Gallery: The best photos from around the world
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The best photos from international news agencies, chosen by our photo editors.
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Ballet slippers hang on the fence of the Vladislav Ribnikar school in Belgrade, Serbia. A 13-year-old who opened fire at a school drew sketches of the classroom and made a list of people he intended to target, police said. He killed eight classmates and a school guard before being arrested. Credit:Associated Press
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Afghan women weave wool to make rugs at a traditional carpet factory in Kabul, Afghanistan. After the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, women were denied many basic rights. Credit:Associated Press
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Soldiers demonstrate their skills during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square on May 9 to mark the 78th anniversary of Victory in World War II in St. Petersburg, Russia.Credit:Associated Press
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Florist Shane Connolly will arrange flowers at Westminster Abbey, where he places a bouquet of poppies at the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey ahead of the coronation of King Charles III in London, England Among the flowers. Credit:WPA pool
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Napoli fans celebrate after winning the Serie A title in Napoli, Italy. SSC Napoli are Italian champions after 33 years; the last time they won the trophy, Diego Armando Maradona led the team. Spalletti’s side won their third league title, taking a point away at Udinese at the Stadio Friuli.Credit:Getty Images
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Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon near the eastern city of Bakhmut in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, where heavy fighting took place with Russian troops. The owner of Russia’s Wagner Group military contractor is threatening to withdraw next week from a protracted battle in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bahmut. On Friday, May 5, he accused the Russian military command of starving his troops of ammunition so they could not fight.Credit:Associated Press
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A royalist prepares to camp alongside King Charles III’s planned route near Buckingham Palace in London, Britain, May 4, 2023. The coronation of King and Queen Camilla will take place on May 6 as part of three days of celebrations. Credit:Getty Images
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Emergency workers clear debris in front of a residential building in Uman, central Ukraine, after the Russian attack.Credit:Associated Press
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Firefighters clear flares from the pitch after a Serie A match between Udinese football team and Napoli, which won the Serie A title, at the Dacia Arena in Udinese, Italy. Credit:Getty Images
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Author Olivia Dom picketed outside Universal Studios, California, with other members of The Writers Guild of America. The first Hollywood strike in 15 years began on Tuesday as 11,500 members of the Writers Guild stopped working after their contracts expired. Credit:Associated Press
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Afghan children, whose families fled Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul in 2021, attend robotics and electronics classes at a guesthouse run by the Future Brilliance charity in Islamabad, Pakistan. Women-led Future Brilliance focuses on development projects that provide skills for artisans and women living in conflict zones. Since the Taliban took over Kabul in August 2021, the charity has been rescuing and rebuilding at-risk Afghan women and families, as well as providing housing and shelter to asylum seekers living in Pakistan. Credit:Getty Images
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Military doctors provide first aid to a soldier wounded in battle in Bakhmut, Ukraine’s Donetsk region.Credit:Associated Press
