Best photos of May 12: Fishermen in Gaza to elections in the Philippines

Palestinian fishermen row their boats toward the shore in Gaza, 12 May 2025. Palestinians continue fishing despite border closures and limited supply impacting availability, making fish an expensive commodity in Gaza. The United Nations estimated that daily fish catches in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2024 had plummeted to 7. 3 percent of the 2022 levels, further increasing acute food insecurity and risk of famine. EPA / HAITHAM IMAD
An Afghan farmer harvests opium from a poppy field on the outskirts of Faizabad district in Badakhshan province. AFP
The Swayambhunath Stupa is pictured during a ceremony commemorating Buddha's birth anniversary, in Kathmandu, Nepal. AFP
Saudi and US flags flutter under a flyover on a main road in Riyadh. AFP
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses the Conference of Speakers of the EU Parliaments in Budapest. AFP
Ultra-Orthodox Jews harvest wheat in a field outside Modiin, Israel. It will be stored, then used to grind flour to make unleavened bread. EPA
Pope Leo XIV visiting the Apartment III Loggia in the Vatican. AFP
Filipinos look for their names on charts to cast their election ballots at a polling station in Muntinlupa city, Metro Manila, the Philippines. EPA

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May 12, 2025

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