Best photos of May 12: passenger leaving MV Hondius to the Epstein files in New York

A passenger from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius leaves by military bus after disembarking at Granadilla port in Tenerife, Spain. AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron attends the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Kenya. Reuters
Palestinian brides and grooms gather for a mass wedding organised by the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation in Gaza city. AFP
Former president of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa gestures as he arrives to give his statement in a corruption case involving SriLankan Airlines, in Colombo. Reuters
Pro-Palestine protesters at a demonstration outside an Israeli property sales event in New York that included land in the occupied West Bank. EPA
Britain's King Charles III speaks to Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood and his wife Sally as he arrives at London's Royal Albert Hall to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his youth charity The King's Trust. AFP
A flock of flamingoes in a pond in Navi Mumbai, India. AFP
Construction worker Alaa Jouda and his family stand outside the temporary shelter he has built on the ruins of his home in Al Shati refugee camp in Gaza city. EPA
A visitor to a temporary exhibition called The Donald J Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room, in New York. It features bound print-outs of the files released by the US Department of Justice – about 3.5 million pages – relating to convicted sex criminal Epstein. AFP

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May 12, 2026

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