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Aymara indigenous people play ancestral instruments during the celebration of the Andean New Year 5533, or “Willka Kuti” in Aymara in Tiahuanaco, Bolivia 21 June 2025. Bolivia celebrates the Andean New Year with ancestral rituals, indigenous dances, and prayers for unity and peace to Pachamama, or Mother Earth. (Photo by Luis Gandarillas/EPA/EFE)

Aymara people play traditional instruments during the Andean New Year 5533 (“Willka Kuti”) celebration in Tiwanaku, Bolivia, on June 21, 2025. The festival honors Pachamama (Mother Earth) with ancestral rituals, dances, and prayers for unity and peace.(Photo by Luis Gandarillas/EPA/EFE)

An airplane flies in Chennai on June 12, 2025. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)

An airplane soars through the sky in Chennai, India, on June 12, 2025.(Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)

A man works at a construction site in Puncak Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11 June 2025. 'The unemployment rate in Malaysia dropped to 3.0 percent in April 2025 from 3.3 percent in the same month of the previous year, marking the lowest level since April 2015, according to the latest data released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia. The number of unemployed persons shrank 5.5 percent year-on-year to a more than five-year low of 525.9 thousand, while employment increased by 2.8 percent to a record high of 16.82 million. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)

A laborer works at a construction site in Puncak Alam, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on June 11, 2025. Malaysia’s unemployment rate fell to 3.0% in April 2025—the lowest since 2015—with employment reaching a record 16.82 million.(Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)

A boy sells balloons as the sun sets over the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (Photo by Bilal Hussein/AP Photo)

A boy sells balloons at dusk along Beirut’s Mediterranean coast on June 17, 2025.(Photo by Bilal Hussein/AP Photo)

A man takes advantage of the shade of a palm tree to protect himself from the sun while hydrating himself by drinking water, on a hot day at the beach in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)

A man shelters under a palm tree while drinking water on a hot day at a Barcelona beach, Spain, on July 2, 2025.(Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)

People swim in the Sky Pool, which is a 25-meter long swimming pool, suspended 35 meters above the ground that acts as a bridge between two residential buildings at Embassy Gardens in London, Britain, 13 June 2025. The first yellow heat-health alert of 2025 has been issued for London and other regions of Britain by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) as temperatures are expected to rise up to 30 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Tolga Akmen/EPA)

Swimmers enjoy the 25-meter Sky Pool, suspended 35 meters above ground at Embassy Gardens, London, on June 13, 2025, as temperatures hit 30°C, triggering the UK’s first heat-health alert of the year.(Photo by Tolga Akmen/EPA)

The reinstallation of the 2024 Olympic cauldron designed by French designer Mathieu Lehanneur lifts off at the Jardin des Tuileries, as a ferris wheel dominates the skyline, as seen from near the Monument a Jeanne d'Arc equestrian statue by French sculptor Emmanuel Fremiet, in Paris on June 21, 2025. (Photo by Christophe Delattre/AFP Photo)

The 2024 Olympic cauldron, designed by Mathieu Lehanneur, is reinstalled at Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, with a Ferris wheel in the background, on June 21, 2025.(Photo by Christophe Delattre/AFP Photo)

The setting sun glows behind Salgo Castle as seen from Salgotarjan, northern Hungary, 15 June 2025. (Photo by Peter Komka/EPA)

The setting sun illuminates Salgó Castle in northern Hungary on June 15, 2025.(Photo by Peter Komka/EPA)

A man runs towards the rising sun on a small road on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)

A jogger heads toward the sunrise on a rural path outside Frankfurt, Germany, on July 1, 2025.(Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)

A young woman jumps into the river Rhine to cool off during high temperatures, near Kaiserstuhl, Switzerland, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (Photo by Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP Photo)

A woman jumps into the Rhine River to escape the heat near Kaiserstuhl, Switzerland, on June 22, 2025.(Photo by Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP Photo)

The moon is seen above vehicles crossing the July 15 Martyrs Bridge in Istanbul, Turkiye, on July 6, 2025. (Photo by Isa Terli/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The moon hovers over vehicles crossing Istanbul’s July 15 Martyrs Bridge on July 6, 2025.(Photo by Isa Terli/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Iris van Herpen Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2025-2026 collection show on July 7, 2025. (Photo by Manon Cruz/Reuters)

A model presents a look from Iris van Herpen’s Fall/Winter 2025-2026 collection in Paris on July 7, 2025.(Photo by Manon Cruz/Reuters)

A person walks as flames rise during a the second night of riots, in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on June 10, 2025. (Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)

A pedestrian walks past flames during unrest in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on June 10, 2025.(Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)

People head to cast their ballots in the former Mapocho railway station during a primary held by the Unidos por Chile coalition to choose the ruling party's candidate for the upcoming presidential election, in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (Photo by Esteban Felix/AP Photo)

Voters line up at Santiago’s former Mapocho railway station for the Unidos por Chile coalition primary to select a presidential candidate on June 29, 2025.(Photo by Esteban Felix/AP Photo)

People watch from a bridge as flames from an Israeli attack rise from Sharan Oil depot, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, on June 15, 2025. (Photo by Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)

Onlookers watch flames rise from the Sharan Oil Depot after Israeli strikes on June 15, 2025.(Photo by Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)

Raymond Hinze
Raymond Hinze is a writer and IT consultant with nearly 20 years of experience across the private and public sectors. He's worked as a writer, trainer, technical support person, delivery manager, system admin, and various other roles that involve getting people and technology to work together.