Week in Pictures
The Week in Pictures: May 30 - June 6
Trump's awkward handshake with the queen, veterans return to Normandy, Tiananmen remembered and more.
Midwest floods
Floodwaters from the Mississippi River cut off the roadway from Missouri into Illinois at the states' border on May 30, 2019 in Saint Mary, Missouri.
The middle-section of the country has been experiencing major flooding since mid-March especially along the Missouri, Arkansas, and Mississippi Rivers.
Towns along the Mississippi River have been experiencing the longest stretch of major flooding from the river in nearly a century.
Not a fistbump
President Donald Trump is greeted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on June 3 in London.
Some claimed on Twitter that the president fistbumped the queen when he arrived, but it was just a slightly awkward handshake.
D-Day parachutes
Military re-enactors look on as 280 paratroopers take part in a parachute drop onto fields on June 5 in Sannerville, France, ahead of D-Day commemorations.
The Normandy invasion was a pivotal moment in World War II, weakening the Nazis' hold on Western Europe after they suffered a punishing defeat in Stalingrad in the east.
Veteran salutes
D-Day veteran Reg Charles, 96, the last surviving member of the heroic glider assault on Pegasus Bridge, salutes during a memorial ceremony at the Pegasus Bridge Museum on June 5 in Caen, France.
Remembering Tiananmen
As many as 180,000 people were expected to attend the candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Hong Kong on June 4, the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Commemorations took place in cities around the world to remember those who died when Chinese troops cracked down on pro-democracy protesters.
No one knows for sure how many people were killed as China continues to censor any coverage or discussion of the event that takes place during the anniversary.
Not-so-wild deer
Schoolchildren walk past wild sika deer on June 6 in Nara, Japan.
Nara's free-roaming deer have become a huge attraction for tourists.
However, an autopsy on a deer that was recently found dead near one of the city's famous temples discovered 7 pounds of plastic in its stomach and caused concern at the effect of tourism as Japan struggles to cope with a huge increase in domestic and international tourists.
Virginia Beach shooting
Cathy Whitley, Brenda Flowers and Renee Gathers pray during a service organized by Lifehouse Virginia Beach in the parking lot of a local shopping center the day after a mass shooting left 13 people dead, on June 1 in Virginia Beach.
The names of the 12 victims of the shooting rampage at the city's Municipal Center were made public along with the identity of the shooter, city engineer DeWayne Craddock.
Border surge
Migrants are loaded onto a bus by U.S. Border Patrol agents after being detained when they crossed into the United States from Mexico on June 1 in El Paso, Texas.
The location is in an area where migrants frequently turn themselves in to Border Patrol and ask for asylum after crossing the border. In recent months, U.S. immigration officials have seen a surge in the number of asylum seekers arriving at the border.
Honoring the fallen
President Donald Trump reaches out to touch a gravestone alongside first lady Melania Trump in the Normandy American Cemetery to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Colleville-sur-Mer, France on June 6.
The cemetery contains the graves of over 9,600 U.S. soldiers killed on D-Day and in the Battle of Normandy.