Photos of the week - May 7, 2026 | Reuters

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[1/20]Beyonce poses during the Met Gala, an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute with this year's theme 'Costume Art' in New York City, New York, May 4. REUTERS/Daniel Cole Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, United States

[2/20]A coffin with a serviceman number during a mass funeral ceremony to bury 25 unidentified Ukrainian soldiers who were killed amid fighting against Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a military memorial cemetery near Kyiv, Ukraine April 30. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
KYIV, Ukraine

[3/20]An Iranian woman walks next to an anti-Israeli mural on a street in Tehran, Iran, May 5. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
TEHRAN, IRAN

[4/20]Protester clash with police during a Labor Day demonstration near the US Embassy in Manila, Philippines, May 1. REUTERS/Noel Celis Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
Manila, Philippines

[5/20]A drone view shows the Ciliwung River running through a densely populated residential area in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 5. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
JAKARTA, Indonesia

[6/20]A demonstration of PureTech Systems, which uses AI to identify people in surveillance video, in Phoenix, Arizona, May 5. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
Phoenix, AZ, United States

[7/20]Activists project protest messages, highlighting issues of wealth inequality, climate accountability, and labor rights, onto the facade of a building which can be seen from Jeff Bezos' penthouse, on the eve of the Met Gala, the star-studded fundraiser known for its extravagant fashion and high-profile guests, in New York City, May 3. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES

[8/20]A police officer tests a jammer at the police's new drone competence and defence centre at Erding Air Base, Germany, May 4. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
ERDING, Germany

[9/20]People stand near a monster truck after a driver lost control of the vehicle and plowed into spectators, killing people and injuring others, in Popayan, Cauca province, Colombia, May 3. REUTERS/Henry Laserna Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
Popayan, COLOMBIA

[10/20]A protester holds a banner opposing the war with Iran during U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's opening remarks at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump's FY2027 budget request for the Department of Defence on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 30. REUTERS/Eric Lee Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES

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[11/20]An explosion of what appears to be white phosphorus fired by the IDF on the Lebanese side of the Israel-Lebanon border as seen from the Israeli side of the border, April 30. REUTERS/Ayal Margolin Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
ISRAEL LEBANON BORDER, ISRAEL

[12/20]Personnel fix the red carpet after it was blown by the wind ahead of Britain's King Charles departure from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, April 30. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

[13/20]Eileen Gu leaves the Carlyle Hotel for the Met Gala, an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute with this year's theme 'Costume Art' in New York City, New York, May 4. REUTERS/Heather Khalifa Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, United States

[14/20]A displaced Palestinian boy peers through a tear in a tent wall, in Gaza City, May 6. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
GAZA CITY, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

[15/20]Anti-war protester Guido Reichstadter stands atop the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., May 5. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
Washington, DC, UNITED STATES

[16/20]A drone view shows people playing soccer on a rooftop field in San Salvador, El Salvador, May 5. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR

[17/20]A demonstrator shouts following a rules committee meeting at the Cordell Hull building to protest efforts by the state’s Republican leadership in redistricting congressional election maps in Nashville, Tennessee, May 5. REUTERS/Seth Herald Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
NASHVILLE, TN, UNITED STATES

[18/20]People chant during a rally in Tehran, Iran, May 6. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
TEHRAN, IRAN

[19/20]A man stands in his house, damaged in an Israeli strike that took place before a temporary ceasefire went into effect, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, May 6. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
Beirut, LEBANON

[20/20]A drone view of members of the Samaritan sect taking part in a traditional pilgrimage atop Mount Gerizim, ahead of the holiday of Shavuot, in Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 7. REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg Purchase Licensing Rights