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Hiroshima marks the 76th anniversary of its atomic bombing by the United States with a ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. The mayor is expected to urge world leaders to shift away from nuclear deterrence to trust-building dialogue, against the backdrop of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. IMAGES
Polish minister of defence Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz and Parliament speaker Szymon Holownia attend a ceremony in Warsaw celebrating 25 years since Poland's accession to NATO. A day earlier, President Andrzej Duda urged NATO members to increase their defence spending to three percent of GDP in response to Russia's aggression against Ukraine. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives at Northern Ireland's Assembly in Belfast on the second day of his two-day visit to the UK territory, which comes after Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill made history by becoming its first nationalist leader. O'Neill, a pro-Irish unity politician, has predicted that Northern Ireland will hold a vote on unification with Ireland within the next decade. However, Sunak's government said earlier this week that Northern Ireland's place within the UK appears "secure for decades". IMAGES
Public sector workers in Northern Ireland rally in Belfast as tens of thousands of employees go on mass strike, with no end in sight to a protracted political crisis that has left the UK province without a devolved government for almost two years. IMAGES
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva marks the first anniversary of the far-right riots that rocked the Brazilian capital last year with a ceremony in Congress declaring "democracy unbowed." IMAGES