Music fans wait for Cyndi Lauper’s performance to begin at the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, June 29, 2024. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men attend a rally against Army recruitment in Jerusalem, June 30, 2024. Israel’s Supreme Court ordered the government to begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men, a landmark ruling seeking to end a system that has allowed them to avoid enlistment into compulsory military service.
Some 200,000 music fans gathered at Worthy Farm in the southwest of England for the Glastonbury Festival. For the first time since the festival started in 1970, two female acts performed the headline spots on the main stage on two of the three nights. French voters propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections.Hurricane Beryl left destruction in the eastern Caribbean and weakened as it moved toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.
The LGBTQ+ Pride month of June reached its rainbow-filled grand finale, bringing revelers to the streets for marquee parades across the world. This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images published in the past week by The Associated Press.