG2KY__v6__HighRes__TopshotUkraineRussiaConflictWar-1719146923.jpg?fit=1170%2C780&quality=80)
![A man sleeps in the river Ganges on a hot summer day in Varanasi on June 18](/https/www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AFP__20240618__34XC33W__v5__HighRes__TopshotIndiaWeatherHeat-1719146857.jpg?fit=1170%2C780&quality=80)
![South Africans cheer ahead of the inauguration of South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa as President at the Union Buildings South Lawns in Tshwane, South Africa, Wednesday, June 19](/https/www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP24172487205045-1719147048.jpg?fit=1170%2C780&quality=80)
![Kenya police officers surround a protester during a demonstration against tax hikes as Members of the Parliament vote the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairoibi, on June 20](/https/www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AFP__20240620__34XX38X__v5__HighRes__KenyanProtestersReturnToStreetsOverTaxHikes-1719147017.jpg?fit=1170%2C780&quality=80)
![A local resident holds bottles of water next to a wildfire burning in the village of Latas, in southern Greece, June 21](/https/www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-06-21T211053Z_543297946_RC2TF8A7QTXD_RTRMADP_3_EUROPE-WEATHER-GREECE-WILDFIRE-1719146831.jpg?fit=1170%2C780&quality=80)
![A masked protester shouts to his colleagues as they block a street with burning tires as part of the national strike by the construction union, SUNTRACS, in Panama City, Thursday, June 20](/https/www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP24172667356314-1719147084.jpg?fit=1170%2C780&quality=80)
![Heavy rain falls as Turkish fans sit in the stands ahead of a Group F match between Turkey and Georgia at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Dortmund, Germany, Tuesday, June 18](/https/www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP24173326085082-1719147180.jpg?fit=1170%2C780&quality=80)
![A member of the LGBTQ community celebrates after the Thai parliament passed the final senatorial vote on the same sex marriage bill, at Government House in Bangkok on June 18](/https/www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AFP__20240618__34XC6KG__v9__HighRes__TopshotThailandPoliticsMarriageLgbtq-1719146847.jpg?fit=1170%2C780&quality=80)
![People practice Yoga at the the ceremonial Kartavya Path boulevard to mark international Yoga Day in New Delhi, India, Friday, June 21](/https/www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP24173155812531-1719147136.jpg?fit=1170%2C789&quality=80)