Every week, Zaborona publishes photos that highlight important events of the last seven days in Ukraine and around the world. This time, the editorial team has selected footage of the farewell to the combat medic of the volunteer battalion “Hospitallers” “Cheka” (Iryna Tsybukh), as well as military exercises of NATO fighter jets in Germany, Paris’ preparations for the Olympic Games and the triumph of Real Madrid in the Champions League.
Colleville-sur-Mer, France
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk with French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron while arriving at a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day at the Normandy American Cemetery on June 06, 2024 in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Veterans, families, political leaders and military personnel are gathering in Normandy to commemorate D-Day, which paved the way for the Allied victory over Germany in World War II. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images
Portsmouth, England
A D-Day themed drone display takes place above the Portsmouth Naval Memorial on Southsea Common, coinciding with illuminations held during a vigil at Bayeux War Cemetery in Normandy, on June 05, 2024 in Portsmouth, England. King Charles III and Queen Camilla lead the commemorative events in Portsmouth ahead of the actual 80th Anniversary of D-Day on June 6th. Veterans, VIP Guests and school children are attending an event on Southsea Common. Portsmouth was where tens of thousands of troops set off to Normandy to participate in Operation Overlord. They established a foothold on the French coast and advanced to liberate northwest Europe. Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Muslim worshippers pray around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca on June 4, 2024 as pilgrims arrive ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage. Photo: ABDEL GHANI BASHIR/AFP via Getty Images
Castrillo de Murcia, Spain
‘El Colacho’ leaps over babies during the festival of El Colacho on June 2, 2024 in Castrillo de Murcia, Spain. The historic festival sees ‘El Colacho,’ a man in costume representing the devil, jumping over newborn infants to cleanse them of original sin and protect them from evil spirits. Photo: Samuel de Roman/Getty Images
Paris, France
A view of the Eiffel Tower as The Olympic Rings are displayed 50 days before the opening of the Olympic Games at Place Du Trocadero on June 07, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo: Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images
Kyiv, Ukraine
People attend the funeral ceremony of Iryna “Cheka” Tsybukh (portrait), a combat medic of the Hospitallers volunteer battalion, who was killed in action in the Kharkiv region, at Saint Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, on June 2, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images
A Ukrainian amputee participant on a wheelchair takes part in a race event during the qualifying competition for military members and veterans, to join the Ukrainian national team for the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025, in Kyiv, on June 1, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the qualifying round, over 400 Ukrainian serving military members and veterans took part to join the Ukrainian national team for the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 which will take place from February 8 to 16, 2025. The Invictus Games is an international multi-sport events, which were founded by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, for wounded, injured, and sick servicemen and women, both serving and veterans. Photo: ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images
A woman walks with a dog dark street during a partial electricity blackout in Kyiv on June 5, 2024, following Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images
Vienna, Austria
Lightning strikes near the Imperial residence Schoenbrunn Palace where the rehersal for the Summer Night Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra was taking place and had to be stopped due to a heavy storm in Vienna on June 6, 2024. Photo: JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images
Ennetbürgen, Switzerland
This aerial photograph taken on June 4, 2024, shows the Burgenstock resort above Lake Lucerne that will host a Ukraine peace summit on June 15-16, 2024. US Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Switzerland for a Ukraine peace summit, officials said on June 3, 2024, with President Joe Biden opting instead to attend an election fundraiser featuring George Clooney. Photo: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images
Tel Aviv, Israel
Two participants kiss during the “Pride and Hope Assembly” coordinated by the LGBTQ community with the Hostage Families Forum, calling for the return of hostages held captive in the Gaza Strip since the October 7 attacks, in Tel Aviv on June 6, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. Photo: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images
Grindavik, Iceland
Seen from an aerial view, lava flows from the Sundhnúkur volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula on June 2, 2024 near Grindavik, Iceland. The volcano eruption, located in southwestern Iceland, forced the evacuation of the nearby fishing town as well as guests at the nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. The volcano has erupted five times since December. Photo: John Moore/Getty Images
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Climate activists act during a march in the Zuidas business district to protest Dutch companies’ involvement in what marchers called an “investment in climate destruction”, in Amsterdam on May 31, 2024. Photo: EVA PLEVIER/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
Portoviejo, Ecuador
Military personnel subdue inmates at the Manabi N4 Detention Center, also known as El Rodeo Prison, in Portoviejo, Manabi province, Ecuador, on June 5, 2024. Long a peaceful haven sandwiched between top cocaine exporters Colombia and Peru, Ecuador has seen violence explode in recent years as rival gangs with links to Mexican and Colombian cartels vie for control. Gang wars have largely played out in the country’s prisons, where criminal leaders wield immense control. The battles have left hundreds of inmates dead since 2021, their bodies often found dismembered, decapitated or incinerated. Photo: GERARDO MENOSCAL/AFP via Getty Images
Brownsville, Texas
The SpaceX Starship launches during its fourth flight test from Boca Chica beach on June 06, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. During the fourth flight test, SpaceX is continuing assessments with a focus on “demonstrating the ability to return and reuse Starship and Super Heavy…” The company states that, “The primary objectives will be executing a landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico with the Super Heavy booster, and achieving a controlled entry of Starship,” according to a news release. Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France
Belgian parachutists wearing replica WWII paratrooper attire take a rest prior to jump from a US aircraft Lockheed C-130 Hercules chartered and navigated by US crew, on June 5, 2024, at Cherbourg’s airport, Normandy, ahead of the D-Day commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. The D-Day ceremonies on June 6 this year mark the 80th anniversary since the launch of ‘Operation Overlord’, a vast military operation by Allied forces in Normandy, which turned the tide of World War II, eventually leading to the liberation of occupied France and the end of the war against Nazi Germany. Photo: LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images
Passau, Germany
Aerial view shows the flooded center of Passau in Bavaria, southern Germany, with the rivers Danube (front) and Inn (background) surounding the city, on June 4, 2024. Heavy rains from May 31, 2024 onwards have led to flooding across the southern German states of Baden-Wuerttemberg and Bavaria and that have claimed four lives so far. Thousands of people in these regions had to leave their homes. Photo: MICHAELA STACHE/AFP via Getty Images
Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany
A Dassault Rafale C (top) combat airplane flies a manoeuvre with another combat aircraft over Ramstein Air Base during a day of fighter plane exercises on June 06, 2024 in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. Combat aircraft from NATO countries are duelling today in one versus one exercises hosted at Ramstein. Photo: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images
London, England
Jude Bellingham of Real Madrid lifts the UEFA Champions League Trophy after his team’s victory during the UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Final match between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid CF at Wembley Stadium on June 01, 2024 in London, England. Photo: Michael Regan – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images
