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Leon Chimadza at the Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala! parade at Windybrow arts centre on 24 May 2025. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)
Youth from a local organisation uses recyclable materials as backpacks at the Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala! parade at Windyborw Arts Centre on 24 May 2025. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)
Kids entertain themselves at the Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala! parade at Windybrow Arts Centre on 24 May 2025. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)
Performers and community members take part in the Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala! parade on May 24, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dancers, musicians, and community members come together to celebrate creativity, resilience, and local organisations. (Photo by Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius)
Members of the City of Pantsula group getting ready at the Windybrow Arts Centre before the Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala! parade on May 24, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dancers, musicians, and community members come together to celebrate creativity, resilience, and local organisations. (Photo by Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius)
Cheerleaders getting ready at the Windybrow Arts Centre before the Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala! parade on May 24, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dancers, musicians, and community members come together to celebrate creativity, resilience, and local organisations. (Photo by Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius)
Pope Leo XIV during a visit and veneration of the Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary 'Salus Populi Romani' in the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore) in Rome, Italy, 25 May 2025. Pope Leo XIV led a mass and took possesion of the Roman Cathedral and declared himself a Roman and completed the formalities to become bishop of Rome. EPA-EFE/ANGELO CARCONI
Costumed Mine Craft video game participants take part in a parade for Geek Pride Day in La Paz, Bolivia, 25 May 2025. Hundreds of fans of 'geek culture' and fans of video games, fiction movies, and series paraded in the Bolivian city to express their fascination with the characters that have influenced their lives. EPA-EFE/GABRIEL MARQUEZ
A dog wearing a colorful costume takes part in Flores de Mayo celebrations on May 24, 2025 in Quezon city, Philippines. Flores de Mayo is a month-long Catholic festival in the Philippines honoring the Virgin Mary with flower offerings, prayers, and processions, culminating in the Santacruzan, a vibrant parade featuring women dressed as biblical figures. In a playful twist, the Quezon City government hosted "Furries de Mayo" — a Santacruzan-inspired pet parade where fur babies in colorful costumes marched under festive arches, alongside free anti-rabies vaccines and deworming services provided by the city and the Animal Kingdom Foundation. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)
A man takes a moment at a memorial as people gather marking the 5th anniversary of the death of George Floyd at the site of his murder in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 25 May 2025. Minnesta police officer Derek Chauvin murdered Floyd on 25 May 2020 following an arrest for allegedly using a counterfeit 20 US dollar bill. Video of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck for over nine minutes was shared widely and sparked widespread protests around the country that summer. EPA-EFE/CRAIG LASSIG
An aerial view shows the destruction caused by a tornado in Puerto Varas, Chile, 25 May 2025. More than fifteen thousand homes remain without electricity and other basic supplies in the tourist city of Puerto Varas, in southern Chile, after being hit by a tornado that destroyed more than a hundred houses and left a dozen injured. EPA-EFE/FELIPE CONSTANZO
France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) makes a press statement with Vietnam's President Luong Cuong (R) at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, 26 May 2025. EPA-EFE/NHAC NGUYEN
The Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and U.S. Capitol building are seen from the Iwo Jima U.S. Marine Corps Memorial as the sun rises on Memorial Day on May 26, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Memorial Day is dedicated to those who gave their lives while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Scuderia Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain during the Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 25 May 2025. EPA-EFE/YOAN VALAT
A pregnant Barcelona supporter with the message 'Alexia, your shirt for my daughter' written on her belly cheers during the final between Arsenal and Barcelona at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, 24th of May 2025. EPA-EFE/JOSE SENA GOULAO
Wrestlers Yuki Kamifuku (R) and Big Sam in action during a match of the 'MKW Battle of the Decade' in Beijing, China, 24 May 2025. The 'Battle of the Decade' was organized to commemorate 10 years since the founding of the Chinese wrestling organization Middle Kingdom Wrestling (MKW). EPA-EFE/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES
(L-R) Honorees Tiyale Hayes, Ashlee Marie Preston, Kierra Johnson, Hope Giselle and Bob The Drag Queen pose for a photo together during BET "Black + Iconic" Soirée at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on May 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brian Stukes/Getty Images for BET)
Iris Berben poses on the red carpet before the closing and awards ceremony of the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 24 May 2025. The film festival runs from 13 to 24 May 2025. EPA-EFE/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO
David Tlale & Mzukisi Mbane at the 2025 SA Style Awards at Hyde Park Corner on May 25, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The annual awards showcase style and business innovators who continue to elevate the benchmark for excellence and race towards global success. (Photo by Gallo Images/Oupa Bopape). DM