Photos of the Week: Basilica Blessing, Tree Tunnel, Parrot Prediction

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Ryan Murphy / APNew York Knicks fans cheer at a watch party during Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs, on June 8, 2026, in New York City.Lindsay Dedario / ReutersNiagara Falls is illuminated as part of the lighting-up of 11 state landmarks announced by New York Governor Kathy Hochul for Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs, in Niagara Falls, New York, on June 8, 2026.Philip Fong / AFP / GettyLightning strikes above a residential estate in the Tsuen Wan district of the New Territories in Hong Kong on June 6, 2026.Darrin Zammit Lupi / ReutersVisitors attend the Museums by Candlelight event, an evening of candlelit heritage sites, at St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, on June 6, 2026.Dan Kitwood / GettyFireworks erupt during the inauguration of the Tower of Jesus Christ by Pope Leo XIV at the Basilica of the Sagrada Família on June 10, 2026, in Barcelona.Emilio Morenatti / APPriests gather around Antoni Gaudí’s Basilica of the Sagrada Família as Pope Leo XIV blesses the newly completed central Tower of Jesus Christ on June 10, 2026.Jospin Mwisha / AFP / GettyMembers of a Congolese Red Cross team wearing personal protective equipment carry the coffin of a woman suspected of having died from Ebola, ahead of her safe burial at her home in Bunia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on June 7, 2026.Ulises Ruiz / AFP / GettyEmergency personnel check simulated victims during an interagency drill on a train staged as a weapons-of-mass-destruction attack, as part of security preparations for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, on June 6, 2026.Jam Sta Rosa / AFP / GettyA responder carries a rescue dog while conducting search-and-rescue operations in a collapsed building after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in General Santos City, Philippines, on June 9, 2026. The earthquake on June 8 killed at least 35 people, according to provincial authorities, after toppling buildings and sparking tsunami warnings across the region.Jeff Chiu / APThe wrestler Victor Von Richter, left, reacts after being hit by Astro Knox, right, in a Lucha Libro pro-wrestling match at the San Jose Public Library Educational Park Branch in San Jose, California.Alex Bierens de Haan / LAT Images / GettyThe F1 Grand Prix of Monaco winner Andrea Kimi Antonelli celebrates by jumping into the sea with his team, at Circuit de Monaco on June 7, 2026, in Monte Carlo.Lou Benoist / AFP / GettyThe French skipper Thibaut Vauchel-Camus sails his Ocean Fifty multihull Solidaires en Peloton from Saint-Malo, Brittany, to Fécamp, Normandy, as part of his preparation for the Route du Rhum solo-transatlantic-sailing race, on June 10, 2026.Kent Nishimura / AFP / GettyContractors drive a vehicle in the partially filled Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during renovation work at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2026.Chip Somodevilla / GettyConstruction continues on the Ultimate Fighting Championship “Claw” and the octagon fighting ring on the South Lawn of the White House on June 11, 2026, in Washington, D.C.Thierry Monasse / GettyCharmille of Haut-Marêt, a hornbeam-tree tunnel, during a rainy spring afternoon on June 5, 2026, in La Reid, Theux, Belgium. The path is a historic 573-meter-long tree tunnel made from about 4,700 hornbeams trained over a metal framework to form an arched walkway.Ian Forsyth / GettyAn owl returns to its young after hunting over fields in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England, on June 10, 2026.Kevin Dietsch / GettyU.S. Representative Pete Aguilar misses a catch during the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on June 10, 2026, in Washington, D.C. The annual game that began in 1901 pits Republican and Democratic members of Congress against one another while raising money for charity.Ghaith Alsayed / APFarmers spray water in a burned agricultural field next to a fallen projectile near the town of Najha, Syria, on June 8, 2026, after debris from Iranian missiles fell in the area.Ariel Ochoa / APFishing boats burn in Manta, Ecuador, after a fire broke out at the Port of Manta on June 6, 2026.Essam Al-Sudani / ReutersGas flares burn at the Rumaila Oil Field as an Iraqi Energy Police officer secures the area in Basra, Iraq, on June 8, 2026.Michael Tullberg / GettyAlex Lifeson and Geddy Lee of Rush perform during the opening night of their first American tour in 11 years at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, on June 7, 2026.Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / GettyJournalists surround a lawyer in Sion, Switzerland, on June 5, 2026, prior to a hearing regarding a deadly New Year’s Eve fire in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana. The blaze broke out in the early hours of January 1 at a bar called Le Constellation, killing 41 people, mostly teenagers, and injuring 115 others.CK Thanseer / ReutersSupporters look on as others stand up a cutout of Argentina’s Lionel Messi ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in Kozhikode, India, on June 9, 2026.Pedro H. Tesch / AFP / GettyAn aerial view of a street painting depicting the Brazilian football star Neymar, designed by the Brazilian artists Rafael Jung, Nosg, Bart, Chimia, Joca, and Jefferson, in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on June 10, 2026, one day ahead of the opening of the 2026 FIFA World CupChristophe Ena / APFlavio Cobolli of Italy serves to Alexander Zverev of Germany during their men’s final match at the French Open in Paris on June 7, 2026.Aurelien Morissard / APKaterina Siniakova, of the Czech Republic (right), and Taylor Townsend, of the U.S., pose with their trophy after winning the women’s doubles final match against Anna Danilina, of Kazakhstan, and Aleksandra Krunic, of Serbia, at the French Open, in Paris on June 7, 2026.Sebastian Willnow / DPA / GettyA blue-throated macaw sits in front of a video camera at Leipzig Zoo on June 9, 2026. In the zoo aviary, parrots were asked to act as oracles for the opening World Cup match between Mexico and South Africa, picking the winner. One ended up grabbing the ball marked “Mexico” from a box with its beak.Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP / GettyThe sun sets behind Kuwait City’s landmark Kuwait Towers on June 9, 2026.