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New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns, center, celebrates with teammates during the New York Knicks’ NBA championship parade Thursday, June 18, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, speaks during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in defense ministers format at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

A racegoer reacts as she arrives on the third day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting, traditionally called Ladies Day in Ascot, England, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Buildings damaged by Israeli strikes are seen through shattered glass from the Jabal Amel Hospital in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Campaigners wait outside a polling station at the Methodist Church in Hindley during a by-election in Makerfield, England, Thursday, June 18, 2026, where voters are choosing a new lawmaker with Andy Burnham of the Labour Party as the leading contender. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

A man waves a religious flag as people beat their chests during a mourning ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 18, 2026, ahead of Ashoura, which honors the 7th-century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, who was killed in a battle in Karbala in present-day Iraq. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Referee Tori Penso jogs flanked by assistant referees Kathryn Nesbitt, left, and Brooke Mayo during warmup before the World Cup Group A soccer match between Czechia and South Africa in Atlanta, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

A man works on a classic American car in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Jorge Luis Banos)

Malawian migrants stand in a queue for their deportation at a temporary centre, in Durban, South Africa, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Former President Barack Obama, back center, and former first lady Michelle Obama, right, arrive on stage with their daughters, Sasha and Malia Obama, during the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center, Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

A player reaches for the ball during the final polo match in the three-day annual Shandur Polo Festival in Shandur Pass, in the Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Zubair Abbasi)

Farmers watch a wildfire burn through agricultural land and wheat fields north of the town of Tal Tamr in al-Hassakeh,province, a key wheat-producing region in northeastern Syria, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)