CNN Site Map for Section World (Galleries) for June - 2017
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- 2017-06-30Japan is a nation of inventors. But it hasn't just given us robots, laptops and reliable cars -- it also has a huge influence over popular culture. Here are just some of the Japanese inventions that have changed the way we live.
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- 2017-06-30Cousins Zeid Ali, left, and Hodayfa Ali, comfort each other after their house was hit and collapsed during fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants in Mosul, on Saturday, June 24. The boys said some of their family members are still under
- 2017-06-26Rescue workers walk to the location where they will look for survivors of a massive landslide near Xinmo village in China's Sichuan Province on June 25. Heavy rains caused the side of a mountain to collapse onto the small village.
- 2017-06-25A tanker truck caught fire then exploded after running off the road and overturning near the eastern Pakistani village of Bahawalpur on Sunday, June 25. Before the explosion, villagers had surrounded the truck to collect spilled fuel.
- 2017-06-23John Thompson, a friend of Philando Castile, weeps as he walks out of a courthouse in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Friday, June 16. Jeronimo Yanez, the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Castile during a traffic stop last year, had just been found not g
- 2017-06-22After two and a half years of civil war, Yemen is in the grip of a vicious cholera outbreak and a near famine that have coincided to create one of the worst humanitarian crises on the planet.
- 2017-06-19A woman lays flowers near the scene where a van plowed into a crowd of pedestrians in north London on Monday, June 19. A man was arrested, police said, and is being held on suspicion of terrorism offenses. The attack happened near a mosque, and British Pr
- 2017-06-18A massive wildfire is reflected in a stream in central Portugal on Sunday, June 18, 2017. Several hundred firefighters fought the blaze, which broke out Saturday in the municipality of Pedrogao Grande.
- 2017-06-16A wounded person is stretchered away from a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, on Wednesday, June 14. A gunman opened fire on Republican congressmen as they practiced baseball at the field. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, a congressional staffer,
- 2017-06-13Kengo Kuma, an award-winning Japanese architect, is known for his minimalism and innovative use of natural materials in his buildings. His design for the Darling Exchange in Sydney, Australia will feature 20 kilometers of curved timber.
- 2017-06-13Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman is surrounded by North Korean officials and members of the media upon his arrival at Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, June 13. The trip comes at a time of heightened tension betwee
- 2017-06-09Former FBI Director James Comey is sworn in before testifying to the Senate intelligence committee on Thursday, June 8, one month after US President Donald Trump fired him. Comey discussed the FBI's Russia investigation, his private interactions with
- 2017-06-08The New York Central Railroad spur called the West Side Line. This 1.45-mile (2.33 km) elevated section of the line was abandoned in 1980.
- 2017-06-07The moment a bomb was detonated on Wednesday, June 7, at the Ayatollah Khomeini shrine near Tehran, Iran, reportedly is shown in this screengrab from a video. Attackers mounted simultaneous gun and suicide-bomb assaults on the shrine and Iran's parli
- 2017-06-07Zaha Hadid's design for the Qatar 2022 World Cup stadium attracted criticism for its resemblance to a certain part of the female anatomy. She says that it was inspired by the sail of a dhow, a traditional Arab fishing boat, but we leave it to you to
- 2017-06-06Ten-year-old Mariam Salim cries as she is treated at a makeshift clinic in western Mosul. She was trying to make a run for it with her family on June 4, 2017, when their house collapsed from an explosion. Most in her family are buried under the rubble of
- 2017-06-04Forensic officers work at the scene of a terror attack at London Bridge in London on Sunday, June 4. At least seven people were killed in attacks late Saturday as a van mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge before attackers then stabbed victims at nearb
- 2017-06-02The "Climate Change -- In Focus" exhibition shows the effects of climate change.
Pictured: A solitary bear sits on the edge of one of the Barter Islands, Alaska. There is no snow, when at this time of year, there should be," wrote photogra
- 2017-06-02A SWAT team takes position outside Resorts World Manila, a popular tourist site in the Philippines that was on lockdown after a shooting on Thursday, June 1. A police official said the incident was a robbery attempt by one person and not a terrorist attac
- 2017-06-01Dutch chocolate brand Tony's Chocolonely claims to be made without slave labor.