The week in 35 photos

Israeli police confront mourners in Jerusalem on Friday, May 13, as they carry the casket of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead two days earlier while reporting on a military raid in the West Bank city of Jenin. Mourners carrying Abu Akleh’s coffin out of a hospital were met with violence from Israeli police who compelled them to transport the body by car. Israeli police in a statement said that “hundreds of rioters began to disrupt public order, even before the funeral began,” as they worked to secure the procession.

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A shark cruises near the ocean floor on Wednesday, May 18, off the coast of Jupiter, Florida.

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is shown how to purchase a train ticket as she attends the opening ceremony of the long-awaited Elizabeth line at Paddington station in west London on Tuesday, May 17. The 96-year-old monarch has been suffering from mobility issues and canceled several appearances in recent months, including the opening of Parliament last week.

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South Korea’s An Se-young reacts after beating Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt in the quarterfinals at the 2022 Thomas and Uber Cup badminton tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, on Thursday, May 12.

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The blood moon is seen during a total lunar eclipse in Rio de Janeiro on Monday, May 16.

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Abortion rights demonstrators walk across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday, May 14, nearly two weeks after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.

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Ukraine’s folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra performs during the Eurovision Song Contest finals in Turin, Italy, on Saturday, May 14. The group clinched the country’s third win. The event marked the first major cultural event in which Ukrainians have taken part since Russia invaded in February, and many in the audience waved Ukraine’s blue and yellow national flag.

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Democrat Charles Booker, left, hugs his mother, Earletta Hearn, as she speaks in Louisville, Kentucky, to a group of supporters following her son’s victory in the state’s primary on Tuesday, May 17.

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A fisherman paddles his boat during a sandstorm in Iraq’s southern city of Basra on Monday, May 16.

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Graduate Julia Pontes holds her 8-month-old daughter, Stella Lyra, during the Columbia University commencement ceremony in New York on Wednesday, May 18.

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A newborn albino red-necked wallaby eats while being carried by its mother in their enclosure at the zoo in Decin, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, May 18.

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US Rep. Madison Cawthorn is surrounded by members of the media as he speaks to supporters at his election night watch party in Hendersonville, North Carolina, on Tuesday, May 17. Cawthorn conceded his race in the GOP primary for the state’s 11th District to opponent Chuck Edwards.

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A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Wednesday, May 18. Markets have plummeted over the past month as the Federal Reserve telegraphed that it would regularly hike interest rates by half a percentage point for the foreseeable future to combat persistent inflation.

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Cambodia’s Pov Sokha and Soeur Chanleakhena compete in the female pair sword form category of the vovinam event during the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thursday, May 19.

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Lightning strikes in Lhokseumawe, Indonesia, on Monday, May 16.

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A member of the FBI looks at bullet holes at the scene of the shooting at Tops supermarket in Buffalo on Monday, May 16.

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Veronika, 8, milks a cow in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, on Thursday, May 12.

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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, looks on as Prince Charles reacts to a bad pour of beer he made on Tuesday, May 17, at the Quidi Vidi Brewery in a fishing village on the east end of St. John’s, a city on Newfoundland island off Canada’s Atlantic coast. They were on a three-day Canadian tour.

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Buddhist monks turn on LED lights to form an image of Buddha on Sunday, May 15, at the Dhammakaya Temple in the Pathum Thani Province north of Bangkok. They were observing Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death.

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Taylor Swift participates in a New York University graduation ceremony at Yankee Stadium in New York on Wednesday, May 18. The prolific pop singer received an honorary doctorate of fine arts. In a commencement speech, Swift gave the recent graduates “life hacks” on navigating post-graduate and early career life, including “life can be heavy,” and to “learn to live alongside cringe.”

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An American flag is raised for the first time after US diplomats returned to the US embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, May 18. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday that the US had reopened its embassy in Kyiv after it closed three months ago ahead of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Victoria Harris, a staff member for California Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, holds Clover, a 9-month hold female kangaroo at the Secretary of State building in Sacramento, California, Tuesday, May 17.

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Frankfurt’s Rafael Borre, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring the winning penalty during a shootout at the end of the UEFA Europa League final match against the Glasgow Rangers in Seville, Spain, on Wednesday, May 18. Frankfurt beat Glasgow 5-4 in a dramatic penalty shootout following a 1-1 draw.

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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden pay their respects on Tuesday, May 17, at a makeshift memorial for the victims of Saturday’s mass shooting in Buffalo, New York. President Biden on Tuesday did not hesitate to call the deadly shooting an act of domestic terrorism, condemning the racist ideology of the suspected shooter. “White supremacy is a poison. It’s a poison … running through our body politic,” Biden said, adding that silence is “complicity.”

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Actress Aishwarya Rai arrives for the screening of the film “Armageddon Time” during the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on Thursday, May 19.

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Police use a water cannon to disperse protestors during a demonstration organized by students near Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Thursday, May 19. The country’s worst economic crisis in decades has fueled weeks of anti-government protests.

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Rwandan model Prince walks the runway during the Isano Fashion Show in Kigali, Rwanda, on Tuesday, May 17. The show features models from the LGBTQ community and Rwandans with disabilities to celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, riding atop an Atlas V rocket, is launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during an uncrewed test mission on Thursday, May 19. Once in orbit, the spacecraft, which is designed to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station, will detach from the Atlas V rocket and spend about 24 hours free flying before arriving at the ISS where it is set to remain for less than a week. On board this mission are some supplies for the astronauts already on board the ISS as well as a spacesuit-clad mannequin, named Rosie, after the World War II-era Rosie the Riveter.

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Brisbane Broncos’ Corey Oates, center, is upended during a rugby match against Manly in Brisbane, Australia, on Friday, May 13.

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WNBA star Brittney Griner leaves a courtroom after a hearing in Khimki, Russia, on Friday, May 13. Griner, who has been held in pretrail detention since February on accusations of drug smuggling, had her detention extended Friday by a Russian court until at least June 18, Russian state news agency TASS reported. The US government has said the two-time Olympic gold medalist is being wrongfully detained.

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Milwaukee’s Keston Hiura celebrates after hitting a walk-off home run to defeat the Atlanta Braves in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, May 18.

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A ballet dancer rests during a rehearsal of “Swan Lake” at the Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on Thursday, May 12.

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