• Crews conduct a controlled demolition of a section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge resting on the Dali container ship in Baltimore on May 13, 2024. The Francis Scott Key Bridge, a major transit route into the busy port of Baltimore, collapsed on March 26 when the Dali container ship lost power and collided into a support column, killing six roadway construction workers. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)
    Crews conduct a controlled demolition of a section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge resting on the Dali container ship in Baltimore on May 13, 2024. The Francis Scott Key Bridge, a major transit route into the busy port of Baltimore, collapsed on March 26 when the Dali container ship lost power and collided into a support column, killing six roadway construction workers. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)
  • A base jumper leaps off the 351.5m Lotus Tower, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters
    A base jumper leaps off the 351.5m Lotus Tower, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters
  • Workers install the red carpet for the Cannes Film Festival, in France. EPA
    Workers install the red carpet for the Cannes Film Festival, in France. EPA
  • Mia, a beagle from Connecticut, gets ready to compete during the 148th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, in New York City. Reuters
    Mia, a beagle from Connecticut, gets ready to compete during the 148th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, in New York City. Reuters
  • Herders tend camels at a field in Raqqa, Syria. AFP
    Herders tend camels at a field in Raqqa, Syria. AFP
  • Houses on the slopes of Jalousie district in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP
    Houses on the slopes of Jalousie district in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP
  • Smoke rises in the distance in Noumea, New Caledonia, amid protests against proposed constitutional amendments before elections in the overseas French territory. AFP
    Smoke rises in the distance in Noumea, New Caledonia, amid protests against proposed constitutional amendments before elections in the overseas French territory. AFP
  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is seeking re-election, centre, and the Chief Minsiter of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, left, greet supporters during a rally of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Varanasi, India. EPA
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is seeking re-election, centre, and the Chief Minsiter of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, left, greet supporters during a rally of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Varanasi, India. EPA
  • A protester wearing a composite of the Georgian and European flags faces policemen blocking a street during a rally against a draft bill on 'foreign agents' near the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia. EPA
    A protester wearing a composite of the Georgian and European flags faces policemen blocking a street during a rally against a draft bill on 'foreign agents' near the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia. EPA
  • Preschoolers interact with educational robot Nao, at a creche on the university campus of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, in Lausanne, Switzerland. AFP
    Preschoolers interact with educational robot Nao, at a creche on the university campus of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, in Lausanne, Switzerland. AFP
  • A man speaks walks past a relief on an ancient gate, in the ruins of ancient Persepolis, which served as the capital of the Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 BC), in southern Iran. AFP
    A man speaks walks past a relief on an ancient gate, in the ruins of ancient Persepolis, which served as the capital of the Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 BC), in southern Iran. AFP
  • The Burgenstock resort above Lake Lucerne, which will host a peace conference for Ukraine in June. Switzerland has invited more than 160 delegations to next month's conference, the Foreign Ministry said, although Russia is not among them 'at this stage'. AFP
    The Burgenstock resort above Lake Lucerne, which will host a peace conference for Ukraine in June. Switzerland has invited more than 160 delegations to next month's conference, the Foreign Ministry said, although Russia is not among them 'at this stage'. AFP
  • Malians take part in the annual replastering of the world's largest mud-brick building, the Great Mosque of Djenne. The building has been on Unesco's World Heritage in Danger list since 2016. The mosque and surrounding town are threatened by conflict. AP
    Malians take part in the annual replastering of the world's largest mud-brick building, the Great Mosque of Djenne. The building has been on Unesco's World Heritage in Danger list since 2016. The mosque and surrounding town are threatened by conflict. AP
  • A rainbow above the skyline of Kuwait City, after heavy rain. AFP
    A rainbow above the skyline of Kuwait City, after heavy rain. AFP

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