Today in Pictures, June 9, 2026
An immersive installation of tens of thousands of plushy flowers at Gardens by the Bay, kinetic and optical art at the Tate Modern in London, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Event planner Chong Pei En and her colleagues posing for a picture at an immersive installation by Australian contemporary artist Cj Hendry. Titled Flower Market, the artwork – featuring tens of thousands of plush flowers contained in buckets – is making its South-east Asian debut in Singapore at Gardens by the Bay's IMBA Theatre and runs from June 10 to 14.
ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
A Tate Modern staff walking past the artwork titled 64 Reflective Blades, an interactive kinetic and optical art installation, during a press preview of Argentine artist Julio Le Parc's exhibition at the Tate Modern in London, on June 8, 2026.
PHOTO: EPA
An Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish man posing near a fallen missile protruding from the ground, following strikes from Iran, in the central Israeli-occupied West Bank, on June 8, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Monkeys drinking water from a gargoyle at the Peace Pond of the Swayambhunath Stupa, during hot weather in Kathmandu, Nepal, on June 8, 2026.
PHOTO: EPA
A two-month-old endangered Sumatran tiger cub playing next to its 10-year-old mother named Dini at Taman Safari Prigen in Pasuruan, East Java province, Indonesia, on June 8, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A Vietnamese honour guard wiping the sweat off his fellow guard's face while preparing for the welcome ceremony of Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Manet, at the Government Office in Hanoi, on June 8, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
People using their phones near a collapsed building in General Santos, Southern Philippines, following an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 which hit the southern part of the country on June 8, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A fan arriving at Madison Square Garden during Game 3 of the NBA Finals, between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs, in New York City, on June 8, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Gas flares burning at the Rumaila oil field as an Iraqi Energy Police officer secures the area in Basra, Iraq, on June 8, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Red Cross volunteers wearing personal protective equipment preparing to remove the casket of a victim of the Ebola virus disease from the morgue of the Rwampara health centre, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 8, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
