Week in pictures: 13-19 May 2017 - BBC News

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A group of boys enjoy a game of football at Galle Dutch Fort in Galle, Sri Lanka.





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Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn was startled by Cody the dachshund during a campaign event outside the James Paget Hospital in Great Yarmouth, England





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Stars from around the world headed to Cannes for the prestigious film festival, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year.





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Xiomara Esquivel, Miss Gay Nicaragua 2017, took part in a march to celebrate International Day Against Homophobia in Managua, Nicaragua.





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Emmanuel Macron promised to restore France's global standing, as he was inaugurated as the country's youngest president in an official ceremony in Paris.





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Democrats showed a photo of President Donald Trump welcoming Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to the White House, at the US Capitol in Washington.





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A small wooden boat was set alight after the refugees and migrants on board were rescued by crews from the Migrant Offshore Aid Station in Lampedusa, Italy.





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A man uses a bucket to help put out the fire in a small shop in the Mercado Oriental in Nicaragua, where approximately 25 stores were completely burned down.





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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, on the balcony of Ecuador's London embassy, said he would not forgive and forget attempts to arrest him over rape allegations.