Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) is greeted by a ceremonial guard and received a red-carpet welcome in Beijing, China on May 16, 2024. Putin will pay a two-day official visit at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (L). (Photo by Kremlin Press Office/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Nutsa Buzaladze of Georgia performs the song Firefighter during the second semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)





A child dressed in costume performs during the Piu Sik Parade at the Bun Festival in Cheung Chau Island, Hong Kong, China, 15 May 2024. The Cheung Chau Bun Festival marks the Eighth day of the Fourth Month in the Chinese calendar. (Photo by Leung Man Hei/EPA/EFE)





Cycling fans attend the start of the stage 1 of the Giro d'Italia 2024 cycling race, 140 km between Venaria Reale and Torino on May 4, 2024. The 107th edition of the Giro d'Italia, with a total of 3400,8 km, departs from Veneria Reale near Turin on May 4, 2024 and will finish in Rome on May 26, 2024. (Photo by Marco Bertorello/AFP Photo)





Belgian Shai Zomers, 54, who took part in the 9-month Top Women 2024 coaching, to help women to be “as they are” and “to gain confidence in who they are”, smiles on the catwalk in Mons, Belgium on May 19, 2024. (Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters)





American singer, songwriter and actress Selena Gomez attends the premiere of “Emilia Perez” during the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 18 May 2024. The film festival runs from 14 to 25 May 2024. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Indigenous men fight during the Quechua Tinku ritual in San Pedro de Macha, north of Potosi, Bolivia on May 4, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Morales/Reuters)





People release lanterns during the celebration of Vesak, which marks the day of Buddha's birth, death and enlightenment at the 9th century Borobudur Temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Photo by Slamet Riyadi/AP Photo)





Police officers remove a pro-Palestinian demonstrator, as demonstrators occupy a building at the Humboldt University, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Berlin, Germany, on May 23, 2024. (Photo by Lisi Niesner/Reuters)





Dutch artist Rajacenna van Dam, paints ten paintings at once with both hands and feet, live in a museum in Vlaardingen, Netherlands on May 3, 2024. (Photo by John Thys/AFP Photo)





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. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A police officer adjusts her helmet on the sidelines of an anti-government protest against food scarcity at soup kitchens and economic reforms proposed by President Javier Milei, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 7, 2024. (Photo by Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo)





In this photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, May 17, 2024, a Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying spacecrafts of the Russian Defense Ministry flies in the sky after the launch from a launch pad of Plesetsk Cosmodrome outside Plesetsk, northern Russia. (Photo by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP Photo)





A model walks the runway during the Liandra show during Australian Fashion Week Presented By Pandora 2024 at Carriageworks on May 14, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Stefan Gosatti/Getty Images for AFW)





American rapper Cardi B attends the 2024 Met Gala celebrating “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Gotham/Getty Images)





Italy's Sofia Raffaeli competes during the hoop senior individual all-around final event at the 40th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships at the Arena in Budapest, Hungary on May 25, 2024. (Photo by Attila Kisbenedek/AFP Photo)





Ukrainian servicemen of the 42nd Separate Mechanized Brigade fire a 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops in a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine on May 16, 2024. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)





A woman stands with her back turned and holding up her fist during a speech by U.S. President Joe Biden, during a Morehouse College commencement ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., May 19, 2024. (Photo by Alyssa Pointer/Reuters)





Participants hold a giant St. George's Ribbon at the memorial Savur-Mohyla (Saur-Mogila) during a ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Donetsk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine on May 8, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)