Best photos of May 20: Rihanna at Cannes Film Festival to Kashmir's Line of Control

Singer Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, centre, leave the Highest 2 Lowest red carpet event at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes on the French Riviera. Getty Images
Pollution in the Al Ashar River runs through a residential neighbourhood in Basra, Iraq. Many of its waterways have turned into stagnant channels because of reduced water flow from the Shatt Al Arab. Reuters
Fine art students re-enact Khmer Rouge crimes to mark the annual Day of Remembrance at the Choeung Ek genocide memorial in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. AFP
Ragpickers rescue handy items from a rubbish dump on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh Province, Afghanistan. AFP
Vehicles on the motorway between Khlong Toei slum and high-rise buildings in Bangkok, Thailand. AFP
Palestinian mourners carry the bodies of friends, neighbours and relatives killed in Israeli attacks at Al Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital in Gaza city. Reuters
Mohammed Abu Hilal, 2, clings to his mother, Yasmine, inside their tent at the Muwasi camp for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. AP
An Indian Army soldier on guard near the Line of Control in Indian-controlled Kashmir. AFP

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May 20, 2025

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