The Week in Pictures: June 18 - 25 - NBC News.com

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1. Rev. Norvel Goff prays at the empty seat of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church four days after a mass shooting that claimed the lives of Pinckney and eight others on June 21 in Charleston, S.C.
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2. Gary and Aurelia Washington, center left and right, the son and granddaughter of Ethel Lance, who died in a mass shooting earlier in the week, leave a sidewalk memorial in front of Emanuel AME Church comforted by fellow family members on June 18 in Charleston, S.C. Dylann Storm Roof was arrested in the slayings of nine people, including the pastor at a prayer meeting inside the historic church.
David Goldman / AP





3. A Buddhist novice prays at a monastery affiliated with the MaBaTha organization on the outskirts of Yangon. The MaBaTha organization promotes hardline Buddhist nationalism in Myanmar.
Christophe Archambault / AFP - Getty Images





4. Flood water reflects damaged homes in Coal City, Illinois, a community of about 5,000 residents 60 miles southwest of Chicago, where the National Weather Service confirmed that a twister touched down on June 23. A storm system flattened homes across the Midwest and slammed the Northeast on June 22 with heavy rain and strong winds, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands, snarling transportation and overturning semi-trucks on interstates.
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5. Muslims attend Friday prayers during the second day of Ramadan, in the courtyard of a housing estate next to the small BBC community center and mosque in east London on June 19.
Stefan Wermuth / Reuters





6. A stall holder covers over a carousel at the end of the day at The Hoppings fun fair, believed to be one of the largest travelling fairs in Europe, on its opening day in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England on June 19.
Oli Scarff / AFP - Getty Images





7. Participants dance on Surf Avenue during the 33rd annual Mermaid Parade in New York's Coney Island on June 20. The parade began in 1983 and takes place on the Saturday closest to the first day of summer.
Justin Lane / EPA





8. A man carries a box into the only shop open on an Athens street on June 25. Desperate Greeks expressed fears for their future Friday as more than $1.1 billion was withdrawn from banks in a single day, pushing the country closer towards a default.
Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP





9. Palestinians, not permitted by Israeli security forces to cross into Jerusalem from the West Bank due to an age limit, climb over a section of the controversial Israeli barrier as they try to make their way to attend the first Friday prayer of Ramadan in Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque, in the village of Al-Ram, near Ramallah on June 19.
Mohamad Torokman / Reuters





10. Dylann Roof appears via video before a judge in Charleston, S.C., on June 19. The 21-year-old accused of killing nine people inside he historic Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church made his first court appearance, with the relatives of all the victims making tearful statements.
Centralized Bond Hearing Court, of Charleston, S.C. via AP





11. Ash from Mount Sinabung volcano fills the sky over an abandoned church during another eruption in Karo, in Indonesia's North Sumatra province on June 19. Sinabung rumbled back to life in 2013 after a period of inactivity, since then around 10,000 people have had to evacuate their homes.
Sutanta Aditya / AFP - Getty Images





12. Migrants sit on the deck of the Belgian Navy vessel Godetia after they were saved during a search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coasts on June 24. Hundreds of migrants were rescued by the Godetia, which is part of a fleet taking part in the Triton migrants rescue operation.
Gregorio Borgia / AP





13. A rider and his horse rear during the traditional Saint John festival in Ciutadella, on the Balearic Island of Minorca, Spain on June 24. During the festival, race horses gallop and prance on their hind legs through the streets to honor of the town's patron saint. As the "caixers" (horse riders) ride together in a parade, spectators attempt to pat the horses' chests to get good luck.
Jaime Reina / AFP - Getty Images





14. The Crew onboard Australia's HMAS Canberra stand at attention as they honor the country’s oldest naval ship, the HMAS Tobruk (not pictured) as she arrives at Garden Island following a final voyage to Sydney on June 25. Tobruk, Australia's longest serving naval ship has been in service for 35 years and has sailed almost a million nautical miles around the world.
Jung Yeon-je / AFP - Getty Images





15. A wounded child looks on after receiving treatment at a make-shift medical center in Douma on the northeastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus on June 17, following reported heavy shelling and air strikes by government forces on the rebel-held town.
Abd Doumany / AFP - Getty Images





16. A guard sits on the rubble of the house of Brigadier Fouad al-Emad, an army commander loyal to the Houthis, after air strikes destroyed it in Sanaa, Yemen on June 15. Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition bombarded Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa overnight as the country's warring factions prepared for talks expected to start in Geneva on Monday.
Khaled Abdullah / Reuters





17. A Syrian migrant holds up his daughter as lifejackets float on the water after their arrival from Turkish coasts at a beach in Mytilene, on the northeastern Greek island of Lesvos, early on June 16. Lesvos has been bearing the brunt of a huge influx of migrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa crossing from the Turkish coast to nearby Greek islands. More than 50,000 migrants have arrived in Greece already this year, compared to 6,500 in the first five months of last year.
Thanassis Stavrakis / AP