Thursday, May 29, 2025

A glimpse into the world through the lens of photography.


This aerial view shows Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists demanding justice for those injured during the 2024 mass uprising in Bangladesh as they march through the streets of Dhaka on May 28, 2025. Protests have become part of daily life in Bangladesh's capital, with residents either taking part as political parties jostle for power, or avoiding them. On May 28, at least half a dozen demonstrations were held in the sprawling megacity, home to more than 20 million people.


This aerial view shows Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists demanding justice for those injured during the 2024 mass uprising in Bangladesh as they march through the streets of Dhaka on May 28, 2025. Protests have become part of daily life in Bangladesh's capital, with residents either taking part as political parties jostle for power, or avoiding them. On May 28, at least half a dozen demonstrations were held in the sprawling megacity, home to more than 20 million people. Abdul 


Relatives greet their loved ones from naval vessel Zr.Ms. Tromp in the Dutch Royal Navy's New Harbor in Den Helder, Netherlands, on May 28, 2025. The vessel returned home after securing the Baltic and Arctic and was part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1). 


A man takes pictures of a damaged mosque a day after flash floods in Balgran village near Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on May 28, 2025. At least 10 people were killed and 43 injured as strong winds and thunderstorms triggered flash floods and destroyed homes in central and northern Pakistan, officials said. 


Independent filmmakers Chris Wamae (L), Mark Karubiu (2nd L), Brian Adagala (2nd R), and Nicholas Wambugu Gichuki (R) appear in front of Principal Magistrate Eric Otieno in Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 28, 2025. A Kenyan court gave prosecutors more time to investigate the filmmakers, who were arrested May 2 in Nairobi in the wake of a BBC documentary about police killings of protesters. The four were charged with “publishing false information.” Fredrik Lerneryd/AFP via Getty Images


German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy review an honor guard upon Zelenskyy's arrival for talks at the Chancellery in Berlin on May 28, 2025. Merz recently said he will allow Ukraine to use German weapons to hit targets deep inside Russia. Germany is the second-biggest supplier of military aid to Ukraine after the United States. 


An NH90 NATO Frigate Helicopter (NFH) in action during the launch of a large-scale maritime safety operation by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) at the naval base of Zeebrugge, Belgium, on May 28, 2025. 


President Donald Trump looks on as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro speaks during her swearing-in ceremony in the Oval Office on May 28, 2025. 


Some 600 wing-foil riders from 28 countries compete in the Defi Wing long-distance race as part of the annual Defi Wind event in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Gruissan in southern France, on May 28, 2025. 


Attendees stand with flowers during the funeral ceremony of Roman Martyniuk, 17, his sister Tamara, 11, and brother Stanislav, 8, who were killed by a Russian missile strike, at a town hall in Korostyshiv, Zhytomyr region, on May 28, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On the night of May 24 to May 25, at least 13 Ukrainian civilians were killed in massive Russian strikes, including three of the five Martyniuk children, who were killed by a cruise missile in the town of Korostyshiv, about 100 kilometers from Kyiv. 


Children waving the flags of Indonesia and France cheer as the vehicle carrying France's President Emmanuel Macron arrives at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 28, 2025. 


A builder wipes his forehead as he works at a construction site amid rising temperatures with the onset of summer in Baghdad, on May 28, 2025. Summer has come early for Iraq with temperatures soaring to dangerous levels in the southern provinces the previous week, as reported by the national weather center, while global temperatures are stuck at near-record highs, according to the EU's climate monitor, extending an unprecedented heat streak that started in 2023. 


A mega yacht, built by Dutch yacht builder Van Lent for former Starbucks U.S. CEO Howard Schultz, is piloted past a bridge in Woubrugge, Netherlands, on May 28, 2025. The luxurious ship, 101.5 meters long and 13.5 meters wide, is on its way to Rotterdam. 


Matteo Gigante of Italy plays a backhand against Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece during the Men's Singles Second Round match on Day Four of the 2025 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on May 28, 2025. 


An installation on the beach during a rally by relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack in southern Israel, in Tel Aviv, on May 28, 2025, to mark 600 days of their captivity and demand their release and an end to the war. 


Tribal women from the Mising ethnic community carry traditional fishing nets as they head to a wetland in the Dhemaji district in India's Assam state on May 28, 2025. 


Marks represent days on hunger strike as Laila Soueif, mother of activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who is imprisoned in Egypt, continues her hunger strike on May 28, 2025, outside Downing Street in London. Soueif resumed her full hunger strike last week after months on a partial hunger strike, in protest of her son's yearslong detention at Wadi el-Natrun prison north of Cairo. His original five-year sentence was due to end in September of last year. 


Mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa poses during a gathering held to celebrate his 31st successful ascent of Mount Everest, after his arrival in Kathmandu on May 28, 2025. Sherpa, a 55-year-old Nepali climber dubbed “Everest Man,” reached the peak of the world's highest mountain for a record 31st time on May 27, 2025, more than three decades after his first summit.


A large avalanche with a mixture of ice, rock, snow, and water reaches the valley floor in Wiler after the Birch glacier collapsed above Blatten, Switzerland, on May 28, 2025. 


Reog Ponorogo performers take part in a traditional Javanese tribal ceremony called “ruwatan,” or the cleansing of bad luck, in Surabaya, Indonesia, on May 28, 2025. 


Electric-powered three-wheel rickshaw drivers wait for tourists in Rabat, Morocco, on May 28, 2025. 


A boy plays with a football on the banks of the river Ganges at Scindia Ghat on a hot summer day in Varanasi, India, on May 28, 2025. 

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