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Global focus: This week’s best pictures from around the world

Olivia Harris
1 min read·May 12, 2024 - 7:36AM
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As celebrities flocked to The Met Gala for the first Monday in May, tensions between Israel and Hamas reached new highs, Japan sought to ban tourists from a popular Instagram spot and we celebrated National Alpaca Week in Australia. Here are this week’s best pictures from around the world.

 

Protesters shield themselves with umbrellas during altercations with French anti-riot police during a May Day rally in Nantes. Picture: Loic Venance/AFP
Protesters shield themselves with umbrellas during altercations with French anti-riot police during a May Day rally in Nantes. Picture: Loic Venance/AFP

 

Jordan Thompson of Australia plays a backhand in the doubles semi final against Jamie Murray and Michael Venus at La Caja Magica in Madrid. Picture: Julian Finney/Getty Images
Jordan Thompson of Australia plays a backhand in the doubles semi final against Jamie Murray and Michael Venus at La Caja Magica in Madrid. Picture: Julian Finney/Getty Images

 

Robert Irwin and Doug the Pug attend the Endometriosis Foundation Of America's Annual Blossom Ball at Gotham Hall in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
Robert Irwin and Doug the Pug attend the Endometriosis Foundation Of America's Annual Blossom Ball at Gotham Hall in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

 

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians gather with candles during the Holy Fire ceremony at the Deir Al-Sultan Monastery in Jerusalem's Old City. Picture: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians gather with candles during the Holy Fire ceremony at the Deir Al-Sultan Monastery in Jerusalem's Old City. Picture: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP

 

Joshua Hedberg of Team USA resurfaces from a training dive before during the International Open Diving Championships 2024 in Paris. Picture: Adam Pretty/Getty Images
Joshua Hedberg of Team USA resurfaces from a training dive before during the International Open Diving Championships 2024 in Paris. Picture: Adam Pretty/Getty Images

 

Protesters obstruct the Georgian Parliament building in Tbilisi while riot police attempt to disperse them with tear gas and water cannons. Clashes erupted over the Foreign Agent bill, which protesters believe signifies a shift towards authoritarianism. Picture: Nicolo Vincenzo Malvestuto/Getty Images
Protesters obstruct the Georgian Parliament building in Tbilisi while riot police attempt to disperse them with tear gas and water cannons. Clashes erupted over the Foreign Agent bill, which protesters believe signifies a shift towards authoritarianism. Picture: Nicolo Vincenzo Malvestuto/Getty Images

 

People use a bulldozer to search for bodies at the Al-Shifa medical complex in Gaza City. Picture: AFP
People use a bulldozer to search for bodies at the Al-Shifa medical complex in Gaza City. Picture: AFP

 

Read Ziegler of the US competes in the bike segment of the 2024 Intermountain Health IRONMAN 70.3 North American Championship in Utah. Picture: Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images for IRONMAN
Read Ziegler of the US competes in the bike segment of the 2024 Intermountain Health IRONMAN 70.3 North American Championship in Utah. Picture: Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images for IRONMAN

 

Zendaya poses in her second look of the night alongside Darnell Appling and stylist Law Roach at The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion." Picture: Arturo Holmes/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue
Zendaya poses in her second look of the night alongside Darnell Appling and stylist Law Roach at The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion." Picture: Arturo Holmes/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

 

Dancers from The Australian Ballet rehearse Circle Electric, an electrifying contemporary work by resident choreographer Stephanie Lake. Picture: Jonathan Ng
Dancers from The Australian Ballet rehearse Circle Electric, an electrifying contemporary work by resident choreographer Stephanie Lake. Picture: Jonathan Ng

 

Metropolitan Police officers surround a bus in Peckham, south London, as protesters attempt to block the removal of migrants to the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset. This follows the UK government’s plan to detain people before commencing controversial deportation flights to Rwanda. Picture: Henry Nicholls/AFP
Metropolitan Police officers surround a bus in Peckham, south London, as protesters attempt to block the removal of migrants to the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset. This follows the UK government’s plan to detain people before commencing controversial deportation flights to Rwanda. Picture: Henry Nicholls/AFP

 

Ma Long of China competes in the WTT Saudi Smash 2024 in Saudi Arabia. Picture: Khalid Alhaj/MB Media/Getty Images
Ma Long of China competes in the WTT Saudi Smash 2024 in Saudi Arabia. Picture: Khalid Alhaj/MB Media/Getty Images

 

A technician checks on rice seeds in a 5G-powered system at an intelligent farm in Lianyungang, China. Picture: Geng Yuhe/VCG via Getty Images
A technician checks on rice seeds in a 5G-powered system at an intelligent farm in Lianyungang, China. Picture: Geng Yuhe/VCG via Getty Images

 

War Boys perform at Circular Quay in Sydney during a media call, previewing the premiere of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Picture: Richard Dobson
War Boys perform at Circular Quay in Sydney during a media call, previewing the premiere of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Picture: Richard Dobson

 

Fireworks herald the arrival of the French 19th-century three-masted barque, Belem, at Marseille’s Vieux-Port during the Olympic Flame welcome ceremony. Picture: Sylvain Thomas/AFP
Fireworks herald the arrival of the French 19th-century three-masted barque, Belem, at Marseille’s Vieux-Port during the Olympic Flame welcome ceremony. Picture: Sylvain Thomas/AFP

 

Gloria Allred, lawyer for several of Harvey Weinstein’s victims, holds up a “Me Too” sign outside New York City’s Criminal Court. This comes after the New York State Court of Appeals recently overturned Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction. Picture: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images
Gloria Allred, lawyer for several of Harvey Weinstein’s victims, holds up a “Me Too” sign outside New York City’s Criminal Court. This comes after the New York State Court of Appeals recently overturned Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction. Picture: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

 

Rita Ora walks in Tribeca, New York City. Picture: Gotham/GC Images
Rita Ora walks in Tribeca, New York City. Picture: Gotham/GC Images

 

River Triffitt, age 6, from New Norfolk, proudly sports his winning mullet after triumphing in The Mercury’s best mullet competition. Picture: Chris Kidd
River Triffitt, age 6, from New Norfolk, proudly sports his winning mullet after triumphing in The Mercury’s best mullet competition. Picture: Chris Kidd

 

Soldiers mourn during a funeral for IDF soldier Sergeant Michael Ruzal, who was killed in a rocket attack in Southern Israel. Picture: Amir Levy/Getty Images
Soldiers mourn during a funeral for IDF soldier Sergeant Michael Ruzal, who was killed in a rocket attack in Southern Israel. Picture: Amir Levy/Getty Images

 

A baby alpaca dons a scarf made from its wool, showcasing the unique charm and value of these fuzzy creatures. National Alpaca Week, from 4-12 May, celebrates alpacas and their importance to Australian farming. Picture: David Caird
A baby alpaca dons a scarf made from its wool, showcasing the unique charm and value of these fuzzy creatures. National Alpaca Week, from 4-12 May, celebrates alpacas and their importance to Australian farming. Picture: David Caird

 

A protester sits beside barricades at a pro-Palestinian encampment on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles. The camp was attacked by counter-protesters overnight, leaving some demonstrators injured. Declared “unlawful” by the university, the violence has prompted the cancellation of classes. Picture: Mario Tama/Getty Images
A protester sits beside barricades at a pro-Palestinian encampment on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles. The camp was attacked by counter-protesters overnight, leaving some demonstrators injured. Declared “unlawful” by the university, the violence has prompted the cancellation of classes. Picture: Mario Tama/Getty Images

 

A volunteer carries an injured dog from the evacuated area around Mount Ruang volcano on Tagulandang Island, North Sulawesi. The volcano erupted three times on April 30, launching lava and ash over five kilometres high, and forcing the evacuation of 12,000 residents.. Picture: Ronny Adolof Buol/AFP
A volunteer carries an injured dog from the evacuated area around Mount Ruang volcano on Tagulandang Island, North Sulawesi. The volcano erupted three times on April 30, launching lava and ash over five kilometres high, and forcing the evacuation of 12,000 residents.. Picture: Ronny Adolof Buol/AFP

 

Prince Harry waves as he arrives to attend a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, at St Paul's Cathedral in central London. Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP
Prince Harry waves as he arrives to attend a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, at St Paul's Cathedral in central London. Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP

 

A Palestinian man pulls a cart on a road lined with destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Picture: AFP
A Palestinian man pulls a cart on a road lined with destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Picture: AFP

 

Jewish Israel supporters assemble in a park near Melbourne University before confronting pro-Palestinian protesters on campus. The two groups faced off amid ongoing tensions surrounding the conflict in Gaza. Picture: Jason Edwards
Jewish Israel supporters assemble in a park near Melbourne University before confronting pro-Palestinian protesters on campus. The two groups faced off amid ongoing tensions surrounding the conflict in Gaza. Picture: Jason Edwards

 

A police dog from the French National Police inspects a Boston dynamics dog robot at a training campus in Marseille. Picture: Ludovic Marin/AFP
A police dog from the French National Police inspects a Boston dynamics dog robot at a training campus in Marseille. Picture: Ludovic Marin/AFP

 

Frederik Andersen of the Carolina Hurricanes dives to make a save against the New York Rangers. Picture: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Frederik Andersen of the Carolina Hurricanes dives to make a save against the New York Rangers. Picture: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

 

Anya Taylor-Joy attends the Australian Premiere of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, at the State Theatre in Sydney. Picture: Jonathan Ng
Anya Taylor-Joy attends the Australian Premiere of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, at the State Theatre in Sydney. Picture: Jonathan Ng

 

Russia's president-elect Vladimir Putin arrives for his inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow. Picture: Sergei Bobylyov/AFP
Russia's president-elect Vladimir Putin arrives for his inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow. Picture: Sergei Bobylyov/AFP

 

Players compete for the line out throw during The Rugby Championship U20 Round 2 match between Australia and South Africa. Picture: Albert Perez/Getty Images
Players compete for the line out throw during The Rugby Championship U20 Round 2 match between Australia and South Africa. Picture: Albert Perez/Getty Images

 

A performer floats above supporters, tethered to helium balloons and holding a Sporting flag at Marques do Pombal Square in Lisbon. The celebration marks Sporting’s victory as champions of the 2023-24 Portuguese football league. Picture: Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP
A performer floats above supporters, tethered to helium balloons and holding a Sporting flag at Marques do Pombal Square in Lisbon. The celebration marks Sporting’s victory as champions of the 2023-24 Portuguese football league. Picture: Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP

 

Surfers gather in at San Miguel Beach in Mexico to honour Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend Jack Carter Rhoad, whose bodies were discovered after being shot and disposed of in a well. Picture: Guillermo Arias/AFP
Surfers gather in at San Miguel Beach in Mexico to honour Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend Jack Carter Rhoad, whose bodies were discovered after being shot and disposed of in a well. Picture: Guillermo Arias/AFP

 

Janelle Monáe attends Richie Akiva's Met Gala After Party in New York. Picture: Daniel Zuchnik/WWD via Getty Images
Janelle Monáe attends Richie Akiva's Met Gala After Party in New York. Picture: Daniel Zuchnik/WWD via Getty Images

 

Devotees gather near a church before the ancient game of Lelo Burti begins in Shukhuti, Georgia, during Orthodox Easter celebrations. This traditional, intense game has no time limits or referees, and honours the Gurian victory over the Ottomans. Picture: Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP
Devotees gather near a church before the ancient game of Lelo Burti begins in Shukhuti, Georgia, during Orthodox Easter celebrations. This traditional, intense game has no time limits or referees, and honours the Gurian victory over the Ottomans. Picture: Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP

 

Tourists capture photos of a convenience store and Mount Fuji from across the street in Fujikawaguchiko. A large black barrier is set to be erected here, blocking the iconic view due to authorities’ concerns over crowds of unruly foreign tourists. Picture: Philip Fong/AFP
Tourists capture photos of a convenience store and Mount Fuji from across the street in Fujikawaguchiko. A large black barrier is set to be erected here, blocking the iconic view due to authorities’ concerns over crowds of unruly foreign tourists. Picture: Philip Fong/AFP

 

Members of the anti-monarchist group Republic are seen through the windows of a London bus as they stage a protest in Trafalgar Square in central London. Picture: Benjamin Cremel/AFP
Members of the anti-monarchist group Republic are seen through the windows of a London bus as they stage a protest in Trafalgar Square in central London. Picture: Benjamin Cremel/AFP

 

Participants enter Auschwitz-Birkenau with Israel’s national flag during the 36th March of the Living in Oswiecim, Poland. The event takes place on Yom HaShoah, as thousands march three kilometres between Auschwitz I and Birkenau in remembrance of Holocaust victims. Picture: Omar Marques/Getty Images
Participants enter Auschwitz-Birkenau with Israel’s national flag during the 36th March of the Living in Oswiecim, Poland. The event takes place on Yom HaShoah, as thousands march three kilometres between Auschwitz I and Birkenau in remembrance of Holocaust victims. Picture: Omar Marques/Getty Images

 

Tyla attends the 2024 Met Gala in a dress made with sand. In order to make it up the famous staircase, she had to be carried by assistants. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue
Tyla attends the 2024 Met Gala in a dress made with sand. In order to make it up the famous staircase, she had to be carried by assistants. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

 

Players from the Ship Inn CC and The South Street Swingers CC, a team made up of ex-Edinburgh University team members, play a game of cricket on the beach at Elie in eastern Scotland. The Ship Inn Cricket Club has been playing on the beach at Elie for over 30 years. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP
Players from the Ship Inn CC and The South Street Swingers CC, a team made up of ex-Edinburgh University team members, play a game of cricket on the beach at Elie in eastern Scotland. The Ship Inn Cricket Club has been playing on the beach at Elie for over 30 years. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP

 

Grand Kyiv Ballet principal soloists Mie Nagasawa and Viktor Tomashek stand at Kangaroo Point. Their performances in Queensland have been postponed because their costumes and sets are currently in quarantine. Picture: Lachie Millard
Grand Kyiv Ballet principal soloists Mie Nagasawa and Viktor Tomashek stand at Kangaroo Point. Their performances in Queensland have been postponed because their costumes and sets are currently in quarantine. Picture: Lachie Millard

 

A girl rides a makeshift swing in the yard of a school run by the United Nations at the Shati camp for Palestinian refugees, west of Gaza City. Picture: AFP
A girl rides a makeshift swing in the yard of a school run by the United Nations at the Shati camp for Palestinian refugees, west of Gaza City. Picture: AFP

 

Lupita Nyong'o and Schnitzel the cat attend the photocall for "A Quiet Place: Day One" in London. Picture: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
Lupita Nyong'o and Schnitzel the cat attend the photocall for "A Quiet Place: Day One" in London. Picture: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

 

Jonathan Narvaez from Ecuador and Team INEOS Grenadiers celebrates on the podium as the Pink Leader Jersey winner during the 107th Giro d’Italia in 2024. Picture: Dario Belingheri/Getty Images
Jonathan Narvaez from Ecuador and Team INEOS Grenadiers celebrates on the podium as the Pink Leader Jersey winner during the 107th Giro d’Italia in 2024. Picture: Dario Belingheri/Getty Images

 

Members of the Fowlers Troop parade through East London as part of the Jack in the Green procession. This revived 18th-century tradition showcases the character covered in foliage and flowers, resembling a walking tree, in a celebration of May Day. Picture: Jack Taylor/Getty Images
Members of the Fowlers Troop parade through East London as part of the Jack in the Green procession. This revived 18th-century tradition showcases the character covered in foliage and flowers, resembling a walking tree, in a celebration of May Day. Picture: Jack Taylor/Getty Images

 

A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine. Picture: Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine. Picture: Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP

 

A raptor technician carefully restrains a critically endangered white-backed vulture at the Soysambu Raptor Centre in Nakuru, Kenya. The vulture is being prepared for an X-ray after a previous surgery on a wing injured by a hyena in the Masai Mara National Reserve. Picture: Tony Karumba/AFP
A raptor technician carefully restrains a critically endangered white-backed vulture at the Soysambu Raptor Centre in Nakuru, Kenya. The vulture is being prepared for an X-ray after a previous surgery on a wing injured by a hyena in the Masai Mara National Reserve. Picture: Tony Karumba/AFP

 

Winnie, Orrin, Scarlett, and Kyrie at Wee Wonders Child Care Centre in Kensington, Sydney, dress as pirates ahead of Pirate Day on May 17 as part of Brain Cancer Awareness Month. Picture: Richard Dobson
Winnie, Orrin, Scarlett, and Kyrie at Wee Wonders Child Care Centre in Kensington, Sydney, dress as pirates ahead of Pirate Day on May 17 as part of Brain Cancer Awareness Month. Picture: Richard Dobson

 

China's team compete in the final of the Mixed Team Technical swimming event during the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup in Paris. Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP
China's team compete in the final of the Mixed Team Technical swimming event during the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup in Paris. Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP

 

Environmental activist Guillermo D’Christy leaps over water in a cenote near Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The cenotes, pre-Hispanic underground wells in the Yucatán Peninsula, are threatened by the Mayan Train megaproject to promote tourism. Picture: Carl De Souza/AFP
Environmental activist Guillermo D’Christy leaps over water in a cenote near Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The cenotes, pre-Hispanic underground wells in the Yucatán Peninsula, are threatened by the Mayan Train megaproject to promote tourism. Picture: Carl De Souza/AFP

 

California sea lions relax on the docks at San Francisco’s Pier 39, where over 1,000 of them have gathered due to plentiful schools of anchovies and herring in the bay. This abundance helps them fuel up before the upcoming mating season. Picture: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
California sea lions relax on the docks at San Francisco’s Pier 39, where over 1,000 of them have gathered due to plentiful schools of anchovies and herring in the bay. This abundance helps them fuel up before the upcoming mating season. Picture: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

 

Supporters wave Gambian flags along the highway as President Adama Barrow arrives at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation 2024 Summit. Picture: Muhamadou Bittaye/AFP
Supporters wave Gambian flags along the highway as President Adama Barrow arrives at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation 2024 Summit. Picture: Muhamadou Bittaye/AFP

 

Taika Waititi checks out his wife, Rita Ora, as she poses for photos on the steps at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the Met Gala. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP
Taika Waititi checks out his wife, Rita Ora, as she poses for photos on the steps at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the Met Gala. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP

 

An Orthodox Christian worshipper touches a station along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City with a cross during the Orthodox Good Friday procession. Thousands of Christian pilgrims take part in processions along the route where, according to tradition, Jesus Christ carried the cross during his last days. Picture: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP
An Orthodox Christian worshipper touches a station along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City with a cross during the Orthodox Good Friday procession. Thousands of Christian pilgrims take part in processions along the route where, according to tradition, Jesus Christ carried the cross during his last days. Picture: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP

 

A protester is detained as authorities clear a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA. The university declared the camp “unlawful,” and over 100 protesters who remained were detained. Similar encampments have emerged nationwide, urging schools to divest from Israeli interests amid the Gaza conflict. Picture: Mario Tama/Getty Images
A protester is detained as authorities clear a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA. The university declared the camp “unlawful,” and over 100 protesters who remained were detained. Similar encampments have emerged nationwide, urging schools to divest from Israeli interests amid the Gaza conflict. Picture: Mario Tama/Getty Images

 

A cosplayer dressed as Deadpool poses during the Comic Con C2CR in Costa Rica. Picture: Manuel Arnoldo Robert Batalla/Getty Images
A cosplayer dressed as Deadpool poses during the Comic Con C2CR in Costa Rica. Picture: Manuel Arnoldo Robert Batalla/Getty Images

 

Fireworks light up night sky over a theme park in Huai'an, China. Picture: Zhao Qirui/VCG via Getty Images
Fireworks light up night sky over a theme park in Huai'an, China. Picture: Zhao Qirui/VCG via Getty Images

 

Rescue workers, forensics, and prosecutors work in a well where the remains of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend Jack Carter Rhoad were found, near La Bocana Beach in Ensenada, Mexico. Picture: Guillermo Arias/AFP
Rescue workers, forensics, and prosecutors work in a well where the remains of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend Jack Carter Rhoad were found, near La Bocana Beach in Ensenada, Mexico. Picture: Guillermo Arias/AFP

 

A firefighter arrives to douse flames at the grasslands of Yamuna flood plains in New Delhi. Picture: Arun Sankar/AFP
A firefighter arrives to douse flames at the grasslands of Yamuna flood plains in New Delhi. Picture: Arun Sankar/AFP

 

Cosplayer and head of I.T. at VLine, Stuart Brockwell, wears his Kylo Ren costume in the office in preparation for May the 4th. Picture: Jake Nowakowski
Cosplayer and head of I.T. at VLine, Stuart Brockwell, wears his Kylo Ren costume in the office in preparation for May the 4th. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

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