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Photos of the Week: 6/18-6/24 (35 photos)

A a glass slide 1,000 feet above the ground in Los Angeles, teachers protesting in Mexico, an Emu is helped away from a California wildfire, LeBron James and the Cavaliers get a champion’s welcome in Cleveland, a selfie in the 125° F heat of Palm Springs, a Hello Kitty face grown on a melon in Japan, and much more. (Editor’s note: I will be out, taking a much-needed vacation, until the end of July. Until then, the Photo section will be in the capable hands of our visuals editor, Emily Epstein. Welcome Emily!)

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People celebrate the summer solstice at the Kokino megalithic observatory, near the city of Kumanovo, Macedonia, on June 21, 2016. (Ognen Teofilovski / Reuters)
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http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/06/photos-of-the-week-618-624/488546/