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Snapshots from Kashmir, Palestine, Brazil and more
TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP
An Indian army soldier stands guard near the Line of Control (LoC) in India's Kashmir region on May 19, 2025.
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A Palestinian man lifts a national flag as he walks on a road destroyed in Israeli raids at the entrance of the Tulkarm refugee camp on May 19, 2025.
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A visitor views floristry design entries at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Britain, on May 19, 2025.
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A woman attends the Bembe do Mercado manifestation in Santo Amaro, Bahia State, Brazil, on May 18, 2025.
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A man walks past vehicles taking part in the "Diablos Rojos" race, an annual competition featuring old school buses modified for use as personal transport, in La Chorrera, Panama, on May 18, 2025.
REUTERS/ Mohammad Ponir Hossain
A boy throws a polythene bag full of waste into Shuvadda Canal, which is under the pile of plastic waste, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 20, 2025.
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Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd from the popemobile before a Holy Mass for the beginning of his pontificate, in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on May 18, 2025.
REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
People attend a rally in support of federal workers outside the 26 Federal Plaza, a federal office building in New York City, US, on March 25, 2025.
Paul ELLIS / AFP
Fans hold blue flares as they gather outside of Goodison Park ahead of the English Premier League football match between Everton and Southampton, in Liverpool, northwest England, on May 18, 2025.
TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP
Phnom Penh governor Khuong Sreng (R) and his wife (2nd R) offer alms to Buddhist monks during the annual 'Day of Remembrance' for the victims of the Khmer Rouge regime at the Choeung Ek memorial in Phnom Penh on May 20, 2025.
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Assad to be tried in absentia
