Best photos of May 7: Indian patrol in Kashmir to Germany's new Chancellor

Indian Air Force personnel patrol a security checkpoint in the outskirts of Srinagar, Kashmir, India, 07 May 2025. On 07 May, the Indian Armed Forces launched 'Operation Sindoor', hitting alleged terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. EPA / FAROOQ KHAN
Destroyed shelters at an UNRWA school housing displaced people after an Israeli strike on the Bureij refugee camp in Gaza. AFP
Damage at Sanaa International Airport in Yemen after an Israeli air strike. Reuters
A procession after a mass at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help chapel in Quezon City, Philippines on Wednesday, when the conclave to choose the next pope began in The Vatican. AP
A rehearsal for a Moscow parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Reuters
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a debate on EU support for peace in Ukraine at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. EPA
Pupils from an Indonesian boarding school visit the reclining Buddha statue at the Maha Vihara Mojopahit temple in Mojokerto, East Java. AFP
New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz boards an aircraft in Berlin. AP

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May 07, 2025

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