LONDON – JUNE 24: A man takes a copy of the London Evening Standard with the front page reporting the resignation of British Prime Minister David Cameron and the vote to leave the EU in a referendum, showing a pictured of Cameron holding hands with his wife Samantha as they come out from 10 Downing Street, in London on June 24, 2016. Photo: AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL
Published June 24, 2016 at 7:41 PM Updated June 27, 2016 at 3:12 PM
Photographs of the biggest news stories from June 18 to 24, 2016.
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Immigration activists speak out against US Supreme Court immigration ruling
MIAMI, FL - JUNE 23: Immigrant rights advocates, worker's unions and allied organizations join with immigrant families on the steps of the Freedom Tower to speak to the media June 23, 2016 in Miami, Florida. Advocates and allied organizations joined to show their displeasure with the Supreme Court's split decision that denies the implementation of President Barack Obama's immigration relief programs. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP
Protesters after US Supreme Court ruling on major cases
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 23: Pro-choice and pro-life protesters clash in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on a day where two important decisions on immigration and affirmative action were handed down by the court, on June 23, 2016 in Washington, DC. A decision in the case over a Texas law requiring clinics providing abortion services to meet the same building standards as walk-in surgical centers had been expected, but was deferred. Photo: Allison Shelley/Getty Images/AFP
US President Barack Obama speaks about the Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action and immigration
WASHINGTON DC - JUNE 23: US President Barack Obama speaks about the Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action and immigration in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, June 23, 2016. Obama on Thursday condemned the Supreme Court's ruling blocking his bid to change immigration policy as "heartbreaking" and urged Americans not to fear the millions of people who want to make their lives in the United States. Photo: AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB
Citizens in Baltimore protest verdict in trial of Freddie Gray police van driver
BALTIMORE, MD - JUNE 23: Activists speak near the area where riots broke out after the funeral for Freddie Gray last year June 23, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore policeman Caesar Goodson, facing the most serious charges in the death of African-American Freddie Gray, was acquitted Thursday in a case that sparked riots and fueled a national debate over how US police treat young black men. Photo: AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski
Cleveland Cavaliers win the 2016 NBA Finals,
OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 19: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers and teammates celebrate with the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy after defeating the Golden State Warriors in Game Seven of the 2016 NBA Finals on June 19, 2016 at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California. Copyright 2016 NBAE Photo: Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images/AFP
Cleveland Cavaliers victory parade and rally,
CLEVELAND, OH - JUNE 22: Cleveland Cavaliers fans celebrate and hold up a sign during the Cleveland Cavaliers Victory Parade And Rally on June 22, 2016 in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Copyright 2016 NBAE Photo: David Liam Kyle/NBAE/Getty Images/AFP
Orlando community continues to mourn deadly mass shooting at gay club pulse
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - JUNE 21: Edwin Rodriguez writes the names of the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in front of the club on June 21, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The Orlando community continues to mourn the victims of the deadly mass shooting at a gay nightclub. Photo: Gerardo Mora/Getty Images/AFP
Tornado and extreme storms destroyed houses in Funing, China
FUNING, CHINA - JUNE 24: Residents walk in the rubble of destroyed houses after a tornado in Funing, in Yancheng, in China's Jiangsu province on June 24, 2016. Extreme weather, including hailstorms, heavy rain and a tornado, killed 78 and injured dozens in China's eastern Jiangsu province, the official Xinhua news agency reported on June 23. / AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE
A resident sits in front of a destroyed house after a tornado and severe storms in Funing, China
FUNING, CHINA - JUNE 25: A resident sits in front of a destroyed house after a tornado in Funing, in Yancheng, in China's Jiangsu province on June 24, 2016. Photo: AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE
UK voted to leave the EU in a historic referendum
LONDON - JUNE 24: A man takes a copy of the London Evening Standard with the front page reporting the resignation of British Prime Minister David Cameron and the vote to leave the EU in a referendum, showing a pictured of Cameron holding hands with his wife Samantha as they come out from 10 Downing Street, in London on June 24, 2016. Photo: AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL
UK Prime Minister David Cameron announces resignation after the country voted to leave the EU
LONDON - JUNE 24: British Prime Minister David Cameron flanked his wife Samantha speaks to the press in front of 10 Downing street in central London on June 24, 2016. Britain has voted to break out of the European Union, striking a thunderous blow against the bloc and spreading panic through world markets Friday as sterling collapsed to a 31-year low. Photo: AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL
'Stronger In' supporters react to results of the referendum
LONDON - JUNE 24: Supporters of the 'Stronger In' Campaign react as results of the EU referendum are announced at a results party at the Royal Festival Hall in London early in the morning of June 24, 2016.
Bookmakers dramatically reversed the odds on Britain leaving the European Union on Friday as early results from a historic referendum pointed to strong support for a Brexit. Photo: AFP PHOTO / POOL / ROB STOTHARD
Leave EU supporters react to the results of the referendum
LONDON - JUNE 24: Leave EU supporters wave Union flags and cheer as the results come in at the Leave.EU referendum party at Millbank Tower in central London early in the morning of June 24, 2016.
First results from Britain's knife-edge referendum showed unexpectedly strong support for leaving the European Union on Friday, sending the pound plummeting as investors feared a historic blow against the 28-nation alliance. Photo: AFP PHOTO / GEOFF CADDICK
UK Independence Party Leader Nigel Farage holds a press conference after referendum results
LONDON - JUNE 24: Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), Nigel Farage speaks during a press conference near the Houses of Parliament in central London on June 24, 2016. Britain has voted to leave the European Union by 51.9 percent to 48.1 percent, final results from all 382 of Britain's local counting centres showed on Friday. Photo: AFP PHOTO / GLYN KIRK
China President Xi Jinping travels to Tashkent, Uzbekistan to meet with European leaders
TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN - JUNE 24: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) heads of state (from L) Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev, Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Russian President Vladimir Putin, China's President Xi Jinping, Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov and Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon pose for a family photograph in Tashkent on June 24, 2016 as part of the SCO Heads of State Council meeting. Photo: AFP PHOTO / SPUTNIK / Mikhail KLIMENTIEV
President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo in Warsaw
WARSAW - JUNE 20: China's President Xi Jinping (L) shake hands with Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo during their meeting on June 20, 2016 in Warsaw. Photo: AFP PHOTO / JANEK SKARZYNSKI
President Xi Jinping holds a press conference with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic in Belgrade, Serbia
BELGRADE, SERBIA - JUNE 18: China's President Xi Jinping (L) and his Serbian counterpart Tomislav Nikolic shake hands after delivering a joint press conference in Belgrade on June 18, 2016. Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to sign some 20 bilateral deals with Serbia during a visit that began on June 17, as Belgrade aims to make China one of its main economic partners. Photo: AFP PHOTO / OLIVER BUNIC
Colombians in Medellin celebrate the ceasefire between the government and the FARC
MEDELLIN - JUNE 23: Colombians celebrate at Botero square in Medellin, Antioquia department, after the signing of the ceasefire between the Government and the FARC guerrillas in Havana, on June 23, 2016. Colombia's government and the FARC guerrilla force signed a definitive ceasefire Thursday, taking one of the last crucial steps toward ending Latin America's longest civil war. Photo: AFP PHOTO / RAUL ARBOLEDA
Colombians in Bogota celebrate the ceasefire
BOGOTA - JUNE 23: Colombians celebrate in downtown Bogota as they watch on a giant screen the signing of the ceasefire between the Government and the FARC guerrillas in Havana, on June 23, 2016.
Colombia's government and the FARC guerrilla force signed a definitive ceasefire Thursday, taking one of the last crucial steps toward ending Latin America's longest civil war. Photo: AFP PHOTO / Guillermo Legaria
German policemen in Viernheim stand near a cinema where an armed man barricaded himself
VIERNHEIM, GERMANY - JUNE 23: Policemen stand near a cinema where an armed man barricaded himself in Viernheim, southern Germany, on June 23, 2016. Shooting in Viernheim, Germany on June 23, 2016.
No patrons of a German cinema stormed by an armed man were hurt and all have been released, Hesse state interior minister Peter Beuth said. Photo: AFP PHOTO / DANIEL ROLAND
Members of Congress stage a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives demanding gun-control legislation
WASHINGTON DC - JUNE 23: This image courtesy of Democratic Rep. Elizabeth Esty's office shows Rep. Esty(2n-L) with Rep. John Lewis(C) and other members of Congress staging a sit-in on the floor of the US House of Representatives on June 22, 2016 in Washington, DC.
US Democrats staged a rare sit-in Wednesday in the House of Representatives, demanding that the Republican-led body vote on gun-control legislation following the Orlando nightclub massacre."We have to occupy the floor of the House until there is action," Democratic Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon who marched with Reverend Martin Luther King Jr in the 1960s, said before he and dozens of colleagues sat down on the carpeted well of the chamber.The dramatic action came just as the House presiding officer moved to declare the body in recess. Photo: AFP PHOTO / Rep. Elizabeth Esty / Handout
A boy from a refugee camp around Athens shows an heart sign during an event celebrating the Olympic Day and the World Refugee Day
ATHENS - JUNE 22: A boy from a refugee camp around Athens shows an heart sign during an event celebrating the Olympic Day and the World Refugee Day in Athens on June 22, 2016. Hundrends on refugee children accopmanied by Greek Olympic medalist took part in sport events commemorating the 'Olympic Day With Refugees'. Photo: AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI
US Secretary of State John Kerry shares dates and samosa with actress Angelina Jolie, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees special envoy during World Refugee Day event
STERLING, VIRGINIA - JUNE 20: US Secretary of State John Kerry shares dates and samosa with actress Angelina Jolie, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) special envoy, during an interfaith Iftar reception to mark World Refugee Day at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society in Sterling, Virginia on June 20, 2016. Photo: AFP PHOTO / YURI GRIPAS
New US citizens wave flags after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States during a naturalization ceremony on World Refugee Day
WASHINGTON DC - JUNE 20: New US citizens wave flags after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States during a naturalization ceremony on World Refugee Day in recognition of those who have come to the US with refugee or asylum seeker status, at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 20, 2016 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Mandel Ngan
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