June 21, 2016

People celebrate the summer solstice at the Kokino megalithic observatory, near the city of Kumanovo, Macedonia.

Revelers celebrate the summer solstice at Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain in southern England, Britain.

Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of NASA took this photograph from the International Space Station. He wrote, "A spectacular rise of the full moon just before sunset while flying over western China."

A full moon rises behind the ancient marble Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, southeast of Athens, on the eve of the summer solstice, June 20, 2016.

Benito Almojuela takes a selfie near a thermometer sign that reads 125 degrees, in Palm Springs, California, June 20, 2016.

Newborn twin giant panda cubs are seen in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.

Displaced Iraqis, who fled the government's operation against the Islamic State (IS) group in the city of Fallujah, carry basic food items in a camp in Khaldiyeh, June 20, 2016.

A woman with a load of dogs on her tricycle cart for sale arrives at a market during a dog meat festival in Yulin in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Restaurateurs are holding an annual dog meat festival, despite international criticism.

The South Bohemian Philharmonic Quartet performs inside a cooling tower at the Temelin nuclear power plant near the town of Tyn nad Vltavou, Czech Republic, June 20, 2016.

Sandra Brown rides the Skyslide on the 69th and 70th floors of the U.S. Bank Tower which is attached to the OUE Skyspace LA observation deck in downtown Los Angeles, California, June 20, 2016.

An emu runs down the road to escape an approaching wildfire as it burns near Potrero, California, June 20, 2016.

Chris Murphy (L), Democratic senator from Connecticut, breaks the news that the Senate failed to pass any of the four procedural votes on new gun legislation, to Erica Smegielski (R), daughter of slain Sandy Hook Elementary School Principal Dawn Hochsprung, outside the Senate floor of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, June 20, 2016.

A Puffin jumps into its burrow with a mouthful of sea eels to feed its chick on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire in Wales, Britain.