Harry Kane celebrates with his England teammates in front of the jubilant fans at Wembley after the 2-1 victory. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/UEFA/Getty Images
Some 60,000 fans watched in person at Wembley, with millions more cheering on the action on screen. Everyone at the match had to prove they are fully vaccinated or show a negative Covid test.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stands for a group photograph following a signing ceremony as part of a transfer of control over children in care to the community, in Cowessess First Nation, Saskatchewan, Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Cowessess is also the site of a former residential school where, the month before, ground-penetrating radar detected a potential 751 unmarked graves. (Liam Richards/The Canadian Press via AP)
Roger Federer’s hopes of winning a ninth Wimbledon title were ended by a quarter-final loss to Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz, a month short of his 40th birthday.
But Hurkacz is a top-20 player and 15 years Federer’s junior, and was simply too good on the day for his opponent, who suffered a straight-sets loss at Wimbledon for the first time in 19 years.
Los Angeles, US
Patrons in the tiny Tiki-Ti bar as it opens on Sunset Boulevard. County public health officials have urged people to resume wearing masks indoors regardless of vaccination status. Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP
July 8, 2021: Activists fly a giant heart balloon in rainbow colors as they perform a flashmob in order to protest against a new law in front of the parliament in Budapest. A Hungarian anti-paedophilia bill that came into force was condemned as "homophobic" by civil organizations during the protest. The law banning the "display or promotion" of homosexuality or gender change to minors has sparked widespread outcry and threats of sanctions from Brussels if the bill is not rectified.
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Grand marshal Sandra Lindsay, a health care worker who was the first person in the country to get a COVID-19 vaccine shot, waves to spectators as she leads marchers through the Financial District as confetti falls during a parade honouring essential workers for their efforts in getting New York City through the COVID-19 pandemic, Wednesday, July 7, 2021, in New York. The parade kicked off at Battery Park and travel up Broadway in lower Manhattan, the iconic stretch known as the Canyon of Heroes, which has hosted parades honoring world leaders, celebrities and winning sports teams. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Pyongyang, North Korea
People bow before a portrait of the late leaders Kim II-sung and Kim Jong-il on the 27th anniversary of the former’s death. Photograph: Kim Won Jin/AFP/Getty Images
Tall, narrow and brightly coloured, Hanoi’s “tube houses” dominate the city;s streets as people compete for space in Vietnam’s capital. Credit Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images. Fri 9 July 2021
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An Afghan National Army soldier keeps watch from a check post at Mahipar, on Jalalabad-Kabul highway Afghanistan July 8, 2021. In the last week, the Taliban have overrun areas bordering five countries - Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, China and Pakistan - as foreign forces end their two-decade intervention and the domestic security situation deteriorates. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
England 1966 World Cup winner Sir Geoff Hurst stands on top of a pod on the lastminute.com London Eye wearing a replica 1966 World Cup final kit and looking out towards Wembley Stadium in the north of the capital, where the England football team will play Italy in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday. Picture date: Friday July 9, 2021. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
Former docks are seen on a Salton Sea beach with the water much further away as California faces its worst drought since 1977, in Salton City, California, 4 July 2021, Reuters/Aude Guerracci
Afghan National Army officers keeps watch at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo: Reuters
The Taliban sees China as a ‘friend’ to Afghanistan and is hoping to talk to Beijing about investing in recondition work “as soon as possible” the group’s spokesman Suhail Shaheen said on Wednesday. In an exclusive interview with This Week in Asia, Suhail said the Taliban now controlled 85 per cent of the country and that it would guarantee the safety of Chinese investors and workers if they were to return.
Ash Barty described her joy at winning on the 50th anniversary of her idol and fellow indigenous Aussie Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s first triumph at the tournament. “Evonne is a very special person in my life. She’s been iconic in paving a way for young indigenous youth to believe in their dreams and to chase them - and she's done exactly that for me. Knowing she’s only ever a phonecall away has been really, really cool.
Credit: Alexander Gubskiy
The Grand Canal June 27, 2021
The candy cane poles lined the small jetties of the Grand Canal. The austere façades with Juliet balconies stood stoically as a lone gondola slipped through the water.
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Pyongyang, North Korea
People bow before a portrait of the late leaders Kim II-sung and Kim Jong-il on the 27th anniversary of the former’s death. Photograph: Kim Won Jin/AFP/Getty Images
Former Mujahideen hold weapons to support Afghan forces in their fight against Taliban, on the outskirts of Herat province, Afghanistan July 10, 2021. — Reuters/File
As the Taliban’s claims about taking Afghan territory grow, India has decided to temporarily close its consulate in Kandahar, sending a special Indian Air Force flight to evacuate about 50 diplomats and security personnel of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) back to Delhi, government sources confirmed to The Hindu.
Men and children with their cameras and mobile phones take photos of a sacrificial cow being lowered from a rooftop by a crane, ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in Karachi, Pakistan. Reuters/Akhtar Soomro
