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Women protest against President Rodrigo Paz's government in El Alto, Bolivia, on May 16 [Claudia Morales/Reuters]
Riot police officers stand guard during clashes with protesters in Lipari, La Paz. [Aizar Raldes/AFP]
A demonstrator wearing a face mask holds a rock as tear gas spreads behind him in El Alto, Bolivia, on May 16. [Claudia Morales/Reuters]
Protesters stand next to burning tyres as they demonstrate against President Rodrigo Paz's government in El Alto, Bolivia, on May 16. [Claudia Morales/Reuters]
Riot police fire tear gas at blocking a road in Lipari, La Paz. [Aizar Raldes/AFP]
Tear gas fills the streets in El Alto, Bolivia, as protesters rally on May 16. [Claudia Morales/Reuters]
People on bikes ride around barricades set up by protesters on the highway connecting La Paz with Oruro, near El Alto, Bolivia, on May 16. [Juan Karita/AP Photo]
Police and army vehicles patrol a highway blocked by antigovernment protesters near El Alto, Bolivia, on May 16. [Juan Karita/AP Photo]
Trucks line up on the highway connecting La Paz with Oruro on May 16, amid roadblocks set up by antigovernment protesters. [Juan Karita/AP Photo]
Men detained by police sit on the ground in Lipari, Bolivia, as government forces carry out a crackdown on May 16. [Claudia Morales/Reuters]
Police officers arrest a person during protests on May 16 in Lipari, Bolivia, as the government pushes to clear vital roadways near La Paz. [Claudia Morales/Reuters]
Protesters in Bolivia have been orchestrating roadblocks for weeks, in a sign of frustration with President Rodrigo Paz's government. [Claudia Morales/Reuters]
Remote-controlled riot-control robots are deployed in Plaza Murillo near government buildings in La Paz on May 16. [AFP]
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University students and teachers protest against Javier Milei's government funding cuts to the public university system, in Buenos Aires, Argentina [Luis Robayo/AFP]
Huge crowds in central Buenos Aires marched towards the presidential palace on Tuesday to denounce budget shortfalls. [Cristina Sille/Reuters]
Protesters say the cuts are undermining the foundations of higher education. [Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo]
Argentina’s public universities have been tuition-free since 1949. [Cristina Sille/Reuters]
A woman holds a banner reading "They are afraid of the educated people" in a subway train in Buenos Aires. [Luis Robayo/AFP]
Javier Milei regularly denounces universities as bastions of "woke" teaching. [Luis Robayo/AFP]
A student holds a sign that reads: "Science isn't expensive, ignorance is." [Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo]
Milei has sharply reduced public education spending as part of a broader effort to slash the state budget, which he argues has been bloated by decades of reckless expenditures and corruption. [Luis Robayo/AFP]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin Wall in central Moscow. [Alexander Nemenov/Pool via Reuters]
Russian servicemen march in Moscow's Red Square during the Victory Day military parade. [Igor Ivanko/AFP]
North Korean servicemen wait for the start of the Victory Day parade. [Pavel Bednyakov/Pool via EPA]
The May 9 parade on Moscow’s Red Square is Russia’s most revered national holiday. [Maxim Shipenkov/EPA]
Russian military jets fly over the Victory Day military parade. [Maxim Shipenkov/EPA]
This year’s parade featured no tanks or other heavy military hardware rolling across the cobblestones of Moscow's Red Square. [Igor Ivanko/AFP]
Soldiers and sailors, some of whom have served in Ukraine, marched and chanted as President Vladimir Putin looked on. [Maxim Shipenkov/EPA]
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico attends a flower-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin Wall in Moscow. [Shamil Zhumatov/Pool via Reuters]
Russian President Vladimir Putin and foreign leaders attend the ceremony to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. [Alexander Nemenov/Pool via Reuters]
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Tourists visit the Treasury in the ruins of the ancient Nabatean city of Petra, Jordan. [Mussa Hattar/AFP]
Ukrainian tourist Ruslana Novak poses at the Treasury in the ruins of the ancient Nabatean city of Petra. [Mussa Hattar/AFP]
Since the US-Israel war on Iran began in late February, the famed Rose City has been largely deserted. [Mussa Hattar/AFP]
Traditionally dressed Nabatean Guards with spears at the Siq of Petra. [Mussa Hattar/AFP]
Waiting for customers at souvenir shops in the ancient Nabatean city of Petra. [Mussa Hattar/AFP]
The South Gate at the Roman ruins of Jerash in northern Jordan. [Mussa Hattar/AFP]
The 800-metre-long Cardo colonnade at the ancient Roman ruins of Jerash. [Mussa Hattar/AFP]
A Jordanian flag flies in the oval plaza at the ancient Roman ruins of Jerash. [Mussa Hattar/AFP]
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A newly displaced Somali woman holds her malnourished baby at a stabilisation centre for children suffering from severe acute malnutrition in Kismayo. [Simon Maina/AFP]
Somalia ranks among the world's most vulnerable countries to climate change. [Simon Maina/AFP]
A woman builds her family hut in an IDP camp on the outskirts of Kismayo. [Simon Maina/AFP]
Displaced Somali people collect water from a well inside an IDP camp. [Simon Maina/AFP]
Farmers, whose herds and crops have been decimated, describe one of the worst droughts ever recorded. [Simon Maina/AFP]
More than 200 health centres and 400 schools have closed since last year. [Simon Maina/AFP]
Several international organisations have stopped operations in the camps on the outskirts of Kismayo. [Simon Maina/AFP]
Displaced Somali people sit under the shade of a tree as they wait for medical attention at an IDP camp on the outskirts of Kismayo. [Simon Maina/AFP]
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Aerial view of Playa Blanca beach in Santa Marta, Magdalena department, Colombia. [Luis Acosta/AFP]
An Arhuaco Indigenous man stands on the beach at the Kutunsama Indigenous Reservation in Tayrona National Natural Park, Magdalena department. [Luis Acosta/AFP]
A person selling inflatable floats walks along the beach in Santa Marta. [Luis Acosta/AFP]
Self-Defence Forces of the Sierra Nevada demand a share of the earnings of hotels, tour bus companies and local Indigenous communities. [Luis Acosta/AFP]
Police guard the entrance to Tayrona National Natural Park in the Magdalena department. [Luis Acosta/AFP]
Kogui Governor Atanasio Moscote Gil (L) crafts a poporo, a traditional gourd used by Indigenous peoples to mix coca leaves with lime, in Palmor, Magdalena department. [Luis Acosta/AFP]
Arhuaco Indigenous women at the Kutunsama Indigenous Reserve in Tayrona National Natural Park. [Luis Acosta/AFP]
In February, the government closed Tayrona National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site overlooking the Caribbean, for more than two weeks following threats against park rangers, allegedly issued by the ACSN. [Luis Acosta/AFP]
Aerial view of the Kutunsama Indigenous Reserve. [Luis Acosta/AFP]
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Cubans march on International Workers' Day in Jose Marti Anti-Imperialist Square in Havana, May 1, 2026 [Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo]
Cubans mark International Workers' Day at the US Embassy in Havana, May 1, 2026 [Adalberto Roque/AFP]
Cuba's former president Raul Castro, centre, arrives for a gathering marking International Workers' Day Jose Marti Anti-Imperialist Square in Havana, May 1, 2026 [Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo]
A sign reads 'No to war, yes to dialogue' during a march on International Workers' Day at the Anti-Imperialist Tribunal in front of the US Embassy in Havana, May 1, 2026 [Adalberto Roque/AFP]
Taking a break after a march marking International Workers' Day in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 1, 2026 [Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo]
Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel marches in a May Day parade in Havana, May 1, 2026 [Norlys Perez/Reuters via Pool]
Marching along Havana's waterfront to mark International Workers' Day, May 1, 2026 [Adalberto Roque/AFP]
Dancing in Havana on International Workers' Day, May 1, 2026 [Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo]
A poster of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, May 1, 2026 [Adalberto Roque/AFP]
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People gather at the site of a bomb attack at El Tunel, on the Popayan-Cali road, in Cajibio, Cauca department, Colombia. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
The highway bomb attack in Colombia's southwestern Cauca department killed 19 people and injured at least 38. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
People stand next to victims covered with white sheets at the site of the blast. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
The attack comes just over one month ahead of national elections, in which voters will pick a successor to President Gustavo Petro. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
Red Cross workers carry an injured person. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
President Gustavo Petro blamed the bombing on Ivan Mordisco, the South American country's most-wanted criminal, whom the president has compared to late cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
The violence came after a bomb attack on Friday on a military base in Cali, Colombia's third-largest city, injured two people. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
Military chief Hugo Lopez said on Saturday that 26 attacks have been recorded in Valle del Cauca and Cauca departments over the last two days. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
Security is one of the central issues of the May 31 presidential election. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
Authorities have boosted military and police presence in the areas, Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday. [Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP]
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A government supporter weeps during a mourning ceremony marking the 40th day since the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]
In Iran’s capital, Tehran, mourners wearing black began their rally from Jomhouri Eslami Square to the neighbourhood of the office of Khamenei, 86. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
Khamenei’s body has yet to be officially buried since his death on February 28. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
The national tribute commenced at 9:40am (06:10 GMT), the exact time Ali Khamenei was killed on February 28. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]
A woman holds a picture of late Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the ceremony. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
His son, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, now serves as Iran’s supreme leader. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]
People attend the mourning ceremony in Tehran. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]
Government supporters attend the mourning ceremony in Tehran. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]
People carry a banner with an image of late Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the ceremony in Tehran. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
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Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window on April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew's flyby of the Moon. [Handout/NASA/Getty Images via AFP]
The Orion spacecraft, crescent moon and a crescent Earth on April 6, 2026. [Handout/NASA via AFP]
Earth sets over the moon's curved limb in this photo captured by the Artemis II crew during their journey around the far side of the moon. [Handout/NASA/Getty Images via AFP]
The Artemis II astronauts wrapped up their lunar flyby as they continue their journey back to Earth. [Handout/NASA via AFP]
The Orion spacecraft and the moon backlit by the sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026. [Handout/NASA via AFP]
The moon fully eclipsing the sun. [Handout/NASA/Getty Images via AFP]
The heavily cratered terrain of the eastern edge of the South Pole-Aitken basin of the moon, as seen from the Orion spacecraft on April 6, 2026. [Handout/NASA via AFP]
A close-up view of the Vavilov Crater on the rim of the older and larger Hertzsprung basin of the moon, as seen from the Orion spacecraft. [Handout/NASA via AFP]
The moon with the Orientale basin visible in the centre, with a black patch of ancient lava in the center that punched through the moon's crust in an eruption billions of years ago. [Handout/NASA via AFP]
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