Students are drawing pictures at the “2025 National High School Art and Design Competition” held at the Samyuk University Gymnasium in Nowon-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the June 19, 2025. The students were filmed by hanging a basketball goal with a drone. (Photo by Jang Yeon-seong)





On June 21, 2025, foreign tourists took a commemorative photo under a sculpture depicting the wrist movements of singer Psy's “Gangnam Style” dance at the COEX East Plaza in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. (Photo by Nam Kang-ho)





A window cleaner uses a squeegee while rappelling down a commercial building in Seoul on June 23, 2025. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





On the June 24, 2025, at the Daejeon Daedeok-gu Hyeondo Bridge area, Daejeon Dongbu Fire Station rescue team members and safety center staff are conducting lifesaving training using surfboards and other water rescue equipment, assuming a drowning or isolated person requiring rescue. (Photo by Shin Hyeon-jong)





Foreign tourists are taking photos and videos during the “Squid Game Season 3” parade event held in Sejong-daero, Seoul on June 28, 2025, as the final season of the Netflix series “Squid Game” was released. (Photo by Nam Kang-ho)





On the July 1, 2025, a self-driving bus is undergoing a test run on a road near Soongsil University in Dongjak-gu, Seoul. (Photo by Jang Gyeong-sik)





A black cat rests amongst sticky traps used to catch lovebugs or Plecia nearctica at Mount Gyeyang summit in Incheon on July 3, 2025. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





On the afternoon of the July 10, 2025, when the daytime temperature in Seoul reached 37 degrees Celsius, the temperature for that day was displayed on an electronic board installed on Hongdae Street in Mapo-gu, Seoul. (Photo by Park Seong-won)





A visitor touches the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 smartphone at a Samsung store in Seoul on July 10, 2025. Samsung unveiled on July 9, the new generation of its foldable smartphone, the Z Fold7, dramatically slimmed down in an attempt to jumpstart this still-niche market. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je/AFP Photo)





On the July 10, 2025, an elderly couple in Eonam-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon, who finished their field work, cooled off by sitting on a bench in the yard near the water tap. (Photo by Shin Hyeon-jong)





On the July 10, 2025, as the artificial tree observatory “Big Tree”, which had been highly anticipated as a landmark in Changwon-si, Gyeongnam, showed a construction rate of over 90%, a citizen pointed to Big Tree and said, “That's over 30 billion won?”. (Photo by Kim Dong-hwan)





On the afternoon of the July 12, 2025, on Garosu-gil in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Foreign tourists are taking pictures in front of a large advertisement of Blackpink's Jennie hanging on the exterior wall of the perfume brand Tamburins flagship store. (Photo by Go Woon-ho)





On the morning of the July 17, 2025, when a 100mm water bomb fell on Chungnam, residents near Sinsong-ri, Dangjin-si, Chungnam are escaping from their submerged homes. One resident said, “We left all our belongings behind in the rapidly rising rainwater since dawn”. (Photo by Park Seong-won)





People wade through an inundated street due to heavy rain in Gwangju, South Korea, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Photo by Jeong Da-eum/Yonhap via AP Photo)





Cows take shelter on the verandah of a house damaged during torrential rain, at a cattle farm in Yesan, South Korea, on July 18, 2025. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





The damaged pillars of a bridge over the Yeongsan River in the flood-hit city of Gwangju, southwestern South Korea, 18 July 2025. Heavy rains that pounded the nation's central and southern regions in recent days have left at least four people dead, forcing over 5,000 people to evacuate, according to officials. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





A damaged convenience store building is seen after heavy rains in Gapyeong, South Korea, Sunday, July 20, 2025. (Photo by Lee Young-hwan/Newsis via AP Photo)





A woman inspects damage around a collapsed building in the aftermath of torrential rain, in Gapyeong, South Korea on July 21, 2025. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





On July 24, 2025, when a heat wave hit the entire country, children who came to Gwangmyeong Cave in Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do, to escape the heat, are looking around the cave. (Photo by Jang Gyeong-sik)





Children play in a water fountain on July 25, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. The Korean Peninsula has been covered by a double layer of high pressure, pushing up the maximum daily temperatures to 37°C in Seoul, Daejeon and other parts of the country Friday, the state weather service said. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)