Photos of the Week: Air Force Academy, debt deal and cheese-rolling

The Hill staff
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A dancer dressed in magenta spreads her costume's wings as she poses for photos before the May 28 Carnival of Cultures parade
A dancer poses for photos before the May 28 Carnival of Cultures parade in Berlin. Thousands of people attended the festival with costumes from all over the world. Associated Press/Markus Schreiber
Police carry a protester by their hands and feet
Josef Newgarden stands on his care at the finish line after winning the Indianapolis 500
Josef Newgarden celebrates on the finish line after winning the Indianapolis 500 on May 28 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. Associated Press/AJ Mast
Turkish President and People's Alliance presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, center, gestures to supporters
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, center, gestures to supporters May 28 at the presidential palace in Ankara. Erdoğan won reelection, extending his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade as the country reels from high inflation and the aftermath of an earthquake that leveled entire cities. Associated Press/Ali Unal
David Loesch, a 101st Airborne veteran of the Vietnam War, crouches at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as he searches for names
David Loesch, a 101st Airborne veteran of the Vietnam War, searches for the names of soldiers from his unit among those engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during Memorial Day on May 29 in Washington. Samuel Corum/Getty Images
Participants compete in the women's downhill race during the May 29 Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling
Participants compete in the women’s downhill race during the May 29 Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake in Brockworth, England. The competition is an annual event in which participants race down the 200-yard hill chasing a wheel of double Gloucester. Associated Press/Kin Cheung
Boston Celtics guard Derrick White, center, stands in front of the bench as his teammates sit behind him
Boston Celtics guard Derrick White, center, stands in front of the bench as his teammates sit behind him in the closing seconds of Game 7 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals May 29 against the Miami Heat in Boston The Heat won, 103-84, and will face the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals. Associated Press/Michael Dwyer
The sun sets in alignment with Manhattan streets running east and west
The sun sets in alignment with Manhattan streets running east and west, also known as Manhattanhenge, May 30 in New York. Manhattanhenge occurs about the same two days in May and then again on two days in July every year. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images
A KFOR soldier stands in the foreground; behind him are debris and Kosovo police officers guarding a municipal building after clashes
A robot in the foreground makes a chess move while a human in the background controls the robot remotely
A closeup is shown of Rep. Thomas Massie's (R-Ky.) pin counting the national debt
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) wears a pin counting the national debt during a House Rules Committee meeting to discuss the Fiscal Responsibility Act on May 30 at the Capitol in Washington. Tierney L. Cross
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is surrounded by reporters who are using smartphones to record his remarks
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) addresses reporters as he returns to the Capitol following a May 31 interview with Fox News as the House prepared to vote on the Fiscal Responsibility Act to raise the debt ceiling. Greg Nash
Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) hugs Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.). during a May 31 press conference
Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) hugs Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.). during a May 31 press conference in Washington following the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act. Greg Nash
President Biden is helped to his feet after falling on stage during the 2023 U.S. Air Force Academy graduation ceremony
President Biden is helped to his feet after falling on stage during the 2023 U.S. Air Force Academy graduation ceremony June 1 at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colo. Associated Press/Andrew Harnik
A round tank of jellyfish is lit up pink and blue while children behind the tank look on
A child looks at a display of jellyfish at an underwater park on Children’s Day in Beijing. Children’s Day is celebrated June 1 in communist and post-communist countries. Associated Press/Ng Han Guan
A dog wearing an orange vest leaps from a dock into the water while its owner sits to the left and watches
Chris Hart sits on a dock at the Brattleboro Outing Club maintains while her dog, Finnegan, leaps into the West River in Brattleboro, Vt., on June 1 as temperatures rise into the mid-90s. Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP
An aide is shown from behind walking through a doorway and carrying a stack of five pizza boxes
Aides bring pizza and salad to a meeting in Sen. John Thune’s (R-S.D.) office June 1 as the Senate works its way through the Fiscal Responsibly Act to raise the debt ceiling. Greg Nash
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) gives a thumbs
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) gives a thumbs up June 1 following the Senate’s passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act. Greg Nash

Photos curated by: Greg Nash, Tierney L. Cross and Valerie Morris.

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