Week in pictures: 22 - 28 May 2021 - BBC News

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Singer Stefania of Greece performs Last Dance using green screen special effects at the Eurovision Song Contest final in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Italy won the competition with rock band Måneskin. The UK scored zero points with James Newman's entry Embers - the second time in history this has happened.

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Dominic Cummings, former chief adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, arrives at Portcullis House, central London, to give evidence to a joint inquiry of the Commons Heath, and Science and Technology committees about lessons learned from the Covid pandemic.

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An aerial view of the lava flow during the Mount Nyiragongo volcanic eruption 10km (six miles) from Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At least 32 people were killed and thousands were left homeless, and as many as 400,000 people are reported to have fled the city, amid fears of another eruption.

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The Flower Supermoon rises over the ancient temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion in Athens, Greece. Stargazers saw a rare Super "blood" Moon as the Earth's satellite turned orangey-red. It only happens when the Earth, Moon and Sun are very closely aligned, with the Earth in the middle and the Moon is entirely in its shadow.

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Social worker Ashok Jagannath Kurmi sprays disinfectant while dressed as a clown at a slum in Mumbai, India, to help stop the spread of coronavirus. He says dressing up in costume helps remind people to try to stay happy as well as healthy.

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People are reflected in a puddle as they watch a sunset in Moscow, Russia.

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Principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre becomes the first black woman in 30 years to host a daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, US. "It's a real honour to be standing here," she said. "But I believe that being behind this podium, being in this building, is not about one person; it's about what we do on behalf of the American people."

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Queen Elizabeth II visits the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth, England, before it departs for a 28-week deployment to the Indo-Pacific region. The ￡3bn warship will cover 26,000 miles.

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Sri Lankan navy soldiers remove debris washed ashore from the Singapore-registered container ship X-Press Pearl which has been burning for several days in the sea off Colombo harbour. If the ship sinks, then hundreds of tonnes of oil could leak into the sea - having an adverse impact on marine life.

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A gibbon strides across a car park amid strewn vehicles at Bakhchisaray miniature park in Crimea, which includes a zoo.