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Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
In this photo released by a state-run news agency Bakhtar, Afghans look at destruction caused by an earthquake in the province of Paktika, eastern Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (Bakhtar News Agency via AP)
People arrive on the first day of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England, Wednesday June 22, 2022. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
A member of the staff holds the painting 'Cloud Study' by John Constable, against the backdrop of 'Study for Clouds' by Gerhard Richter at Sotheby's, in London, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. The piece has an estimated price of 100,000-150,000 pounds, while Study for Clouds is 6-8 million pounds and will go on auction on June 29. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, front, returns the ball as Serena Williams of the United States watches during their doubles tennis match against Marie Bouzkova of Czech Republic and Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain at the Eastbourne International tennis tournament in Eastbourne, England, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Rusty Bowers, Arizona state House Speaker, from left, Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, and Gabe Sterling, Georgia Deputy Secretary of State, are sworn in to testify as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Gabe Sterling, Georgia Deputy Secretary of State, testifies as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, is comforted by her mother Ruby Freeman, right, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Fishermen with boats made of cork finish working at dawn along the Malecon sea wall in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Many of the island's people live along a coast prone to storms, hurricanes and the ravages of salty air and water, triggering building collapses in the capital and damaging homes that are already in poor condition. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Texas A&M pitcher Joseph Menefee (6) dives to tag out Notre Dame Jack Brannigan (9) in the ninth inning during an NCAA College World Series baseball game, Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/John Peterson)
San Diego Padres' C.J. Abrams, right, safely steals second base, as Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Jake Hager is late with the tag during the sixth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Soldiers detain a demonstrator during protests against the government of President Guillermo Lasso and rising fuel prices in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Ecuador's defense minister warned Tuesday that the country's democracy was at risk as protesters attacked the prosecutor's office and demonstrations turned increasingly violent in the capital. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, center, and National Rally party newly elected parliament members pose at the National Assembly Wednesday, June 22, 2022 in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron failed to win an absolute majority in parliamentary elections. The far-right National Rally got 89 seats in the 577-member chamber, up from its previous eight. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) leader and Member of Parliament Marine Le Pen talks with medias after a meeting with France's President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron was holding talks Tuesday with France's main party leaders after his centrist alliance failed to win an absolute majority in parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
A man rides his bike along a back road in Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Team Japan competes during the team free preliminaries of artistic swimming at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi)
Team USA competes during the team free preliminaries of artistic swimming at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi)
Ryuya Mura of Japan competes during his men's 200m breaststroke heat at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Activists wearing masks depicting large eyeballs attend a protest against planned updates of the country's national security laws, after a draft was leaked to the media earlier this month, in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Dozens of activists gathered outside the government headquarters to protest against proposed changes to the laws that offer increased power to Romania's intelligence service (SRI), which include an obligation for citizens and companies to offer support to the service if requested. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, marking the 81st anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, marking the 81st anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Chicago Sky guard Courtney Vandersloot, right, fouls Las Vegas Aces guard Kelsey Plum (10) during the second half of a WNBA basketball game Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A section of a classroom door from Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, is seen as Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw testifies at a Texas Senate hearing at the state capitol, Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Austin, Texas. Two teachers and 19 students were killed in last month's mass shooting in Uvalde. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
President Joe Biden holds a baby as he visits a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Church of the Holy Communion Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
A worker wearing a protective suit swabs a man's throat for a COVID-19 test at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
CORRECTS MONTH TO JUNE INSTEAD OF JANUARY - Georgia state Rep. Bee Nguyen celebrates Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Atlanta after winning a runoff election to be the Democratic candidate for Georgia Secretary of State. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
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Katie Holmes filed for divorce from Tom Cruise after five years of marriage.
In 1946, Fred M. Vinson was sworn in as the 13th chief justice of the United States, succeeding the late Harlan F. Stone.
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