text: The reverse is true in the Southern Hemisphere, where June 21 marks the start of winter.
  The summer solstice festival dates back thousands of years and is one of the most important dates in the pagan calendar.
  The summer solstice happens sometime between June 20 and June 22 every year for those in the Northern Hemisphere, and this year it's set to happen Thursday for people in the United States.
  About 9,500 people were at the Neolithic monument to greet the start of the longest day of the year, according to Wiltshire Police. If you're in Manhattan, you could then visit Solstice in Times Square: Mind Over Madness Yoga, a day of free yoga classes to celebrate the longest day of the year and the beginning of the summer season.
  At its winter solstice, the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, so it gets less sunlight and the sun takes a shorter path through the sky. Even that's an approximation - Earth's atmosphere bends light over the horizon by different amounts depending on weather, which can introduce changes of more than a minute to sunrise and sunset times.
  The sun's angle relative to Earth's equator changes so gradually close to the solstices that, without instruments, the shift is hard to perceive for about 10 days.
  The 22 year-old managed two goals and two assists in their run to the semi-finals before being removed by Olympique de Marseille. Andreas Granqvist (left) celebrates with teammate Albin Ekdal after scoring from the penalty spot against South Korea .
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  Trump said that North Korea is 'destroying a major missile engine testing site, ' which would represent a win for America. He took a night-time stroll around some of the country's sights ahead of his summit with US President Donald Trump.