June 17, 2021

House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, celebrates with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and members of the Congressional Black Caucus after passage of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act at the Capitol in Washington.

Hong Kong police arrest the chief editor and four other senior executives of Apple Daily under the national security law on suspicion of collusion with a foreign country to endanger national security, according to local media reports.

Members of a Palestinian family check their belongings after Israeli authorities demolished their house located in the occupied West Bank, near the village of Halhul, north of Hebron.

A sick person is taken on a cycle cart to a doctor along a waterlogged street following heavy rains in Kolkata, India.

A Long March-2F Y12 rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-12 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan in northwestern China.

A black-winged stilt checks eggs in its nest on a wetland in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Debora Day in an ornate red outfit poses on the steps for photographers on the third day of the Royal Ascot horserace meeting, which is traditionally known as Ladies Day, in Ascot, England.

New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner goes up for a homerun ball hit by Toronto Blue Jays Cavan Biggio during the fifth inning of a baseball game, June 16, 2021, in Buffalo, New York.

Visitors enjoy a ride on a roller coaster at Cinecitta World amusement park in the outskirts of Rome, Italy, on the day of its reopening.

Swimmers start in the women's 200 butterfly during wave 2 of the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials, June 16, 2021, in Omaha, Nebraska.

A skateboarder is silhouetted as he jumps high at the skateboard park during sunset, June 16, 2021, in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California.