Iranian rescue workers carry the bodies of the victim of the crashed Iranian President helicopter, in the area of Varzaghan, Tabriz province, southwestern Iran, 20 May 2024. According to Iranian state media, President Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and several others were killed in a helicopter crash in the mountainous Varzaghan area on 19 May, during their return to Tehran, after an inauguration ceremony of the joint Iran-Azerbaijan constructed Qiz-Qalasi dam at the Aras river. Iran's first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber was appointed as the country's interim president following the death of Raisi, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced in a condolence message on 20 May 2024. Mokhber will serve as caretaker president for a maximum period of 50 days before a presidential election must be held in Iran, the statement added. (Photo by Azin Haghighi/EPA/EFE)





The British alternative rock duo Nova Twins perform on day three of the 2024 Shaky Knees music festival in Atlanta, US on May 5, 2024. (Photo by John D. Shearer/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





This picture taken on May 30, 2024 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on May 31, 2024 shows the test-firing of 600mm super-large rocket artillery at an unconfirmed location in North Korea. North Korean state media on May 31 released images of leader Kim Jong Un supervising tests of a multiple rocket launcher system, a day after Seoul accused Pyongyang of firing a volley of short-range ballistic missiles. (Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP Photo)





The Mexican Navy's Training Ship, Cuauhtemoc, prepares to set sail from Acapulco, Mexico, 06 May 2024. The training ship Cuauhtemoc, with a record number of women, will embark on a more than seven-month journey, visiting three continents and ten countries, including the United States and China. (Photo by David Guzman/EPA/EFE)





Christians coming from around the world carrying wooden crosses march along the Via Dolorosa (Way of Suffering) before Easter in Jerusalem's Old City during the Good Friday procession on May 03, 2024. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Loose paving stones and graffiti on facades on the Binnengasthuis grounds, the day after the University of Amsterdam (UvA) student protests in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 09 May 2024. The University of Amsterdam filed a report against demonstrators who occupied the Binnengasthuis grounds, citing concerns about safety in and around the buildings. The demonstrators demand transparency from the UvA regarding its ties with Israeli institutions and to severe these ties. (Photo by Ramon van Flymen/EPA/EFE)





Priests from Intokozo Yamakrestu Church in Christ step into the sea before baptizing the faithful on a beach in Durban, South Africa, Monday, May 27, 2024. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)





A boy cools himself with potable water from the New Delhi Municipal Council water tanker on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The hot weather has been brutal in many South Asian countries where, science shows, climate change has brought stronger and more frequent extreme weather events. (Photo by Elke Scholiers/Getty Images)





Protesters clash with police officers during a demonstration on May 25, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Demonstrators gathered to call for an hostage deal and to protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government. Negotiations over a ceasefire deal that would halt the war in Gaza are once again stalled, while Israel appears to be preparing for an expanded ground offensive around Rafah, despite international concern.(Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)





This photo taken on May 13, 2024 shows Albaert, mascot of the UEFA Euro 2024, mowing the lawn during a presentation of the trophy for the UEFA Euro 2024 European Football Championship inside the Allianz Arena that will be called Munich Football Arena during the UEFA Euro 2024 European Football Championships in Munich, southern Germany. The UEFA EURO 2024 European Football Championship will take place from June 14 to July 14 in ten stadiums around Germany including Munich Football Arena. (Photo by Alexandra Beier/AFP Photo)





Malians take part in the annual replastering of the world's largest mud-brick building, the Great Mosque of Djenne, Mali, Sunday, May 12, 2024. The building has been on UNESCO's World Heritage in Danger list since 2016. The mosque and surrounding town are threatened by conflict. Djenne's mosque requires a new layer of mud each year before the start of the rainy season in June. (Photo by Moustapha Diallo/AP Photo)





Russian military cadets attend the annual military parade dedicated to the Victory Day celebrations at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, 09 May 2024. Russia marks the 79th anniversary of the victory in World War II over Nazi Germany and its allies. The Soviet Union lost 27 million people in the war. (Photo by Anatoly Maltsev/EPA/EFE)





Protesters attempt to block a highway demanding the immediate release of hostages who were kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel on May 8, 2024. (Photo by Tomer Appelbaum/Reuters)





An Ethiopian Orthodox Christian pilgrim, looks at the camera as she holds a candle during the procession of the Holy Fire, at the Ethiopian monks' village Deir Al-Sultan, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)





Police officers detain a demonstrator during a pro-Palestinian protest rally in Berlin, Saturday, May 18, 2024. (Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)





Paris 2024 Olympics (L) and Paralympics mascots “the Phryges” pose during a presentation to the press of the Paris 2024 podium on the Trocadero Parvis des Droits de l'Homme (Human Rights square) in front of the Eiffel Tower on May 23, 2024 in Paris. (Photo by Stephane de Sakutin/AFP Photo)





Handmade rockets fly over Panagia Erithiani church during Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations in the village of Vrontados, on the island of Chios, Greece, on May 4, 2024. During the Orthodox Easter midnight mass service residents of two “rival” churches, Panagia Erithiani and Saint Mark, fire handmade firework-like rockets at each other's steeples, unleashing thousands of rockets into the night sky, in a tradition going back generations. (Photo by Konstantinos Anagnostou/Reuters)





Dancers in historical 19th century attire are seen dancing a French version of the Polka on May 12, 2024 in Paris, France. Twenty four dancers gather in the sumptuous building of the Mayor office in the 15th arrondissement to participate in a unique historical dancing competition dressed in traditional clothing. (Photo by Remon Haazen/Getty Images)





Participants attend the annual May Day bank holiday Jack In The Green parade and festival in Hastings, Britain, on May 6, 2024. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)