Noting the Tour's status as the world's marquee cycling event, pro cyclist Anna van der Breggen says, "It's long been a dream for many of us to compete in a women's Tour de France."

Iran is holding a presidential election on Friday. If polls are right, a hard-liner close to the supreme leader will win, with an exceptionally low voter turnout.

"We can all finally celebrate. The whole country together," says the 94-year-old who has been working for years to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

June 19 is a commemoration of the end of chattel slavery in the United States, marking the day enslaved people in Texas were finally freed — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.