The week in pictures: America at 250, Taylor Swift gets married and a 'massive attack' on Kyiv

An apartment building burns after an hours-long Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv on July 2, 2026. At least 30 people were killed in the attack, which the city's Mayor Vitaly Klitschko described as the "most massive attack" yet on the Ukrainian capital. © Danylo Antoniuk, AP photo

America marks 250 years of independence under a heatwave, a massive Russian attack sets Kyiv ablaze, France dominates Sweden at the World Cup, and Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce get married at Madison Square Garden: FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the week's most striking images.

Rescuers embrace after pulling Hernán Alberto Gil, a survivor who had been trapped for more than a week following the June 24 earthquakes, from a collapsed shopping mall in La Guaira, Venezuela, on July 2, 2026. © Reuters/Maxwell Briceno