Best photos of May 15: Celebrations in Damascus to the red carpet at Cannes

  • Citizens celebrate and set off fireworks in Damascus following Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara's speech after the lifting of US sanctions. EPA
    Citizens celebrate and set off fireworks in Damascus following Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara's speech after the lifting of US sanctions. EPA
  • Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim and US President Donald Trump arrive to greet guests ahead of a state dinner at Lusail Palace in Doha. AFP
    Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim and US President Donald Trump arrive to greet guests ahead of a state dinner at Lusail Palace in Doha. AFP
  • Members of the security forces on patrol after an Israeli raid in Tammoun, near Tubas, in the occupied West Bank. Reuters
    Members of the security forces on patrol after an Israeli raid in Tammoun, near Tubas, in the occupied West Bank. Reuters
  • Palestinians carry the bodies of Moath and Moataz AlBayouk, children killed in Israeli strikes, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. Reuters
    Palestinians carry the bodies of Moath and Moataz AlBayouk, children killed in Israeli strikes, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. Reuters
  • Security forces maintain vigil as leaders, workers and supporters of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party participate in a flag march in solidarity with the Indian Armed Forces, in Srinagar, Kashmir. EPA
    Security forces maintain vigil as leaders, workers and supporters of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party participate in a flag march in solidarity with the Indian Armed Forces, in Srinagar, Kashmir. EPA
  • Two ducks stained with blue paint at Tulip Lake in the Botanical Garden in Jundiai, Brazil, after a lorry carrying 1,000 litres of dye crashed and spilt its contents. EPA
    Two ducks stained with blue paint at Tulip Lake in the Botanical Garden in Jundiai, Brazil, after a lorry carrying 1,000 litres of dye crashed and spilt its contents. EPA
  • New Volkswagen ID.3 electric cars sit stored in a glass tower at the Volkswagen plant in Dresden, Germany. Getty Images
    New Volkswagen ID.3 electric cars sit stored in a glass tower at the Volkswagen plant in Dresden, Germany. Getty Images
  • Zoe Saldana arrives for the screening of the film Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning at the Cannes Film Festival in southern France. AFP
    Zoe Saldana arrives for the screening of the film Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning at the Cannes Film Festival in southern France. AFP