Photos of the week - May 21, 2026 | Reuters

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[1/23]A Muslim pilgrim moves between rocks while a cat lies on one, as he visits Mount Al-Noor, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa Purchase Licensing Rights
Mecca, SAUDI ARABIA

[2/23]Climbers walk in a long line as they head to summit Mount Everest in Nepal, May 18. REUTERS/Purnima Shrestha Purchase Licensing Rights
EVEREST, Nepal

[3/23]A Congolese police personnel stands guard at the burning Ebola treatment center, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain outbreak, in Rwampara general hospital in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere Purchase Licensing Rights
RWAMPARA, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

[4/23]First Sergeant Kosovare Fain carries her daughter, Reagan Fain, 4, as she and fellow soldiers from the U.S. Army 3d Infantry Regiment, known as The Old Guard, participate in the annual 'Flags-In' event, where U.S. flags are placed at service members' gravesites in advance of Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, May 21. REUTERS/Matt McClain Purchase Licensing Rights
Arlington, VA, USA

[5/23]A helicopter drops water to battle a wildfire known as the Sandy Fire, in Simi Valley, California, May 18. REUTERS/David Swanson Purchase Licensing Rights
Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES

[6/23]Attendees participate in Rededicate 250: National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving on the National Mall in Washington, May 17. REUTERS/Eric Lee Purchase Licensing Rights
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES

[7/23]Mourners react by the Security Office at the Islamic Centre of San Diego, which was used by Security guard Amin Abdullah who was fatally shot, the morning following the shooting in San Diego, California, May 19. REUTERS/Mike Blake Purchase Licensing Rights
SAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES

[8/23]Make-up partially covering President Trump's hand as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, May 20. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Purchase Licensing Rights
Joint Base Andrews, MD, UNITED STATES

[9/23]A member of the M23 rebel group stands guard outside a laboratory where samples from suspected Ebola cases are tested, in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi Purchase Licensing Rights
GOMA, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

[10/23]A protester wearing a costume takes part in the "Unite the Kingdom" far-right rally in London, May 16. REUTERS/Hannah McKay Purchase Licensing Rights
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

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[11/23]Activists from the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, detained by Israeli forces after their vessels were intercepted in international waters in the Mediterranean, disembark a plane upon arrival at Istanbul Airport, Turkey, May 21. REUTERS/Murad Sezer Purchase Licensing Rights
ISTANBUL, TURKEY

[12/23]Plainclothes police officers detain a protestor during a strike by public transport operators driven by rising fuel costs linked to global supply pressures, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, May 18. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya Purchase Licensing Rights
NAIROBI, Kenya

[13/23]An Iranian couple arrive on a military vehicle during a public wedding ceremony called "Sacrificed couple wedding", in Tehran, Iran, May 18, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights
TEHRAN, IRAN

[14/23]A traditional livestock market, ahead of the Muslim festival of sacrifice, Eid al-Adha, in Bogor, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, May 21. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana Purchase Licensing Rights
BOGOR, Indonesia

[15/23]Host Shania Twain and Lainey Wilson onstage during the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, May 17. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Purchase Licensing Rights
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, United States

[16/23]Vessels sail through the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, May 20. REUTERS/Stringer Purchase Licensing Rights
MUSANDAM, Oman

[17/23]An ambulance believed to be carrying a U.S. doctor being transferred from Uganda to the Faculty Hospital Bulovka after he came into contact with a patient infected with Ebola, arrives at the hospital in Prague, Czech Republic, May 21. REUTERS/Eva Korinkova Purchase Licensing Rights
Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC

[18/23]People react while Red Cross workers walk in a formation as they disinfect Rwampara general hospital before handling the body of a person who died of Ebola, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 21, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere Purchase Licensing Rights
RWAMPARA, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

[19/23]Leonce Bisimwa mourns the death of a family member who died of Ebola, at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) in Hoho commune of Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 21. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere Purchase Licensing Rights
BUNIA, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

[20/23]The Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, perform over the Severn River as part of the U.S. Naval Academy Commissioning Week events in Annapolis, Maryland, May 20. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Purchase Licensing Rights
ANNAPOLIS, MD, UNITED STATES

[21/23]Guests on the red carpet during arrivals for the screening of the film "The Man I Love" in competition at the 79th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, May 20. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier Purchase Licensing Rights
CANNES, France

[22/23]A man pulls a suitcase near pigeons in Manhattan, New York City, May 18. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon Purchase Licensing Rights
NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES

[23/23]A Palestinian Bedouin child rides a donkey in Khan al-Ahmar, the Palestinian Bedouin village which Israel's far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said he ordered to be evacuated, near Jericho, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 20. REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman Purchase Licensing Rights
Jericho, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES