VE Day tributes, airstrikes and black smoke: photos of the day
Dorothea Barron, a 100-year-old veteran, attends a service of thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey in London on the 80th anniversary of VE Day Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA
From left: Julia Klöckner, president of the German Bundestag, Stephan Harbarth, president of Germany's constitutional court, Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German president, arrive for a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial site Neue Wache to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war in Europe Photograph: Clemens Bilan/EPA
Russian communist party supporters lay flowers at the Tragedy of the Nations Monument at an antifascist rally for Victory Day near the Victory Museum at Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow. Russia will mark the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany and its allies on 9 May Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA
A municipal worker stands in front of an apartment building heavily damaged by a Russian airstrike in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region Photograph: Ukrainian Armed Forces/Reuters
President Vladimir Putin welcomes China's president, Xi Jinping, to a meeting at the Kremlin Photograph: Yuri Kochetkov/EPA
Demonstrators clash with police in front of the National Congress at a protest against the economic policies of President Javier Milei's government Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty
A photograph taken from the southern Lebanese area of Marjeyoun shows smoke billowing from Israeli airstrikes on the hills of the village of Nabatiyeh Photograph: Rabih Daher/AFP/Getty
Palestinians at the Indonesian hospital mourn the loss of loved ones killed in an Israeli attack on the Rayyan family household Photograph: Anadolu/Getty
Nuns look on as black smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating no decision has been made to elect a new pope Photograph: Marko Đurica/Reuters
Media personnel work in St Peter's Square on the second day of the conclave Photograph: Ettore Ferrari/EPA
According to the Indian army, at least 13 civilians lost their lives and 43 others were injured in cross-border shelling and arbitrary firing across the 'line of control' in the Uri, Poonch and Tangdhar sectors Photograph: Mukesh/EPA
Activists wave India's national flag and hold banners reading Operation Sindoor at a protest against Pakistan. India's ministry of home affairs has ordered civil defence drills across 240 districts to test emergency preparedness in the light of security concerns after the Pahalgam terror attack Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Getty
The former president Jair Bolsonaro waves at a rally calling for amnesty for those convicted over the January 2023 uprising. Bolsonaro, indicted by the supreme court for plotting a coup, called for amnesty for those convicted in the attack that sought to overthrow the government of the leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Photograph: André Borges/EPA
A gala attendee wearing a pink dress stands in front of protesters blocking the entrance to the Cipriani, which is hosting a $50,000-a-table gala to fund the Manhattan Institute, a right-wing thinktank Photograph: Angelina Katsanis/Reuters
A drone view shows a grass-covered barge with a painting installation by the Franco-Swiss artist Saype entitled Address Hate being towed into New York harbour. The initiative seeks to combat hate speech and promote mutual respect through art, education and civic dialogue Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters
An egg laid by a Mount Augustus snail through its neck in Hokitika, New Zealand. A rare snail has been filmed for the first time squeezing an egg from its neck, delighting scientists trying to save the critically endangered meat-eating mollusc
Photograph: Lisa Flanagan/New Zealand Department of Conservation/AFP/Getty
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