Pictures of the week: From the new Pope to the Met Gala
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States, appears on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Reuters
A morning Mass is held at St Joseph's Cathedral in Abu Dhabi to mark the election of Pope Leo XIV. Victor Besa / The National
Street performers covered in silver paint shelter from the rain in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. AFP
Miral announces the development of Disneyland Abu Dhabi on Yas Island. Victor Besa / The National
Dubai Medical College reveals its AI-run greenhouse growing medicinal plants. Antonie Robertson/The National
A woman protects herself from the sun with a parasol in Tokyo. Chris Whiteoak / The National
A man looks down from the observation deck of the 68-metre Obelisk in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AFP
An Israeli air strike targets the Nabatieh region in southern Lebanon. EPA
A man stands inside the ruins of a house hit by Pakistani shelling in Uri, in Indian-administered Kashmir. AFP
People attend a protest against the Israeli government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over the war in Gaza, in Jerusalem. Demonstrators also demanded the release of all hostages in captivity in the enclave. Reuters
Russia's Defence Minister Andrei Belousov takes part in a Victory Day parade marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Red Square, Moscow. Reuters
Dhows race from Sir Bu Nair Island to the shores of Dubai, during Al Gaffal Long Distance Heritage competition. Zilzal 25, owned by Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan bin Zayed and skippered by Marwan Abdullah Al Marzouqi, won first place out of 118 dhows. WAM
Scotland's National Piper Louise Marshall playing a lament to the fallen at dawn on Portobello Beach in Edinburgh on the 80th anniversary of VE Day. PA
South Korean former prime minister Han Duck-soo talks with Kim Moon-soo, presidential candidate for South Korea's conservative People Power Party, during a meeting to discuss unifying candidacy in Seoul. Reuters
Spanish painter and sculptor Antonio Lopez gives the finishing touches to a statue of painter Francisco de Goya. EPA
Hundreds of people part in the Sunrise Swim, which marks the first swim of the season, at Brockwell Lido, South London. PA Wire
Venezuelan jockey Junior Alvarado rides Sovereignty to victory in the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 3 in Louisville, Kentucky. AFP
Revellers take part in the Devils and Congos Festival in Portobelo, Panama. AP
Fans pack the shore of Copacabana beach to watch Lady Gaga's free concert in Rio de Janeiro. AP Photo
A driver prepares for the first all-women supercar rally in Dubai. AP
Ukrainian servicemen prepare a night drone for flight towards the front line in the war with Russia, in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region. AFP
A search and rescue operation for passengers after two boats capsized in Qianxi City, in south-west China's Guizhou Province. AP
Two church volunteers help to carry out the rites during a baptism event at Huntington State Beach, California. AFP
Baglihar Dam on the Chenab river, which flows from Indian-administered Kashmir into Pakistan, in Jammu. Reuters
Nuns in Rome, Italy, as the conclave to choose the pope began in The Vatican. Getty Images
A procession after a Mass at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help chapel in Quezon City, Philippines, when the papal conclave began. AP
Damage at Sanaa International Airport in Yemen after an Israeli air strike. Reuters
Pupils from an Indonesian boarding school visit the reclining Buddha statue at the Maha Vihara Mojopahit temple in Mojokerto, East Java. AFP
Indian Air Force personnel patrol a security checkpoint on the outskirts of Srinagar after strikes were launched against Pakistan. EPA
English actor Damson Idris poses on the Met Gala carpet, in New York. Reuters
