• Crowds look at projections on the sails of the Sydney Opera House during the official start of Vivid Sydney, promoted as the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas, in Sydney, Australia, May 25, 2018. The festival will run for 23 days. REUTERS / David Gray
    Crowds look at projections on the sails of the Sydney Opera House during the official start of Vivid Sydney, promoted as the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas, in Sydney, Australia, May 25, 2018. The festival will run for 23 days. REUTERS / David Gray
  • A man hangs strands of vermicelli, a specialty eaten during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, to dry at a factory on the outskirts of Agartala, India. REUTERS / Jayanta Dey
    A man hangs strands of vermicelli, a specialty eaten during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, to dry at a factory on the outskirts of Agartala, India. REUTERS / Jayanta Dey
  • Germany's Martin Kaymer during the second round Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs
    Germany's Martin Kaymer during the second round Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs
  • Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy reacts after a missed putt during the second round Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs
    Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy reacts after a missed putt during the second round Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs
  • People protest against the merger of Germany's pharmaceutical and chemical maker Bayer with U.S. seeds and agrochemicals company Monsanto, before Bayer's annual general shareholders meeting in Bonn, Germany. REUTERS / Wolfgang Rattay
    People protest against the merger of Germany's pharmaceutical and chemical maker Bayer with U.S. seeds and agrochemicals company Monsanto, before Bayer's annual general shareholders meeting in Bonn, Germany. REUTERS / Wolfgang Rattay
  • Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits the stand of Japan at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg. AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV
    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits the stand of Japan at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg. AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV
  • epa06761925 A photographer makes an image of workers posing with British artists JMW Turner's Caligula's Palace and Bridge (L) John Constable's Salisbury Cathedral in the Meadow (R) (both 1831) during a photo-call for the exhibition Fire and Water a display of Constable and Turner at Tate Britain in London, Britain, 25 May 2018. Fire and Water brings John Constable's painting Salisbury Cathedral in the Meadow and JMW Turner's Caligula's Palace and Bridge both (1831) on display for the first time in 180 yers. The display opens to the public on 26th May 2018 at Tate Britain. EPA/NEIL HALL
    epa06761925 A photographer makes an image of workers posing with British artists JMW Turner's Caligula's Palace and Bridge (L) John Constable's Salisbury Cathedral in the Meadow (R) (both 1831) during a photo-call for the exhibition Fire and Water a display of Constable and Turner at Tate Britain in London, Britain, 25 May 2018. Fire and Water brings John Constable's painting Salisbury Cathedral in the Meadow and JMW Turner's Caligula's Palace and Bridge both (1831) on display for the first time in 180 yers. The display opens to the public on 26th May 2018 at Tate Britain. EPA/NEIL HALL
  • A car drives through a water-logged street after heavy rainfall in Yangzhou in China's eastern Jiangsu province on May 25, 2018. Heavy rain swept parts of east China on May 25. - China OUT / AFP / -
    A car drives through a water-logged street after heavy rainfall in Yangzhou in China's eastern Jiangsu province on May 25, 2018. Heavy rain swept parts of east China on May 25. - China OUT / AFP / -

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World in focus - best photos for May 25, 2018

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