The Week in Pictures: June 25 - July 2 - NBC News.com

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1. Sunbathers crowd a beach in Utrecht, the Netherlands on July 1, 2015, as they enjoy a warm summer day.
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2. Gerald Gafford, right, comforts his partner of 28 years, Jeff Sralla, left, as they stand before Judge Amy Clark Meachum to obtain a time waiver at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry nationwide on June 26.

The court's 5-4 ruling means the remaining 14 states, in the South and Midwest, will have to stop enforcing their bans on same-sex marriage. Sralla broke into tears as the judge approved the waiver allowing the couple to get married this weekend.
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3. Malana Pinckney, daughter of Reverand Clementa Pinckney, is hugged by her mother Jennifer as she looks towards President Barack Obama at the start of her father's funeral at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 26.

Pinckney was killed along with eight others during Bible study at the South Carolina church. His eulogy was delivered in person by President Barack Obama.
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4. The moon rises as people sit on rides at the State Fair Meadowlands, on July 1, in East Rutherford, N.J. The fair closes on Sunday.
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5. Security forces and rescue teams examine the wreckage of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules transport plane after it crashed into a residential area in the North Sumatra city of Medan, Indonesia, on June 30. At least 30 people were killed when the plane crashed two minutes after take-off in northern Indonesia, putting a fresh spotlight on the country's woeful air safety record.
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6. A woman pulling a shopping cart reacts outside a closed Eurobank branch in Athens, Greece on June 29. Greece closed its banks and imposed capital controls on Sunday to check the growing strains on its crippled financial system, bringing the prospect of being forced out of the euro into plain sight.
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7. A rider competes in the Bareback Bronc competition, on June 29, during the Broken Horn Rodeo at the Lincoln County Fair near Stanford, Ky.
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8. A woman grieves as she lays flowers at the beach next to the Imperial Marhaba Hotel where 38 people were killed the day before in a terrorist attack on June 27, in Souuse, Tunisia. The Prime Minister of Tunisia announced a clampdown on security after the attack on a holiday resort.
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9. A week-old panda cub sleeps in an incubator at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding on June 30 in Chengdu, China. The twin female cubs were born by artificial insemination to seven-year-old Kelin on June 22. China's Sichuan province is home to the majority of the the world's nearly 1,900 endangered giant pandas.
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10. Li Tingting, second from right, laughs as she is lifted off the ground by Teresa Xu, right, outside of a beauty salon where the two were preparing for their wedding as clerks from an adjacent shop look on in Beijing, on July 2. A prominent Chinese lesbian couple held a simple ceremony Thursday to announce their informal marriage, in their latest effort to push for legalization of same-sex unions in China.
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11. A street performer in a Mickey Mouse costume rests on a bench in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 1, the day an 11.5% sales tax went into effect, the highest of any U.S. state. The island's administration has been pushing for Congress to let the government and public agencies seek bankruptcy protection, while the White House has said no one is contemplating a federal bailout of Puerto Rico.
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12. Actors perform during the closing ceremony of the 1st European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan on June 28.
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13. A pensioner is squeezed as she waits outside a National Bank branch to receive part of her pension in Athens, Greece, on July 1. Greece's last-minute overtures to international creditors for financial aid on Tuesday were not enough to save the country from becoming the first developed economy to default on a loan with the International Monetary Fund.
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14. Julie Smith, right, embraces her neighbor Renee Monson as they stand near the remains of Smith's home, destroyed in a wildfire the night before, on June 29, in Wenatchee, Wash. The wildfire fueled by high temperatures and strong winds roared into town Sunday afternoon. The blaze ignited in brush just outside Wenatchee, quickly burning out of control.
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15. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden embrace while walking into the Oval Office, shortly before Obama was to deliver remarks on the Supreme Court’s ruling on King v. Burwell, at the White House, in Washington, D.C. on June 25.

The Supreme Court ruled earlier on Thursday to uphold the nationwide availability of tax subsidies that are crucial to President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, also known as Obamacare.
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16. A relative sits on the floor as she grieves on July 2 next to a family portrait and the body of one of the victims of the unrest that rocked the Mutakura neighbourhood in Bujumbura on Wednesday.

At least six people, including one policeman, were killed in Burundi's capital on Wednesday, witnesses and a police spokesman said, in the latest violent clash between police and residents since Monday's parliamentary election.

Burundi has been locked in its worst political crisis since its civil war ended a decade ago, with protests erupting in late April against President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid to seek a third term in office. Dozens have been killed.
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17. An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 28. The rocket exploded about two minutes after liftoff on Sunday, destroying a cargo ship bound for the International Space Station, NASA said.
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18. People swim during the annual crossing of Lake Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland on July 1. The participants crossed a distance of 4,921 ft.
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19. Members of the Girl Scouts participate in the first-ever White House Campout on June 30 on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC. The first lady hosted the event, as part of her Let's Move! Outside initiative.
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