May 3-9, 2024
Crowds of people welcomed the Olympic torch on its arrival to France before the Summer Olympics in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron hosted Xi Jinping at a remote mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the Chinese leader's visit to European countries. The mother of a Ukrainian serviceman who was killed in battle kisses the flag that covers her son’s coffin during a funeral. Music fans gathered in the Swedish city of Malmo for the Eurovision Song Contest.
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May 3-9, 2024
Olly Alexander of United Kingdom performs the song Dizzy during the dress rehearsal for the first semifinal at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Manchester City's Erling Haaland is in action during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)
Fireworks go off as the Belem, the three-masted sailing ship bringing the Olympic flame from Greece, enters the Old Port in Marseille, southern France, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. After leaving Marseille, a vast relay route is undertaken before the torch odyssey ends on July 27 in Paris. The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will run from July 26 to Aug.11, 2024. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
Altar boys take part in the procession of "Epitaphios", the bier that carries the body of Jesus Christ to his grave, at the Venetian port, in Nafpaktos town, western Greece, on Good Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A woman directs a religious choir during an Orthodox Easter religious service at the Armenian cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Vatican Swiss Guard recruits march during their swearing-in ceremony, at the Vatican, Monday, May 6, 2024. The ceremony is held each May 6 to commemorate the day in 1527 when 147 Swiss Guards died protecting Pope Clement VII during the Sack of Rome. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
A fan poses for photos next to a mural with the image of Liverpool's manager Jurgen Klopp prior to the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, England, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Count Binface a candidate in the London Mayoral election poses for the cameras at the count result in City Hall in London, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
A Russian soldier wearing a sniper suit, a participant of a performance depicting military operation battles in Ukraine looks at his phone prior to the Victory Day military parade at the Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2024, marking the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Demonstrators wave Georgian national flags during an opposition protest against "the Russian law" in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia, on Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)
Nina, mother of Ukrainian serviceman Eduard Khatmullin, who was killed in the battle against Russian troops, kisses the flag that covers her son's coffin during the funeral service in the Independence square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Children, participants of the parade walk, prior to a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Vladimir Putin takes his oath as Russian president during an inauguration ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)
Honour guard soldiers march during the Victory Day military parade at the Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2024, marking the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A firefighter pets a dog as he rests after putting out a fire in a private house hit by Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Yevhen Titov)
A woman is carried away by police officers during a pro-Palestinians demonstration by the group "Student Coalition Berlin" in the theater courtyard of the 'Freie Universität Berlin' university in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People stand on a bridge, as they watch houses in riparian land being demolished in the Mukuru area of Nairobi, Tuesday, May. 7, 2024. The government ordered the demolition of structures and buildings, illegally constructed along riparian areas. Kenya, along with other parts of East Africa, has been overwhelmed by flooding. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A duck with ducklings walks across a red carpet prior to a welcome ceremony for of Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
China's President Xi Jinping, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron walk during an official welcoming ceremony at the Hotel des Invalides monument, Monday, May 6, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
China's President Xi Jinping's wife Peng Liyuan, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron's wife Brigitte Macron pose in front of the clock as they visit the Orsay Museum, Monday, May 6, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, Pool)
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Britain's Prince Harry leaves after attending an Invictus Games Foundation 10th Anniversary Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral in London, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Olly Alexander of United Kingdom performs the song Dizzy during the dress rehearsal for the first semifinal at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Manchester City's Erling Haaland is in action during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)
Fireworks go off as the Belem, the three-masted sailing ship bringing the Olympic flame from Greece, enters the Old Port in Marseille, southern France, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. After leaving Marseille, a vast relay route is undertaken before the torch odyssey ends on July 27 in Paris. The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will run from July 26 to Aug.11, 2024. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
Altar boys take part in the procession of "Epitaphios", the bier that carries the body of Jesus Christ to his grave, at the Venetian port, in Nafpaktos town, western Greece, on Good Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A woman directs a religious choir during an Orthodox Easter religious service at the Armenian cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Vatican Swiss Guard recruits march during their swearing-in ceremony, at the Vatican, Monday, May 6, 2024. The ceremony is held each May 6 to commemorate the day in 1527 when 147 Swiss Guards died protecting Pope Clement VII during the Sack of Rome. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
A fan poses for photos next to a mural with the image of Liverpool's manager Jurgen Klopp prior to the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, England, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Count Binface a candidate in the London Mayoral election poses for the cameras at the count result in City Hall in London, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
A Russian soldier wearing a sniper suit, a participant of a performance depicting military operation battles in Ukraine looks at his phone prior to the Victory Day military parade at the Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2024, marking the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Demonstrators wave Georgian national flags during an opposition protest against "the Russian law" in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia, on Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)
Nina, mother of Ukrainian serviceman Eduard Khatmullin, who was killed in the battle against Russian troops, kisses the flag that covers her son's coffin during the funeral service in the Independence square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Children, participants of the parade walk, prior to a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Vladimir Putin takes his oath as Russian president during an inauguration ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)
Honour guard soldiers march during the Victory Day military parade at the Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2024, marking the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A firefighter pets a dog as he rests after putting out a fire in a private house hit by Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Yevhen Titov)
A woman is carried away by police officers during a pro-Palestinians demonstration by the group "Student Coalition Berlin" in the theater courtyard of the 'Freie Universität Berlin' university in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People stand on a bridge, as they watch houses in riparian land being demolished in the Mukuru area of Nairobi, Tuesday, May. 7, 2024. The government ordered the demolition of structures and buildings, illegally constructed along riparian areas. Kenya, along with other parts of East Africa, has been overwhelmed by flooding. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A duck with ducklings walks across a red carpet prior to a welcome ceremony for of Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
China's President Xi Jinping, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron walk during an official welcoming ceremony at the Hotel des Invalides monument, Monday, May 6, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
China's President Xi Jinping's wife Peng Liyuan, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron's wife Brigitte Macron pose in front of the clock as they visit the Orsay Museum, Monday, May 6, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, Pool)
