Photos of global celebrations marking the start of the summer and winter solstices

APTOPIX Romania Summer Solstice

APTOPIX Romania Summer Solstice, Romania Summer Solstice, Texas Summer Solstice, APTOPIX Spain San Juan Night, Lithuania Saint John's Day, APTOPIX Lithuania Saint John's Day, Bolivia Andean New Year, APTOPIX Bolivia Andean New Year, Russia Summer Solstice, Ecuador Sun Festival

Girls wearing crowns made of flowers dance during an event inspired by pre-Christian traditions, in which fairies, called in Romanian "Sanziene," come to earth around the summer solstice bringing fertility to land and beings, at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Romania Summer Solstice

APTOPIX Romania Summer Solstice, Romania Summer Solstice, Texas Summer Solstice, APTOPIX Spain San Juan Night, Lithuania Saint John's Day, APTOPIX Lithuania Saint John's Day, Bolivia Andean New Year, APTOPIX Bolivia Andean New Year, Russia Summer Solstice, Ecuador Sun Festival

Girls, wearing traditional outfits, dance during an event inspired by pre-Christian traditions, in which fairies, called in Romanian "Sanziene," come to earth around the summer solstice bringing fertility to land and beings, at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

APTOPIX Romania Summer Solstice, Romania Summer Solstice, Texas Summer Solstice, APTOPIX Spain San Juan Night, Lithuania Saint John's Day, APTOPIX Lithuania Saint John's Day, Bolivia Andean New Year, APTOPIX Bolivia Andean New Year, Russia Summer Solstice, Ecuador Sun Festival

Women, wearing crowns made of flowers, dance during an event inspired by pre-Christian traditions, in which fairies, called in Romanian "Sanziene," come to earth around the summer solstice bringing fertility to land and beings, at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

APTOPIX Romania Summer Solstice, Romania Summer Solstice, Texas Summer Solstice, APTOPIX Spain San Juan Night, Lithuania Saint John's Day, APTOPIX Lithuania Saint John's Day, Bolivia Andean New Year, APTOPIX Bolivia Andean New Year, Russia Summer Solstice, Ecuador Sun Festival

Alisa, 9 years-old, looks inside a village home, during an event inspired by pre-Christian traditions, in which fairies, called in Romanian "Sanziene," come to earth around the summer solstice bringing fertility to land and beings, at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Texas Summer Solstice

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Catherine Cisneros performs a dance across the lighted squares of Christopher Janey's "Passing Light" solar sculpture that aligns each Summer Solstice at San Antonio International Airport, Friday, June 20, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

APTOPIX Spain San Juan Night

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A couple kiss as they celebrate the night of San Juan on the beach, watching the sunrise that coincides with the summer solstice, marking the arrival of the summer season in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Lithuania Saint John's Day

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People wearing traditional Lithuanian village-style clothes dance as they celebrate Saint John's Day and the summer solstice in the small town of Kernave, some 35km (22 miles) northwest of the capital, Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

APTOPIX Lithuania Saint John's Day

APTOPIX Romania Summer Solstice, Romania Summer Solstice, Texas Summer Solstice, APTOPIX Spain San Juan Night, Lithuania Saint John's Day, APTOPIX Lithuania Saint John's Day, Bolivia Andean New Year, APTOPIX Bolivia Andean New Year, Russia Summer Solstice, Ecuador Sun Festival

A girl wearing a crown made of flowers takes part in the Saint John's Day and Summer Solstice celebration in the small town of Kernave, some 35km (22 miles) northwest of the capital, Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

APTOPIX Romania Summer Solstice, Romania Summer Solstice, Texas Summer Solstice, APTOPIX Spain San Juan Night, Lithuania Saint John's Day, APTOPIX Lithuania Saint John's Day, Bolivia Andean New Year, APTOPIX Bolivia Andean New Year, Russia Summer Solstice, Ecuador Sun Festival

People wear traditional Lithuanian village-styled clothes as they celebrate Saint John's Day and the summer solstice in the small town of Kernave, some 35km (22 miles) northwest of the capital, Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Bolivia Andean New Year

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Indigenous people gather to celebrate the Andean New Year 5533 marking the Southern Hemisphere's winter solstice, in El Alto, Bolivia, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

APTOPIX Bolivia Andean New Year

APTOPIX Romania Summer Solstice, Romania Summer Solstice, Texas Summer Solstice, APTOPIX Spain San Juan Night, Lithuania Saint John's Day, APTOPIX Lithuania Saint John's Day, Bolivia Andean New Year, APTOPIX Bolivia Andean New Year, Russia Summer Solstice, Ecuador Sun Festival

Aymara Indigenous people hold up their hands to receive the first rays of sunlight in celebration of the Andean New Year 5533 marking the Southern Hemisphere's winter solstice, in El Alto, Bolivia, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Russia Summer Solstice

APTOPIX Romania Summer Solstice, Romania Summer Solstice, Texas Summer Solstice, APTOPIX Spain San Juan Night, Lithuania Saint John's Day, APTOPIX Lithuania Saint John's Day, Bolivia Andean New Year, APTOPIX Bolivia Andean New Year, Russia Summer Solstice, Ecuador Sun Festival

People wearing traditional Russian village-style clothes celebrate the summer solstice near a bonfire in the village of Okunevo, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) northeast of the Siberian city of Omsk, in Okunevo, Russia, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Sofiychuk)

APTOPIX Romania Summer Solstice, Romania Summer Solstice, Texas Summer Solstice, APTOPIX Spain San Juan Night, Lithuania Saint John's Day, APTOPIX Lithuania Saint John's Day, Bolivia Andean New Year, APTOPIX Bolivia Andean New Year, Russia Summer Solstice, Ecuador Sun Festival

People wearing traditional Russian village-style clothes celebrate the summer solstice near a bonfire in the village of Okunevo, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) northeast of the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, in Okunevo, Russia, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Sofiychuk)

APTOPIX Romania Summer Solstice, Romania Summer Solstice, Texas Summer Solstice, APTOPIX Spain San Juan Night, Lithuania Saint John's Day, APTOPIX Lithuania Saint John's Day, Bolivia Andean New Year, APTOPIX Bolivia Andean New Year, Russia Summer Solstice, Ecuador Sun Festival

People wearing traditional Russian village-style clothes celebrate the summer solstice near a bonfire in the village of Okunevo, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) northeast of the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, in Okunevo, Russia, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Sofiychuk)

Ecuador Sun Festival

APTOPIX Romania Summer Solstice, Romania Summer Solstice, Texas Summer Solstice, APTOPIX Spain San Juan Night, Lithuania Saint John's Day, APTOPIX Lithuania Saint John's Day, Bolivia Andean New Year, APTOPIX Bolivia Andean New Year, Russia Summer Solstice, Ecuador Sun Festival

Indigenous people dance during the traditional Inti Raymi, or Festival of the Sun, coinciding with the winter solstice in Cotacachi, Ecuador, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

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