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A dancer looks on during the opening ceremony prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Group A match between Russia and Saudi Arabia at Luzhniki Stadium on June 14th, 2018, in Moscow, Russia.

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Viewfinder: The 2018 FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony in Moscow

A dancer looks on during the opening ceremony prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Group A match between Russia and Saudi Arabia at Luzhniki Stadium on June 14th, 2018, in Moscow, Russia.

Pacific Standard Staff

Pro-choice activists demonstrate outside the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, on June 13th, 2018, calling for the approval of a bill that would legalize abortion. Lawmakers in traditionally conservative Argentina began a key session on Wednesday ahead of a divisive vote.

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Viewfinder: Pro-Choice Argentinians Rally for a Bill That Would Legalize Abortion

Pro-choice activists demonstrate outside the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, on June 13th, 2018, calling for the approval of a bill that would legalize abortion.

Pacific Standard Staff

People dressed as angels stand in front of the memorial set up for the shooting victims at Pulse nightclub on June 12th, 2018, where the shootings took place two years ago in Orlando, Florida.

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Viewfinder: Orlando Marks the Second Anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub Mass Shooting

People dressed as angels stand in front of the memorial set up for the shooting victims at Pulse nightclub on June 12th, 2018, where the shootings took place two years ago in Orlando, Florida.

Pacific Standard Staff

A man bangs a drum as anti-Brexit demonstrators gather outside the Houses of Parliament on June 11th, 2018, in London, England. The European Union withdrawal bill returned to the House of Commons for the first of two sessions in which members of parliament will consider amendments imposed by the Lords, and another set of fresh amendments.

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Viewfinder: Anti-Brexit Demonstrators Gather Outside Britain’s Houses of Parliament

A man bangs a drum as anti-Brexit demonstrators gather outside the Houses of Parliament on June 11th, 2018, in London, England.

Pacific Standard Staff

Relatives and residents carry the coffin of 20-year-old Erick Rivas, who died following the eruption of the Fuego volcano, during his funeral in Alotenango municipality, Sacatepequez, about 65 kilometers southwest of Guatemala City, on June 6th, 2018.

Guatemala’s Death Toll Rises as the Fuego Volcano Continues to Erupt (in Photos)

Guatemala struggles to recover from its most severe volcanic eruption in 45 years.

Ashley Hackett

Candidates cheer for themselves before sitting the National College Entrance Examination (a.k.a. Gaokao) outside an exam site on June 7th, 2018, in Luzhou, Sichuan Province of China. About 9.75 million Chinese high school students will take the 2018 National College Entrance Examination.

Education

Viewfinder: Chinese Students Cheer Themselves on Before Taking a College Entrance Exam

Candidates cheer for themselves before sitting the National College Entrance Examination (a.k.a. Gaokao) outside an exam site on June 7th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

A South Korean woman touches the engraved name of her older brother who died during the Korean War at Seoul National Cemetery on June 6th, 2018, in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday that his country will push for recovery of remains of the fallen soldiers who died during the 1950-53 Korean War. South Korea marked its 63rd Memorial Day anniversary amid emerging improved relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as the first-ever U.S.-DPRK summit has been scheduled for June 12th in Singapore.

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Viewfinder: Commemorating Fallen Soldiers During South Korea’s 63rd Memorial Day

A South Korean woman touches the engraved name of her older brother who died during the Korean War at Seoul National Cemetery.

Pacific Standard Staff

Groups of volunteers clean up plastic waste on a beach in Lima, Peru, during World Environment Day on June 5th, 2018. The United Nations urged people to take steps against the use of plastic bags, as part of a global challenge to reduce the increasing pollution of the oceans.

Environment

Viewfinder: United Nations Issues Global Challenge to Reduce Ocean Pollution for World Environment Day

Groups of volunteers clean up plastic waste on a beach in Lima, Peru, during World Environment Day on June 5th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds the hand of two-year-old Jamie McGuiness as she officially opens Play as One Scotland's fully inclusive play park on June 4th, 2018, in Dunfermline, Scotland. The play park has been specially designed for both non-disabled children and children with physical and learning difficulties and is the largest of its kind in Scotland.

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Viewfinder: A New Playground Specially Designed for Disabled Children Opens in Scotland

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds the hand of two-year-old Jamie McGuiness as she officially opens Play as One Scotland's fully inclusive play park on June 4th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

Dozens of pro-choice activists gather in front of the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, on June 3rd, 2018, calling for the approval of a bill that would legalize abortion. The abortion bill will go to a vote in the lower house on June 13th.

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Viewfinder: Pro-Choice Activists Demonstrate in Front of the Argentine Congress

Dozens of pro-choice activists gather in front of the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, on June 3rd, 2018, calling for the approval of a bill that would legalize abortion.

Pacific Standard Staff