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Dancers perform on Gandhi Square during an event to mark International Dance Day in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, 16 May 2025. According to the organizers, more than 1000 dancers were expected to participate in the event titled 'Mjaivo Jaiva', a collaboration between the Johannesburg Inner City Partnership, Maharishi Invincibility Institute and Moving into Dance Trust. The International Dance Day is celebrated annually around the world on 29 April. EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK
The crisis in Haiti revives faith in voodoo as a spiritual refuge. In this image, people participate in a voodoo ceremony in Montagne Noir, Haiti, 09 May 2025 (issued 15 May 2025). EPA-EFE/Mentor David Lorens
Athletics center fielder Seth Brown jumps up for the ball as Los Angeles Dodgers James Outman hits a home run during the sixth inning of the Major League Baseball (MLB) game between the Athletics and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, 15 May 2025. EPA-EFE/CAROLINE BREHMAN
A mural titled 'The American Dream', created by the Italian artist aleXsandro Palombo for Pope Leo XIV is unveiled at the entrance to the 15th-century church Santa Maria presso San Satiro, in Milan, Italy, 16 May 2025. EPA-EFE/PAOLO SALMOIRAGO
An Osun, or river goddess worshipper attends World Egungun Festival in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, 15 May 2025. The festival celebrates the Yoruba heritage, blending culture, spirituality, and entertainment. The Yoruba are a West African ethnic group who inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo, constituting more than 50 million people in Africa. EPA-EFE/EMMANUEL ADEGBOYE
Elena Lenina attends the premiere of 'Dossier 137 (Case 137)' during the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 15 May 2025. The film festival runs from 13 to 24 May 2025. EPA-EFE/CLEMENS BILAN
A model poses backstage ahead of the Nicol & Ford show at Australian Fashion Week 2025 on May 15, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Nina Franova/Getty Images)
Dutch Queen Maxima attends the opening of Fenix, a new art museum of migration, on the Katendrecht peninsula, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 15 May 2025. About one hundred artists from around the world will tell stories about migration through their works. EPA-EFE/KOEN VAN WEEL
Members of the production company Scena Colombia present the play 'Van Gogh: The Madness of Color' at the Cassia Theater in Bogota, Colombia, 15 May 2025. A colorful play will show the dilemmas in the life of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, a work written and directed by Colombian Fernando Leguizamon, at the Cassia Theater in Bogota from May 23 to 25. EPA-EFE/Carlos Ortega
Malta's Miriana Conte performs the song 'Serving' during the show of the second semi-final at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, 15 May 2025. The grand final of the ESC 2025 is scheduled for 17 May. EPA-EFE/GEORGIOS KEFALAS
A model presents a piece from Gucci's Cruise 2026 collection in Piazza Santo Spirito square in Florence, Italy, 15 May 2025. EPA-EFE/CLAUDIO GIOVANNINI
Aymara women participate in a protest by gold miners who demand that the government of Luis Arce give immediate solutions to the lack of dollars and fuel, in La Paz, Bolivia, 15 May 2025. EPA-EFE/Luis Gandarillas
Britain’s King Charles III (C) arrives for the Order of the Bath Service 2025 at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain, 16 May 2025. The Most Honourable Order of the Bath was established as a military order by George I on 18th May 1725. Recipients of the Order are usually senior military officers or senior civil servants. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL
A handout photo made available by the UAE's Presidential Court shows President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) bidding farewell to US President Donald Trump, at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 16 May 2025. EPA-EFE/UAE PRESIDENTIAL COURT
Demonstrators outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, May 15, 2025. The US Supreme Court is considering whether to allow President Donald Trumps executive order restricting the longstanding concept of birthright citizenship to start taking effect while a lawsuit proceeds. Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images
A protester holds a placard near the US embassy during the 'Nakba 77 Stop Genocide' gathering in solidarity with the Palestinian people, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 May 2025. Nakba Day (Day of the Catastrophe) is commemorated annually on 15 May to remember their displacement of Palestinians following the 1948 Israeli Declaration of Independence. EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAIL
Burnt-out vehicles at the scene of an attack by Israeli settlers, near the Israeli settelment of Ariel near the West Bank city of Salfit, 16 May 2025. According to the WAFA News Agency, Israeli settlers set fire to around 17 Palestinian-owned vehicles at dawn on Friday after attacking the area near the Ariel industrial settlement. Israeli settlers have carried out attacks on Palestinian-owned vehicles in several areas in the occupied West Bank. EPA-EFE/ALAA BADARNEH
Ibex climb the wall of the Salanfe dam in search of saltpetre, in Salvan, canton of Valais, Switzerland, 16 May 2025. The 52-metre-high Salanfe dam, located in the commune of Salvan in the Valais mountains, has a 75% gradient. EPA-EFE/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT
People swim and cool off in the water of a dam connecting the Sea of Galilee lake and the Jordan River, in northern Israel, 16 May 2025. The Israel Meteorological Service (IMS) warns that temperatures are expected to reach 46.5 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country over the weekend. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN
Bandaged legs of rider on the signing in podium ahead of the 7th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling tour over 168 km from Castel di Sangro to Tagliacozzo, in Castel di Sangro, Italy, 16 May 2025. EPA-EFE/LUCA ZENNARO. DM