St Petersburg, UNITED STATES
Juneteenth commemorates end of U.S. slavery
Betty Hayes (L) and Jessie Hughes talk during the Juneteenth Freedom Day celebration in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. June 19, 2021. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves elsewhere in the United States. REUTERS/Octavio Jones