World of photos, May 11, 2024
12 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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A Tibetan protester stretched a Tibetan flag in Gellert Hill against Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Budapest, Hungary.Credit:Denes Erdos/AP Photo
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A male coot runs on surface of a lake during a mating dance in city park in Tallinn, Estonia.Credit:Sergei Grits/AP Photo
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Honour guard soldiers march as people walk to the statue of The Motherland Calls to remember Soviet soldiers falling in fighting against Nazi Germany at Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, once known as Stalingrad, about 900 km (550 miles) southeast of Moscow, Russia.Credit:AP Photo
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Pope Francis listens to the papal bull ‘Spes non confundit’, the official decree establishing the Catholic Holy Year. A once-every-quarter-century event that is expected to bring some 32 million pilgrims to Rome, during a solemn ceremony ahead of the second Vespers on Ascension Day in St. Peter’s Basilica at The Vatican.Credit:Riccardo Antimiani/Pool
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Palestinian bedouin children sit near their home belongings at the site of their demolished tents and shacks on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Duma. Israeli forces demolished on Thursday a cluster of tents and shacks and confiscated a vehicle, that belong to two Palestinian brothers Mohammed and Salama Zawahra, Mohammed Zawahra said.Credit:Nasser Nasser/AP Photo
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Nemo of Switzerland performs the song The Code during the second semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden.Credit:Martin Meissner/AP Photo
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Cyclists ride through the dust along the Tuscan countryside during the sixth stage of the of the Giro d’Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race from Viareggio to Rapolano Terme.Credit:Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP
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Members of the public walk through a piece of public art that sprays mist in Dover, England.Credit:Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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Luke Humphries walks out prior to the final match of the 2024 BetMGM Premier League Darts at First Direct Arena in Leeds, England.Credit:George Wood/Getty Images
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Leandro Paredes celebrates with teammates after scoring his team’s second goal from the penalty-spot during the UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Semi-Final second leg match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and AS Roma at BayArena in Leverkusen, Germany.Credit:Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images
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A youth rolls a hoop in the National Theater where families displaced by gang violence are taking shelter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Credit:Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo
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United States President Joe Biden arrives on Air Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California.Credit:Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP
