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Scott Mc Kiernan presents “The Pictures Of the Week” released every Friday afternoon, highlighting the best images from around the world by ZUMA Press contributors, curated by ZUMA Editor-at-large Jim Colton.
Enjoy The Pictures Of the Week 26, showcasing images from June 21-27, 2025 “The best two minutes you’ll spend on the internet today!” thepicturesoftheweek.com #zumapress #photojournalism
ZUMA Photography Credits:
Svet Jacqueline * Leco Viana/TheNEWS2 * Bryan Smith * Robin Loznak * Saurabh Sirohiya * Martin Dokoupil * Poitout Florian/Abaca * Starmax/Newscom * Gian Mattia D’Alberto/LaPresse * Ben Birchall/PA Wire * Omar Ashtawy/APA Images * Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media/Abaca * Rob Engelaar/ANP * Freek Van Den Bergh/ANP * Imago * TASS * Jaroslav Ozana/CTK * Arne Dedert/dpa * Sergei Karpukhin/TASS * Ilia Yefimovich/dpa * Hendrik Schmidt/dpa * Ian West/PA Wire * Omar Ashtawy/APA Images * Sun Yuxuan/Xinhua * Samir Jana/Hindustan Times/Imago * Marcin Nowak/London News Pictures * Jesus Merida/SOPA Images

June 24, 2025, Ostrava, Czech Republic: ARMAND DUPLANTIS competes Pole Vault Men at the World Athletics Continental Tour Golden Spike event in Ostrava in the Czech Republic. (Credit Image: © Slavek Ruta/ZUMA Press Wire)

June 24, 2025, Ostrava, Czech Republic: ARMAND DUPLANTIS reacts during the Pole Vault Men at the World Athletics Continental Tour Golden Spike event in Ostrava in the Czech Republic. (Credit Image: © Slavek Ruta/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

June 24, 2025, Ostrava, Czech Republic: ARMAND DUPLANTIS competes Pole Vault Men at the World Athletics Continental Tour Golden Spike event in Ostrava in the Czech Republic. (Credit Image: © Slavek Ruta/ZUMA Press Wire)

June 24, 2025, Ostrava, Czech Republic: ARMAND DUPLANTIS reacts during the Pole Vault Men at the World Athletics Continental Tour Golden Spike event in Ostrava in the Czech Republic. (Credit Image: © Slavek Ruta/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
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June 24, 2025, Ostrava, Czech Republic: GOUT GOUT of Australia competes 200 Metres Men at the World Athletics Continental Tour Golden Spike event in Ostrava in the Czech Republic. The 17-year-old prodigy breaks own Australian 200m record at Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava as time of 20.02. (Credit Image: © Slavek Ruta/ZUMA Press Wire)
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June 23, 2025, Merritt Island, Florida, USA: A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launches from Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC-41), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, carrying the second batch of 27 operational satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet constellation in June. 23, 2025 at 6:54 a.m. EDT
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May 27, 2025, Saint Ouen, Paris, France: Bruno Retailleau, Minister of State, Minister of the Interior, and Gü©rald Darmanin, Minister of State, Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, during a question-and-answer session at the National Assembly, the lower house of the French parliament. (Credit Image: © Sadak Souici/ZUMA Press Wire)
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