Today in Pictures, July 2, 2026
Mexico fans celebrating during a World Cup watch party in Los Angeles, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at his upcoming exhibition in Manchester, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Mexico fans celebrating at a watch party in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, during the FIFA World Cup match between Mexico and Ecuador on June 30.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei posing with one of his new works titled History Of Bombs, during a photocall to promote his forthcoming exhibition at the Aviva Studios in Manchester, northern England, on July 1.
PHOTO: AFP
Rescuers working at the site of a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on July 1.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Smoke rising from a Russian missile and drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 2.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Residents walking past burnt out cars following overnight Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv, Ukraine, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, on July 2.
PHOTO: REUTERS
An employee painting the wax effigy of Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny during its unveiling at the Musee Grevin in Paris on July 1.
PHOTO: AFP
Members of a troupe parading on the streets during the Feast of Na Tcha – a celebration of the birth of the child-deity by the same name – in Macau, China, on July 1.
PHOTO: AFP
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel (right) and French-German artist Jeremie Queyras looking at his painting, Portrait Of Former Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, after it was unveiled at the Bode Museum in Berlin on June 30.
PHOTO: AFP
Displaced Palestinians walking past destroyed buildings and makeshift shelters near the al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 1.
PHOTO: AFP
