Best photos of May 24: Pilgrims at the Kaaba to closing ceremony at Cannes Film Festival
Pilgrims perform Umrah at the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque before the start of Hajj in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
A nightmarish scene in the aftermath of an overnight Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Reuters
Israeli soldiers keep watch during a weekly settlers' tour in Hebron, the occupied West Bank. Reuters
Cadets throw their hats in the air, as is traditional, at a commencement ceremony for the US Military Academy, at West Point, New York State. Reuters
Rescue workers search for survivors after a nine-storey building under construction collapsed in Angeles, Pampanga province, the Philippines. Reuters
Security officials and rescuers inspect the widespread damage at the scene of a deadly bomb blast on a train in Quetta, Pakistan. EPA
Palestinians assess the destruction of a residential building hit by an overnight Israeli strike, after a displacement warning from the Israeli military, in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza. AFP
Eye Haidara, French-Malian actress and the master of ceremonies, arrives on stage to present the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival, in southern France. AFP