Photos of the Week: Basilica Blessing, Tree Tunnel, Parrot Prediction
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 / Reuters Niagara 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 / Getty Lightning 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 buil