MAY 2018 - Pictures of the day - May18- May 24, 2018

MAY 2018
Pictures of the day
May 18 – May 24, 2018
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MAY 2018
Pictures of the day
May 18 – May 24, 2018
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Azerbaijan separatist region aims to end solitude
Most of the world is off-limits to Arshak
Aghakaryan, a 14-year-old boy in the
Azerbaijani separatist region of Nagorno-
Karabakh. The rows of gleaming computers at
an after-school training center feed his hopes
that he has a place in it.
The privately funded TUMO Center for
Creative Technologies, which teaches subjects
such as robotics and 3-D modeling, epitomizes
the aspirations in the region to emerge from
the isolation that has cloaked it for more than
two decades. Nagorno-Karabakh has been
under the control of ethnic Armenian forces
backed by Armenia since the end of a 1994
war.
Armenia’s new government has raised hopes
here that a breakthrough could come, or at
least bring more investment.
May 10, 2018
GALLLERY PHOTOS

In this Wednesday, May 9, 2018, people attend a concert in
Stepanakert, during the Victory Day to celebrate 73 years since the end
of WWII and the defeat of Nazi. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
May 9, 2018
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In this Wednesday, May 9, 2018, a vendor gives a
candy floss in Stepanakert, during the Victory Day to
celebrate 73 years since the end of WWII and the
defeat of Nazi. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
May 9, 2018
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In this Wednesday, May 9, 2018, a soldier and other
residents watch the fireworks in Stepanakert, during
the Victory Day to celebrate 73 years since the end
of WWII and the defeat of Nazi. (AP
Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
May 9, 2018
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In this Thursday, May 10, 2018, military officers attend a
church service in Shusha town. (AP Photo/Thanassis
Stavrakis)
May 10, 2018
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In this Thursday, May 10, 2018, Azan Grigorevich, the
owner of the only rock bar in Stepanakert prepares
cocktails was he speaks with his friends. (AP
May 10, 2018
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In this Thursday, May 10, 2018, a bus passes in front of a factory
painted with the colors of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh
flag in the capital Stepanakert. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
May 10, 2018
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In this Thursday, May 10, 2018, a soldier
cemetery with the victims of 1988-1994 war is
seen in Stepanakert. (AP Photo/Thanassis
Stavrakis)
May 10, 2018
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In this Thursday, May 10, 2018, a pedestrian passes outside a
restaurant in Stepanakert. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
May 10, 2018
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In this Thursday, May 10, 2018, destroyed buildings during the
war are seen in Shusha town. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
May 10, 2018
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In this Thursday, May 10, 2018, Armenian Garnik Avanesyan,
veteran Lieutenant Colonel poses in front of destroyed buildings
during the war in Shusha town. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
May 10, 2018
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In this Thursday, May 10, 2018, children stand at the yard of a church as a destroyed building
during the war is seen in the background in Shusha town. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
May 10, 2018
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“His statements so far are more those of a member of the Armenian public than of a
diplomat,” said Thomas de Waal, an analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace. “This is a challenge to Azerbaijan. Suddenly, the clock is being reset
and nothing is clear.”
Nagorno-Karabakh has reported solid gross domestic product growth over the past
decade. Once heavily reliant on imported electricity, Nagorno-Karabakh now has a self-
sufficient grid.
It also has an international airport, built in 2011, but the one thing missing are the
planes. Azerbaijan has warned it can’t guarantee the safety of flights to Nagorno-
Karabakh. So, neatly stacked luggage trolleys, check-in desks and an air traffic control
tower remain unused.
But the region has “learned to coexist with the conflict,” the separatists’ foreign affairs
minister Masis Mayilian said. “We have created the institutions both to maintain our
existence and for our development.”

In this Tursday, May 10, 2018, a fruit vendor with his
friend sit outside his shop in Stepanakert. AP
Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)May 10, 2018
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In this Friday, May 11, 2018, a teenager taking a course at TUMO, an after-
school training center, in Stepanakert. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Nagorno-Karabakh’s 150,000 people don’t
hold Azerbaijan passports and can travel
only to Armenia, unless they apply for
Armenian passports. The mountainous
region’s self-declared sovereignty isn’t
recognized by any country. With trade,
travel and educational opportunities
limited, the region’s youth are in danger of
falling behind.
TUMO’s goal is to “level up an entire
generation,” said Korioun Khatchadourian,
who moved from France to direct the
Stepanakert branch of the Yerevan,
Armenia-based center. “They will need to
be multi-skilled, and techie and artsy, so
that they can compete on the marketplace
tomorrow.”
May 11, 2018
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It’s working for Aghakaryan, who wants to become a video game developer, and like
many adolescents is impatient with traditional schooling but appreciates hands-on
experience.
“If you get bad marks it’s disappointing and you aren’t going to learn with love,” he
says.
The non-profit TUMO was founded by an American tech executive of Armenian
descent. Such contributions from the Armenian diaspora are vital. But widespread
corruption allegations in Armenia have discouraged investment, said Arayik
Harutyunyan, the minister of state in the separatist government.

In this Friday, May 11, 2018, teenagers taking a course at TUMO, an after-
school training center, in Stepanakert. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
But Harutyunyan and others hope that
will change now that Nikol Pashinian is
Armenia’s prime minister. Pashinian rose
to power this month on a wave of mass
protests that focused on corruption.
Noubar Afeyan, an American
entrepreneur and prominent diaspora
figure, said he hoped the government
change would encourage Armenians
abroad to “finally engage in the
sustained development of Armenia” and
Nagorno-Karabakh.
Yet there is also concern that Pashinian
could aggravate already-volatile
conditions, where Azerbaijani and
Armenian forces face off on either side
of a demilitarized zone and full-scale
fighting sometimes breaks out.
May 11, 2018
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In this Friday, May 11, 2018, soldiers leave a
military area after a shooting practice at
Mataghis army base. (AP Photo/Thanassis
Stavrakis)
May 11, 2018
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In this Friday, May 11, 2018, a man watches a screen atop the air-traffic control
tower at the empty Stepanakert airport. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
May 11, 2018
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In this Friday, May 11, 2018, a dog walks on the empty runway
of Stepanakert airport. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
May 11, 2018
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In this Friday, May 11, 2018, people visit the
monument ''We are our mountains'' in
Stepanakert. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
May 11, 2018
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In this Friday, May 11, 2018, commuters board a
bus in Stepanakert. (AP Photo/Thanassis
Stavrakis)
May 11, 2018
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In this Saturday, May 12, 2018, workers carry a medal box
at Gandzasar monastery near the village of Vank. (AP
May 12, 2018
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In this Saturday, May 12, 2018, local
residents enjoy thermal springs in
Karvachar. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
May 12, 2018
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In this Thursday, May 10, 2018, a woman lights
a candle at a church in Shusha town. (AP
TEXT FROM THE AP NEWS STORY,
AP PHOTOS: AZERBAIJAN
SEPARATIST REGION AIMS TO END
SOLITUDE, BY DAVID KEYTON.
PHOTOS THANASSIS STAVRAKIS
May 10, 2018
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Migrant children play in a
cardboard box outside the
abandoned building of a former
student campus, destroyed
during the Bosnian war, in the
western Bosnian town of Bihac,
Bosnia on Saturday, May 12,
2018. Hundreds of migrants
streaming toward Western
Europe after fleeing violence and
poverty in their countries have
found temporary shelter in war-
scarred Bosnia, a Balkan country
still recovering from its own
bloodshed from more than two
decades ago. (AP Photo/Amel
Emric)
May 12, 2018

Voters wait in a long line to cast their ballots in the
country's parliamentary elections at a polling site in a
battle-scarred building in west Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, May
12, 2018. It was the first parliamentary election since the
Islamic State group was driven from the city. (AP
Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
May 12, 2018

A duck swims past Rick Sylbester as
he walks across a flooded street
after moving a vehicle to higher
ground, in Osoyoos, British
Columbia, Canada on Saturday,
May 12, 2018. Thousands of people
have been evacuated from their
homes in British Columbia's
southern interior as officials warn
of flooding due to extremely heavy
snowpacks, sudden downpours
and unseasonably warm
temperatures. (Darryl Dyck/The
Canadian Press via AP)
May 12, 2018

A bullet hole pierces the window of a cafe near the site where the assailant in a knife attack was
fatally shot by police officers, in central Paris, Sunday, May 13, 2018. Khamzat Azimov, who was born
in the Russian republic of Chechnya, killed one person and wounded five others with a knife in the
rampage through streets near the Paris Garnier Opera house on Saturday night. He was killed by police
as he advanced on them, saying "Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!" (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
May 13, 2018

A man stands on the balcony
of his apartment during a
sudden storm in New Delhi,
India on Sunday, May 13,
2018. The monsoon season is
nearly six weeks away in
India. (AP Photo/Manish
Swarup)
May 13, 2018

People walk past a money
exchange house showing the
rates between the Argentine
peso and other currencies in
Buenos Aires, Argentina,
Monday, May 14, 2018. The
peso hit a new all-time low of
25.30 to the U.S. dollar
Monday. But it rose at 24.8 per
dollar Wednesday and
Argentine stocks and bonds
rose. (AP Photo/Natacha
Pisarenko)
May14, 2018

Simon Rusen-
Morohovich, 19, of
Pittsburgh, Pa., skim
boards as storm clouds
move in over Hollywood
Beach, Fla., Monday,
May 14, 2018. The
National Hurricane
Center says the bad
weather is coming from
a stormy cluster over the
Gulf. (Susan
Stocker/South Florida
Sun-Sentinel via AP)
May 14, 2018

A couple steps around a puddle of
water after a rain shower at the
Monument to Victoriano Lorenzo on
Plaza de Francia in old Panama City,
Monday, May 14, 2018. Lorenzo,
considered one of the great heroes of
Panamanian independence, was lured
into an ambush and executed here on
May 15, 1903, after being one of the
most wanted men by the Colombian
central government. Panama became
independent from Colombia less than
seven months later on November
1903. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
May 14, 2018

Reuters / Monday, May 14, 2018
A Palestinian demonstrator reacts
next to a burning tire during a
protest against U.S. embassy move
to Jerusalem and ahead of the 70th
anniversary of Nakba, near Israeli
Qalandia checkpoint near Ramallah
in the occupied West Bank.
REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
May 14, 2018

The sun sets behind a mosque and other buildings in the Gaza
Strip, Tuesday, May 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
May 15, 2018

Reuters / Tuesday, May 15,
2018
A relative mourns as she
carries the body of eight-
month-old Palestinian infant
Laila al-Ghandour, who died
after inhaling tear gas during
a protest against the U.S
embassy move to Jerusalem,
at the Israel-Gaza border,
during her funeral in Gaza
City. REUTERS/Mohammed
Salem
May 15, 2018

A Hawaii Air National Guard Airman observes three lava fissures at Leilani
Estates and Lanipuna Gardens subdivisions in Pahoa, May 15, 2018.
Courtesy John Linzmeier/U.S. Air National Guard/Handout via REUTERS
May 15, 2018

South Korean army soldiers
stand guard inside a military
guard post behind ribbons
hanging on a wire fence wishing
for the reunification of the two
Koreas at the Imjingak Pavilion
in Paju near the border village
of Panmunjom, South Korea on
Wednesday, May 16, 2018. On
Friday, South Korea said it
believes North Korea remains
committed to improving
relations despite strongly
criticizing Seoul over ongoing
U.S.-South Korean military drills
and insisting it will not return to
talks unless its grievances are
resolved. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-
joon)
May 16, 2018

Volcanic activity from the
Malama Ki and Leilani Estates
neighborhoods glows in the
distance seen from Highway
137 near Pahoa, Hawaii on
Thursday, May 17, 2018. The
greatest ongoing hazard is the
ongoing lava flows and hot,
toxic gases spewing from open
fissure vents close to homes
and critical infrastructure, said
Charles Mandeville of the U.S.
Geological Survey’s volcano
hazards program. (AP
Photo/Marco Garcia)
May 17, 2018

One of the five newborn African spurred
tortoises remains atop a male turtle at the
zoo in Guadalajara, Mexico, on May 17.
— Ulises Ruiz / AFP - Getty Images
May 17, 2018

A woman breaks her fast following the first
day of Ramadan in the yard of a mosque in
Surabaya, Indonesia, on May 17.
— Ulet Ifansasti / Getty Images
May 17, 2018

May 18, 2018

A man stands inside a cabin with a view
of the Milky Way galaxy in Ormont
Valley, Switzerland, early on May 18.
— Anthony Anex / EPA
May 18, 2018

Muslim worshippers offer
prayers on the first Friday of
Ramadan in Dhaka,
Bangladesh, Friday, May 18,
2018. The month-long fast,
in which food and even a sip
of water is prohibited during
the day, is intended to bring
the faithful closer to God
and remind them of those
less fortunate. It is also a
chance to kick addictions
like caffeine and cigarettes.
(AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
May 18, 2018

Primary school students take part in an earthquake drill ahead of
the 10th anniversary of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, inside a
classroom in Handan, Hebei province, China. REUTERS/Stringer
May 18, 2018

Countdown to the royal wedding
Meghan Markle and her mother, Doria
Ragland, arrive at Cliveden House Hotel
on the National Trust's Cliveden Estate to
spend the night before her wedding to
Prince Harry. Steve Parsons/Pool via
REUTERS
May 18, 2018

Princes Harry and William greet well-wishers
outside Windsor Castle. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
May 18, 2018

Meghan Markle and her
mother, Doria Ragland,
arrive at Cliveden House
Hotel to spend the night
before her wedding. Steve
Parsons/Pool via REUTERS
May 18, 2018

Two women pose for a selfie with a
cardboard cut out of Queen Elizabeth a day
before the wedding. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
May 18, 2018

Laila Widgeon, 6, toasts with her mother Joy Widgeon, both of Berlin, N.J., during a television
viewing party of the royal wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry of Wales, Saturday, May
18, 2018, at the Armstrong-Turner residence in Burlington, N.J. The ceremony married the pomp
and circumstance of Britain's most sacred institution with elements of black culture, drawing
viewers not normally drawn to the spectacle of the monarchy.. (AP Photo/Corey Perrine)
May 18, 2018

A spectator in a sleeping bag lays
on the pavement ahead of the
wedding. REUTERS/Phil Noble
May 18, 2018

Renewed protests on Gaza-Israel border
Reuters / Friday, May 18, 2018
A female demonstrator wears a
plastic bag to protect herself
from tear gas as another
gestures during a protest where
Palestinians demand the right to
return to their homeland, at the
Israel-Gaza border, east of Gaza
City May 18, 2018.
REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
May 18, 2018

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a
slingshot as another takes cover during a
protest demanding the right to return to
their homeland, at the Israel-Gaza
border, east of Gaza City May 18, 2018.
REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
May 18, 2018

A demonstrator shouts as he carries a
burning tire during a protest where
Palestinians demand the right to return to
their homeland, at the Israel-Gaza border, in
the southern Gaza Strip May 18, 2018.
REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
May 18, 2018

An Israeli soldier aims his weapon as Palestinian
demonstrators run for cover during a protest
demanding the right to return to their homeland, at
the Israel-Gaza border, in the southern Gaza Strip
May 18, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
May 18, 2018

A demonstrator reacts to tear
gas fired by Israeli troops
during a protest where
Palestinians demand the right
to return to their homeland, at
the Israel-Gaza border, in the
southern Gaza Strip May 18,
2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu
Mustafa
May 18, 2018

A demonstrator gestures during a
protest where Palestinians demand
the right to return to their
homeland, at the Israel-Gaza
border, east of Gaza City May 18,
2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
May 18, 2018

Female Palestinian demonstrators react to tear
gas fired by Israeli troops during a protest
demanding the right to return to their homeland,
at the Israel-Gaza border, east of Gaza City May
18, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
May 18, 2018

At the scene: Santa Fe school shooting shakes Texas community
Officials say nine students and one teacher
have been killed after a shooter opened fire
on Santa Fe High School in Texas.
Emergency responder vehicles line the street
in front of Santa Fe High School.
— Steve Gonzales / AP
May 18, 2018

Freshman Caitlyn Girouard, center, hugs her friend
outside the Alamo Gym, where students and
parents wait to reunite following the shooting.
— Michael Ciaglo / AP
May 18, 2018

Santa Fe High School junior Guadalupe Sanchez,
16, cries in the arms of her mother, Elida
Sanchez, after reuniting with her at a meeting
point at a nearby Alamo Gym fitness center.
— Michael Ciaglo / AP
May 18, 2018

Law enforcement officers respond to Santa Fe High
School after an active shooter was reported on
campus.
— Steve Gonzales / AP
May 18, 2018

Santa Fe High School student Dakota Shrader is
comforted by her mother Susan Davidson following a
shooting at the school on May 18, 2018, in Santa Fe,
Texas. Shrader said her friend was shot in the incident.
— Stuart Villanueva / The Galveston County Daily NewAP
May 18, 2018

Journalists and soldiers of the Hawaii
National Guard document road damage
in Leilani Estates on Friday.
— Terray Sylvester / Reuters
May 18, 2018

May 19, 2018

Lava flows from fissures
near Pahoa on Saturday.
— U.S. Geological Survey /
via AP
May 19, 2018

Queen Elizabeth arrives. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Pool
May 19, 2018

Bridesmaids and page boys during
the wedding ceremony. Owen
Humphreys/Pool via REUTERSMay 19, 2018

Meghan Markle arrives for her wedding
ceremony to Prince Harry at St. George's Chapel
in Windsor Castle in Windsor, near London,
England, Saturday, May 19, 2018. (Brian
Lawless/pool photo via AP)
May 19, 2018

Meghan Markle picked a
sleek sculpted dress by
the British designer of
couture house Givenchy
for her marriage to Prince
Harry, worn with a five-
meter long veil and a
sparkling diamond tiara
lent by Queen Elizabeth.
Ben STANSALL/Pool via
REUTERS
May 19, 2018

Meghan Markle walks down the aisle as she
arrives for her wedding to Britain's Prince Harry at
St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor,
near London, England, Saturday, May 19, 2018.
(Danny Lawson/pool photo via AP)
May 19, 2018

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
kneel during their wedding ceremony at
St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle in
Windsor, near London, England, Saturday,
May 19, 2018. (Owen Humphreys/pool
photo via AP)
May 19, 2018

Prince Harry sits with his best man the Duke of
Cambridge. Dominic Lipinski/Pool via REUTERS
May 19, 2018

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle hold
hands in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
during their wedding service, conducted by the
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in Windsor,
near London, England, Saturday, May 19, 2018.
(Dominic Lipinski/pool photo via AP)
May 19, 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in St
George's Chapel, during their wedding
service conducted by the Archbishop
of Canterbury Justin Welby. Owen
Humphreys/Pool via REUTERS
May 19, 2018

The Most Rev Bishop Michael Curry,
primate of the Episcopal Church,
gives an address. Owen
May 19, 2018

Prince Harry looks at his bride, Meghan Markle,
as she arrives accompanied by the Prince of
Wales. Jonathan Brady/Pool via REUTERS
May 19, 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in St George's
Chapel. Dominic Lipinski/Pool via REUTERS
May 19, 2018

Meghan Markle in St George's Chapel.
Jonathan Brady/Pool via REUTERS
May 19, 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle hold
hands during their wedding service at St.
George's Chapel in Windsor Castle in
Windsor, near London, England, Saturday,
May 19, 2018. (Jonathan Brady/pool photo
via AP)
May 19, 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
during their wedding service.
May 19, 2018

Prince Harry places the wedding ring
on the finger of Meghan Markle.
May 19, 2018

The wedding cake by Claire Ptak
of London-based bakery Violet
Cakes in Windsor Castle. Steve
May 19, 2018

depart from St George's Chapel. Owen
May 19, 2018

Reuters / Saturday, May 19, 2018
The pure white long-sleeved gown with a
boat neck had been eagerly anticipated by
royal fans around the world, with
speculation over which designer would be
chosen starting soon after the couple
announced their engagement in November.
NEIL HALL/Pool via REUTERS
May 19, 2018

The gown made of double bonded cady
silk with a sweeping train was simple in
style, which won praise from fashionistas.
Jane Barlow/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS
May 19, 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss
on the steps of St George's Chapel in
Windsor Castle after their wedding.
Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS
May 19, 2018

As the bride stepped out of her classic Rolls-
Royce, Kensington Palace announced that
Clare Waight Keller, who became the first
female artistic director at famed French
house Givenchy last year, had secured the
coveted role of making the dress. Andrew
Matthews/Pool via REUTERS
May 19, 2018

Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh and the
Earl of Wessex. Owen Humphreys/Pool via REUTERSMay 19, 2018

Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla,
Duchess of Cornwall, wait in the
chapel for the ceremony.
— Jonathan Brady / AFP - Getty
Images
May 19, 2018

Windsor Castle Guards from 1st Battalion Irish
Guards play for the crowd ahead of the
wedding.
The imposing fortress and longest-occupied
European palace some 25 miles west of London
has been the home of British sovereigns for
over 900 years.
— Nigel Roddis / EPA
May 19, 2018

Meghan Markle's mother, Doria Ragland,
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Britain's
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince
George, Prince William, Princess
Charlotte and Catherine, Duchess of
Cambridge, leave after attending the
ceremony.
— Jane Barlow / AFP - Getty Images
May 19, 2018

The newlyweds stand on the
steps of the chapel.
— Owen Cooban / EPA
May 19, 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave St
George's Chapel at Windsor Castle after their
wedding in Windsor Castle in Windsor, near
London, England, Saturday, May 19, 2018.
(Jonathan Brady/pool photo via AP)
May 19, 2018

Britain's Prince Harry, left, reacts as he walks with his best man,
Prince William the Duke of Cambridge, as they arrive for the the
wedding ceremony of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at St.
George's Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, near London,
England, Saturday, May 19, 2018. (Ben Birchhall/pool photo via AP)
May 19, 2018

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ride in
a carriage down the Long Walk after their
wedding ceremony of Prince Harry and Meghan
Markle at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle
in Windsor, near London, England, Saturday, May
19, 2018. (Yui Mok/pool photo via AP)
May 19, 2018

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
leave in a carriage after their wedding
ceremony at St. George's Chapel in Windsor
Castle in Windsor, near London, England,
Saturday, May 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Alastair
Grant, pool)
May 19, 2018

leave St George's Chapel. Ben
Birchall/Pool via REUTERS
May 19, 2018

Doria Ragland and Prince Charles leave after the
wedding ceremony of Prince Harry and Meghan
Markle at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle in
Windsor, near London, England, Saturday, May 19,
2018. (Brian Lawless/pool photo via AP)
May 19, 2018

Oprah Winfrey leaves St George's Chapel at
Windsor Castle after the wedding of Meghan
Markle and Prince Harry, in Windsor Castle in
Windsor, near London, England, Saturday, May
19, 2018. (Ian West/pool photo via AP)
May 19, 2018

The Duchess of Cambridge arrives with
the bridesmaids at St George's Chapel.
Jane Barlow/Pool via REUTERS
May 19, 2018

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry kiss on the steps
of St George's Chapel. Danny Lawson/Pool via
REUTERS
May 19, 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave St
George's Chapel in Windsor Castle after
their wedding. Chris Radburn/Pool via
REUTERS
May 19, 2018

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan ride a
horse-drawn carriage after their wedding
ceremony. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
May 19, 2018

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan wave
as they ride a horse-drawn carriage.
REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
May 19, 2018

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan
Markle ride a horse-drawn carriage
along the Long Walk.
REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool
May 19, 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ride in
an Ascot Landau during the procession.
Andrew Matthews/Pool via REUTERS
May 19, 2018

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan ride
in a horse-drawn carriage.
REUTERS/Toby Melville/PoolMay 19, 2018

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, the
Duchess of Sussex, in the Ascot Landau
carriage. Chris Jackson/Pool via REUTER
May 19, 2018

Meghan Markle reacts as she rides in a carriage
with her husband Britain's Prince Harry after
their wedding ceremony at St. George's Chapel
in Windsor Castle in Windsor, near London,
England, Saturday, May 19, 2018. (Jeff J
Mitchell/pool photo via AP)
May 19, 2018

Queen Elizabeth II and
other members of the royal
family wave after the
wedding. Andrew
Milligan/Pool via REUTERS
May 19, 2018

The newly married Duke and Duchess
of Sussex, Meghan Markle and Prince
Harry, leave Windsor Castle after their
wedding to attend an evening
reception at Frogmore House. Meghan
wore a long white dress designed by
Stella McCartney. Steve Parsons/Pool
via REUTERS
May 19, 2018

The newly married Duke and Duchess
of Sussex leave Windsor Castle in a
silver blue Jaguar E-Type to attend an
evening reception at Frogmore House.
Steve Parsons/Pool via REUTERS
May 19, 2018

The newly married Duke and
Duchess of Sussex leave Windsor
Castle for an evening reception at
Frogmore House. Steve
May 19, 2018

Amal Clooney and George Clooney.
Gareth Fuller/Pool via REUTERS
May 19, 2018

David and Victoria Beckham.
REUTERS/Toby Melville/Pool
May 19, 2018

Abigail Spencer and Priyanka Chopra.
Chris Jackson/Pool via REUTERS
May 19, 2018

Pinky Ghelani and Suzzy Wokabi watch a
TV broadcast of Prince Harry and
Meghan Markle's royal wedding at the
Windsor golf and country club in
Nairobi, Kenya. REUTERS/Thomas
Mukoya
May 19, 2018

Royal fans react as they watch the wedding on
the big screen outside the Castle in Windsor.
REUTERS/Matthew Childs
May 19, 2018

British tourists watch as Prince Harry
places the wedding ring on Meghan
Markle's finger during their wedding,
on a television in a restaurant in the
British overseas territory of Gibraltar.
REUTERS/Jon Nazca
May 19, 2018

People watch the wedding on
television at a party in Durban,
South Africa. REUTERS/Rogan Ward
May 19, 2018

Norwegian royal fans are seen
gathered along the Long Walk in
Windsor. REUTERS/Matthew Childs
May 19, 2018

Women react during a watching party at
the Cat & Fiddle pub in Hollywood, Los
Angeles, California. REUTERS/Lucy
Nicholson
May 19, 2018

Fran and Anthony Austin stand with
their grandson Ben Austin in their
costumes at a cinema located in the
Sydney suburb of North Ryde in
Australia. REUTERS/David Gray
May 19, 2018

Two women watching a video screen cry as Meghan
Markle enters the chapel during the wedding
ceremony of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at St.
George's Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, near
London, England, Saturday, May 19, 2018. (AP
Photo/Peter Dejong)
May 19, 2018

The rising sun passes behind on the Washington
Monument early in the morning Wednesday, Sept. 14,
2016, in Washington on what is expected to be
another 90 degree day in the Nation's Capitol. (AP
Photo/J. David Ake)
May 19, 2018

Marathon on the Great Wall of China
Participants run the Great Wall Marathon at the
Huangyaguan section of the Great Wall of China,
in Jixian, Tianjin, China May 19, 2018. The Great
Wall Marathon, one of the world's most
demanding long-distance races, was held along
one of the new seven wonders of the world.
REUTERS/Jason Lee
May 19, 2018

Portuguese runner Adriele Silva
gestures during the Great Wall
Marathon. The course is much
tougher than traditional marathons,
with several steep ascents and
descents as well as 5,164 stone steps
to negotiate. REUTERS/Jason Lee
May 19, 2018

A participant runs through a tower
during the Great Wall Marathon. Runners
from over 62 nations took part. Italy's
Oscar Perego was fastest on the day, with
a gross time of four hours, one minute,
14 seconds, with Maria Marincowitz from
South Africa fastest in the women's
category in 4:29:35. REUTERS/Jason Lee
May 19, 2018

A participant runs the Great Wall
Marathon. The race, which first
started in 1999, traditionally
takes place on the third Saturday
of May every year along the
Huangyaguan pass near Tianjin
city, China. REUTERS/Jason Lee
May 19, 2018

Participants run the Great Wall Marathon. "It
was very hard, it's my 25th marathon, my
slowest and my most difficult one for sure, but
amazing. I am glad I survived," said Erin
Skrettingland from the U.S. REUTERS/Jason Lee
May 19, 2018

Rescuers help Portuguese runner
Adriele Silva through a tower.
REUTERS/Jason Lee
May 19, 2018

Participants run the Great Wall Marathon. REUTERS/Jason Lee
May 19, 2018

May 21, 2018

Lava flows into the Pacific Ocean, southeast of Pahoa, during ongoing
eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. REUTERS/Terray Sylvester
May 21, 2018

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro stands with
supporters during a gathering after the results of
the election were released, outside of the
Miraflores Palace in Caracas. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia
Rawlins
May 21, 2018

A Star Jet business plane that veered off the
runway at the Taizhou International Airport
is seen lifted in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province,
China. REUTERS/Stringer
May 21, 2018

Janet Jackson performs at the
2018 Billboard Music Awards.
REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniMay 21, 2018

Ten roses are left in memory of the
victims killed in a shooting at the Santa
Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas.
REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman
May 21, 2018

A player stands and watches
as spectators throw flares on
the pitch during the Polish
Championship match between
Legia Warszawa and Lech
Poznan in Poznan, Poland.
Agencja Gazeta/Piotr Skornicki
via REUTERS
May 21, 2018

Egyptian Muslims perform evening
prayers called "Tarawih" inside Al
Sultan Hassan mosque during the
Muslim holy fasting month of
Ramadan in the old Islamic area of
Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr
Abdallah Dalsh
May 21, 2018

Lieutenant Colonel
Charles Anthony, of the
Hawaii National Guard,
measures sulfur dioxide
gas levels at a lava flow on
Highway 137 southeast of
Pahoa during ongoing
eruptions of the Kilauea
Volcano in Hawaii.
REUTERS/Terray Sylvester
May 21, 2018

Raphael Diaz of Switzerland looks
dejected after losing to Sweden in the
IIHF gold medal match in Copenhagen.
REUTERS/David W Cerny
May 21, 2018

Director Hirokazu Kore-eda reacts after
winning the Palme d'Or award for his film
"Shoplifters". REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
May 21, 2018

Girls' faces are covered by white powder after blowing it, at a town fiesta parlour
game, in celebration of patron saint Santa Rita de Cascia in Baclaran, Paranaque
City, Metro Manila, Philippines. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
May 21, 2018

Spain's Rafael Nadal in action during his semi
final match against Serbia's Novak Djokovic
at the Italian Open. REUTERS/Tony GentileMay 21, 2018

A general view of smoke over the
stadium after Eintracht Frankfurt fans
set off flares before the start of the
second half against Bayern Munich.
REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
May 21, 2018

A Catholic worshipper lights a candle at the
Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of
Aparecida in Aparecida do Norte, Brazil.
REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker
May 21, 2018

Syrian army takes control of Damascus
A man gestures as he sits on the
rubble of damaged buildings in al-
Hajar al-Aswad, May 21. The Syrian
army has restored control over all
areas surrounding the capital
Damascus for the first time since
early in the seven-year-old war, after
pushing Islamic State militants out of
a south Damascus pocket, the
military said. REUTERS/Omar
Sanadiki
May 21, 2018

Syrian army soldiers ride on a motorbike at a
damaged site in al-Hajar al-Aswad, May 21. Pro-
Syrian government forces have been battling for
weeks to recover al-Hajar al-Aswad district and
the adjacent Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp
from Islamic State since driving rebels from
eastern Ghouta in April. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
May 21, 2018

Syrian army soldiers stand among the rubble of damaged
buildings in al-Hajar al-Aswad, May 21. With its complete
capture of the environs of the capital, the government of
President Bashar al-Assad is now in by far its strongest position
since the early days of the war, which has killed more than half
a million people and driven more than half the population from
its homes since 2011. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
May 21, 2018

Syrian army soldiers stand on the rubble
of damage buildings in al-Hajar al-Aswad,
May 21. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
May 21, 2018

A boy stands on the rubble of
damage buildings in Yarmouk
Palestinian camp in Damascus,
May 21, 2018

Syrian army soldiers sit on a military vehicle
at a damaged site in al-Hajar al-Aswad, May
21. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
May 21, 2018

A Syrian army soldier sits with a cigarette
next to a destroyed building in al-Hajar al-
Aswad, May 21. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
May 21, 2018

A Syrian army soldier stands on a military
vehicle at a damaged site in al-Hajar al-
Aswad, May 21. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
May 21, 2018

A Syrian army soldier walks past the rubble
of damaged buildings in al-Hajar al-Aswad,
May 21, 2018

A Syrian army soldier walks at the entrance of
Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Damascus, May
21. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
May 21, 2018

Syrian army soldiers walk past rubble
along a street in al-Hajar al-Aswad,
May 21, 2018

A view of damaged buildings in al-
Hajar al-Aswad, May 21.
REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
May 21, 2018

Syrian army soldiers stand among the
rubble of damage buildings in al-
Hajar al-Aswad, May 21.
May 21, 2018

Mourning after Texas school shooting
ames Otto places a photo at a makeshift
memorial left in memory of the victims
killed in a shooting at Santa Fe High
School. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman
May 21, 2018

Mourners pray at a makeshift
memorial left in memory of
the victims killed in a
shooting at Santa Fe High
School. REUTERS/Jonathan
Bachman
May 21, 2018

Crosses bearing the names of of the
victims killed in a shooting at Santa
Fe High School. REUTERS/Jonathan
Bachman
May 21, 2018

Candles are lit behind images of the
victims killed in a shooting at Santa Fe
High School during a vigil in League City,
Texas. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman
May 21, 2018

A road sign is seen in Santa
Fe, Texas. REUTERS/Jonathan
Bachman
May 21, 2018

Deaf and hard of hearing people perform a
Buddhist Guanyin Thousand Hand dance to
mark National Day for Helping the Disabled in
Kunming, Yunnan province, China.
REUTERS/Wong Campion
May 21, 2018

Tsetse, six-year-old daughter of
Dukha herder Erdenebat Chuluu,
rides a reindeer in a forest near
the village of Tsagaannuur,
Khovsgol aimag, Mongolia. Tsetse
spends many hours every day
darting through the forest on
reindeer. Because of their lighter
bodyweight, children train young
reindeer to get them used to
carrying a rider and responding to
a combination of vocal
commands, prodding, heel-
kicking and pulling the leash.
REUTERS/Thomas Peter
May 21, 2018

Erdenebat Chuluu, a nomadic
herder, shouts words of
encouragement to the reindeer
he is riding.
“Chu!, Chu!,” he calls, as he
urges the animal out of a cedar
wood and onto a plain in the
southern reaches of the
Mongolian Taiga, a
predominantly forested area
some 200 km from the nearest
paved road.
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Erdenebat Chuluu travels with his animals to visit neighbours
19 APR 2018. TSAGAANNUUR, MONGOLIA. REUTERS/THOMAS
Once in the open, the beast and
its rider gingerly step over fallen
trees and navigate creeks of
melted snow, seemingly oblivious
to a late winter chill.
Chuluu has lived all his life in the
centuries-old tradition of his
Dukha ancestors, renowned for
their reindeer-herding and hunter-
gathering skills in the forests of
the rugged Sayan Mountains
straddling the Russian border.
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20 APR 2018. TSAGAANNUUR, MONGOLIA. REUTERS/THOMAS PETER
But the Dukha fear
they are losing their
identity in the face of a
conservation order by
the government that
bans unlicensed
hunting on most of
their traditional land
Ethnic Dukha Jargal Gombosed holds her grandchild outside her family's reindeer pen.
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A reindeer stands in the evening sun after an afternoon of grazing.
Reindeer outdo horses in this
steep and snowy terrain and
have allowed the Dukha to
evade many of the upheavals
that have historically afflicted
people in the lowlands, from
Genghis Khan to Communism.
Chuluu's people, around 280 of
them, are spread out across 59
households, about a day's ride
from the village of
Tsagaannuur.
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A Dukha nomad drives a herd of reindeer.
"It's our will to maintain the
tradition of herding the reindeer
in the same way as our
ancestors did," Chuluu told
Reuters in April.
In 2012, Mongolia's government
designated the majority of the
Dukha's traditional herding
grounds as part of a national
park in an attempt to protect an
eco-system ravaged in the
preceding couple of decades.
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Ethnic Dukha Jargal Gombosed talks with her daughter and granddaughter in their tent. "In my day, everything, like rice and flour, were really rare. But
now, as long as you have money, you can get anything, any clothes," Gombosed said. "Things were different in the past," she said. "When I was young we
didn't have any such thing as a phone so you would only hear news when you went down to the village centre. But now people have phones and also TVs."
During that period, a Soviet-era
quota system for hunting, which
had provided a living for people
like the Dukha and maintained
wildlife numbers, broke down.
The Dukha and other locals
began to aggressively hunt
animals like moose and red deer
for the Chinese market, seriously
depleting their numbers.
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Davaajargal Taivan's family decided to use government's monthly handout to rent a house in
the village so that her mother can be with her and her brother while they attend school.
Now, the government pays the
herders a monthly handout to
compensate for the hunting ban,
but many Dukha feel they have
lost half of their identity.
The hunting tradition has always
defined a man in the Taiga, said
Chuluu's neighbour
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Tsetse, six-year-old daughter of Dukha herder Erdenebat Chuluu, spends many hours every day darting through the forest on
reindeer back. Because of their lighter bodyweight, children train young reindeer to get them used to carrying a rider and
responding to a combination of vocal commands, prodding, heel-kicking and pulling the leash.
“It feels like we've lost
something because we can't
move to whichever area we like
in this land, which has been
handed down to us from our
ancestors," said Naran-Erdene
Bayar, 26.
The head ranger of the
National Park, Tumursukh Jal,
grew up in the area and knows
the Dukha’s history well. He
insisted they must follow the
law.
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"It's not about Dukha or
Mongolian, it's about people
illegally hunting," he said.
Meanwhile, on the Taiga, herders
release hundreds of reindeer from
a pen to graze.
After lifting the beams of the hold,
the herd pours into the clearing
and the animals, snouts nuzzling
the snow-covered ground in search
of moss, disappear from view as
the evening light fades.
Smoke rises from the chimney of the
family tent of Erdenebat Chuluu.
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May 25, 2018
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Dramatic images capture lava exploding as it reaches Pacific
Steam plumes rise as lava from a fissure
enters the Pacific Ocean on Hawaii's Big Island
on Monday near Pahoa.
The lava haze, or "laze," is created when
molten rock hits the ocean. It is just the latest
hazard from a volcano that has been
generating earthquakes and spewing lava,
sulfur dioxide and ash since it began erupting
in Big Island backyards on May 3.
— Mario Tama / Getty Images
May 21, 2018

Lava flows into the Pacific Ocean
southeast of Pahoa during ongoing
eruptions of the Kilauea volcano on
Sunday.
May 21, 2018

A steam plume rises as lava enters
the Pacific Ocean after flowing to
the water from a fissure near Pahoa.
May 21, 2018

Lava erupts on the outskirts
of Pahoa.
May 21, 2018

Brittany Kimball watches
as lava erupts from a
fissure near Pahoa.
— Jae C. Hong / AP
May 21, 2018

Several fast-moving rivers of lava
threaten homes and property as they
make their way to the sea in Pahoa.
— Bruce Omori/Paradise Helicopters /
EPA
May 21, 2018

A massive flow of fast-moving lava
consumes everything in its path as the
flames from the remnants of a home
burn in Pahoa.
— Bruce Omori/Paradise Helicopter /
EPA
May 21, 2018

Lava from a fissure flows in
Kapoho on the Big Island.
May 21, 2018

Lava flows on a road in Pahoa
on Thursday.
— Kris Burmeister / via Reuters
May 21, 2018

As lava erupts in the background, cars
drive down Highway 132 near Pahoa.
— Marco Garcia / AP
May 21, 2018

Lava erupts on the outskirts of
Pahoa during ongoing eruptions of
the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii.
REUTERS/Terray Sylvester
May 21, 2018

Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano
A lava fountain is observed from a helicopter flight over
the Fissure 22 in Kilauea Volcano's Lower East Rift Zone
during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano, May
21, 2018. USGS/Handout via REUTERS
May 21, 2018

People play golf as an ash plume
rises in the distance on the Big
Island last Tuesday.
May 21, 2018

FBI Director Christopher Wray
arrives at the West Wing of the
White House for a meeting with
President Trump, Deputy
Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
and Director of National
Intelligence Dan Coats on FBI
investigations into the 2016
Trump presidential campaign at
the White House.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
May 21, 2018

This official wedding photograph released by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex shows The Duke and Duchess in The Green Drawing Room, Windsor Castle, with (left-to-right): Back
row: Master Jasper Dyer, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Prince of Wales, Ms. Doria Ragland, The Duke of Cambridge; middle row: Master Brian Mulroney, the Duke of Edinburgh,
Queen Elizabeth II, the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte, Prince George, Miss Rylan Litt, Master John Mulroney; Front row: Miss Ivy Mulroney, Miss Florence van Cutsem,
Miss Zalie Warren, Miss Remi Litt. Alexi Lubomirski/via Reuters
May 21, 2018

May 22, 2018

Lava flows into the
Pacific Ocean southeast
of Pahoa during ongoing
eruptions of the Kilauea
Volcano in Hawaii.
REUTERS/Terray
Sylvester
May 22, 2018

Residents sleep on a building
pavement, to escape heat and
frequent power outage in their
residence area Karachi, Pakistan.
REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
May 22, 2018

A first year cadet attempts to
place a midshipman's cap on
top of the grease covered 21-
foot (6.4 meter) Herndon
Monument, ending their
freshman year at the U.S.
Naval Academy in Annapolis,
Maryland. REUTERS/Joshua
Roberts
May 22, 2018

Young people perform during a
training session at the 'Jedi
Academy Cham' in Loibling near
Cham, Germany. The 'Jedi
Academy' is the only registered
lightsaber show fight school in
Germany. REUTERS/Michaela
Rehle
May 22, 2018

Palestinian men read the
Koran in al-Aqsa Mosque,
on the compound known
to Muslims as al-Haram
al-Sharif and to Jews as
Temple Mount, during
the holy month of
Ramadan in Jerusalem's
Old City.
REUTERS/Ammar Awad
May 22, 2018

A child looks up to his partner as she
stands above the crowd with the
support of an elaborate rig of hidden
metal rods, during the Bun Festival
parade at Cheung Chau island in
Hong Kong. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
May 22, 2018

Jai Gillard, a freshman at Santa Fe High
School, writes a message on a cross at
a makeshift memorial left in memory
of the victims killed in a shooting in
Santa Fe, Texas. REUTERS/Jonathan
Bachman
May 22, 2018

People watch as an excavator takes garbage
out of a river in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince,
Haiti. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casare
May 22, 2018

The Bubbles water taxi flies above
the surface of the Seine River near
the Eiffel Tower during a
demonstration by the SeaBubbles
company in Paris.
REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
May 22, 2018

Malaysia's former prime minister Najib
Razak arrives to give a statement to the
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission
(MACC) in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin
May 22, 2018

Smoke and fire billows out from a coach
of a passenger train after it caught fire
near Birlanagar railway station in
Gwalior, India. REUTERS/Stringer
May 22, 2018

A resident evacuates furniture after
rain water flooded his home in
Mogadishu, Somalia.
REUTERS/Feisal Omar
May 22, 2018

Members of a search and
rescue team watch the volcano
activity on Mount Merapi after
its alert level was increased
following a series of minor
eruptions in Cangkringan,
Sleman, Yogyakarta,
Indonesia. Antara Foto/Hendra
Nurdiyansyah/via REUTERS
May 22, 2018

Labourers clean the fountain in the
historic Taj Mahal premises in Agra,
India. REUTERS/Saumya Khandelwal
May 22, 2018

Former Italian soccer player Andrea Pirlo is lifted up at the end of his farewell
soccer match at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy. REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo
May 22, 2018

Syrian army takes control of Damascus
Reuters / Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Soldiers walk past damaged
buildings in Yarmouk Palestinian
camp in Damascus, Syria May 22,
2018. The Syrian army has restored
control over all areas surrounding
the capital Damascus for the first
time since early in the seven-year-
old war, after pushing Islamic State
militants out of a south Damascus
pocket, the military said.
May 22, 2018

Syrian army soldiers walk past a
damaged military vehicle in al-
Hajar al-Aswad, Syria May 22, 2018.
Pro-Syrian government forces
have been battling for weeks to
recover al-Hajar al-Aswad district
and the adjacent Yarmouk
Palestinian refugee camp from
Islamic State since driving rebels
from eastern Ghouta in April.
May 22, 2018

Syrian army soldiers stand on a damaged military tank in al-Hajar al-
Aswad, Syria May 22, 2018. With its complete capture of the environs
of the capital, the government of President Bashar al-Assad is now in
by far its strongest position since the early days of the war, which has
killed more than half a million people and driven more than half the
population from its homes since 2011. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
May 22, 2018

A Syrian army soldier stands at a damaged site in al-Hajar al-
Aswad, Syria May 22, 2018. Anti-Assad rebels now mainly
control just two large areas in the northwest and southwest
near borders with Turkey and Jordan. Turkey and the United
States also have presences in parts of Syria outside
government control. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
May 22, 2018

A chair is seen at a damaged site in al-Hajar al-Aswad,
Syria May 22, 2018. The ultra-hardline jihadist group
Islamic State, which was driven from most of the
Euphrates River valley last year, now controls only
two besieged desert areas in eastern Syria. Another
insurgent group that has pledged loyalty to it holds a
small enclave in the southwest. REUTERS/Omar
Sanadiki
May 22, 2018

Meghan's first official event as duchess
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attends a
garden party at Buckingham Palace.
Dominic Lipinski/Pool via Reuters
May 22, 2018

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, arrive at
a garden party at Buckingham Palace. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
May 22, 2018

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
attends a garden party at
Buckingham Palace. Dominic
Lipinski/Pool via Reuters
May 22, 2018

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan,
Duchess of Sussex attend a garden
party at Buckingham Palace, their
first royal engagement as a
married couple. Dominic
party at Buckingham Palace.
May 22, 2018

Meghan, Duchess of
Sussex attends a garden
party at Buckingham
Palace. Dominic
party at Buckingham Palace.
May 22, 2018

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, at a garden
party at Buckingham Palace. Dominic Lipinski/Pool via Reuters
May 22, 2018

Duchess of Sussex, at a garden party
at Buckingham Palace. Dominic
May 22, 2018

Thailand's iconic beach to close to tourists
Tourists jump as they take a group photo at Maya Bay in Krabi province.
Thailand will shut Maya Bay, famously featured in "The Beach", starring
Leonardo DiCaprio, for four months a year, from June. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
May 22, 2018

Tourists take photo as they visit
Maya bay in Krabi province,
Thailand. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
May 22, 2018

A tourist jumps as she pose for a
photo at Maya Bay in Krabi province,
May 22, 2018

Tourist row a boat as they visit
Maya Bay in Krabi province,
May 22, 2018

A man plays soccer at Maya Bay in Krabi
province, Thailand. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
May 22, 2018

Tourists take photo as they visit
Maya bay in Krabi province,
Thailand. REUTERS/Soe Zeya TunMay 22, 2018

Tourists jump as they take a group photo at Maya Bay
in Krabi province, Thailand. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
May 22, 2018

May 23, 2018

The cafe began to fill up more than two hours
before kickoff. By the time the match began, some
200 men and boys — some as young as five —
huddled around two large TV screens at a cafe
Mohamed Salah frequents when he’s back visiting
his village deep in Egypt’s Nile Delta.
Salah didn’t score, but almost everyone at the cafe
let out a joyous scream and clapped enthusiastically
at the final whistle: Liverpool, the English club for
which Salah has scored more than 40 goals since he
joined this season, has reached the final of the
Champions League for the first time since 2007. On
the night, Liverpool lost 4-2 to Roma, but advanced
7-6 on aggregate to set up a clash with Real Madrid
in the May 26 final in Kiev.
“We are victorious, we are victorious,” screamed a
boy at the end of a game that induced everyone in
the cafe to carry a deeply anxious look as Roma kept
on chipping away at Liverpool’s first leg lead. “Come
on Salah!” and “run, Salah!” they implored the 25-
year-old every time he had the ball.
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The scene at the cafe in Salah’s village of Nagrig has
been duplicated across this country of 100 million
ever since the winger rose to global stardom after
joining Liverpool from Roma last summer and
almost single handedly led Egypt to qualify for this
summer’s World Cup in Russia, the country’s first
appearance in the tournament since 1990.
There is perhaps no place in Egypt that shows more
passion for the English Premier League and the
Champions League than Nagrig, a typical Nile delta
village where water buffalos, cows and donkeys
share dirt roads with cars, motorbikes and horse-
drawn carts. Many of the village’s teenagers play
barefooted and the pitch in the youth center where
Salah is known to have played the game as a young
boy is strewn with litter and accessible through a
collapsed part of its outer wall.
“Five or six years ago, only a few people in the
village were interested in European football,” said
Shady Dawoud, a 30-year-old man from Nagrig and
a distant Salah relative. Speaking as he watched the
May 2 Roma-Liverpool match, he said: “Now, almost
the entire village, old and young alike, know about
Liverpool and Roma as well as the schedule for
Salah’s matches.”
“So much has changed here because of Salah, may
God protect him.”
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Cheering fans watch the Liverpool vs Roma
match in Nagrig. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
The adulation is on clear display. A large
number of children and teenagers wear
Salah jerseys, his image is on a wall mural at
the village’s sports and youth center and
residents are deeply appreciative of their
hero and protective of his name.
Salah, residents boast with pride, has
poured millions of pounds into the village,
with the beneficiaries’ list including a school,
a mosque, the youth center, a dialysis
machine at a nearby hospital and financial
aid to poor families. His success as a
footballer in Europe’s most attractive league
has inspired many parents in Nagrig, as
elsewhere in Egypt, to send their children to
football academies in the hope that maybe
one day they can emulate his success.
“He has done so much for the village. Some
things that people know about, and many
things that people just don’t know anything
about,” said Ibrahim Ramadan, who owns
an eatery at Nagrig. “Honestly, his family
has not changed one bit since Salah became
a star. They are still humble.”
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The entrance of the building where Salah grew up. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
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But Salah’s impact in Egypt goes way beyond the money he has poured into his village or the 5
million Egyptian pounds (nearly $285,000) he donated to a development fund set up by Egypt’s
leader, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.
This year, his image is on lanterns which are traditionally given to children or used as an
ornament during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, which has just begun. Traders have given
his name to a kind of date, which many Muslims eat to break their dawn-to-dusk fast during
Ramadan. His appearance in a short film supporting a government anti-drugs campaign has sent
through the roof the number of calls addicts made to help lines. In downtown Cairo, a cafe with
a giant wall mural of him has become a major attraction, and the definitive image of the
adulation he enjoys.
But more importantly, many Egyptians and commentators believe Salah — the second of three
children born to a government employee — is giving his compatriots hope and joy at a time
when the majority is struggling to make ends meet amid acute economic hardships caused by an
ambitious economic reform program to revive the battered economy.

Men in Salah’s hometown smoke a water pipe and chat. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
“Salah is no longer just a talented and
skilled football player. He is a symbol of
efficiency, thoroughness, respect, learning,
morals and moderate religion,” wrote Imad
Hussein, editor of the independent Al-
Shorouk daily. “He presents a glowing
picture of Egyptians, Arabs and Muslims.
It’s an image that most of us are incapable
of offering.”
Anecdotally, many Egyptians believe that
some of the 1.76 million spoilt ballots in
presidential elections held in March were
invalidated because voters scribbled
Salah’s name as their choice. The unusually
large number of invalid ballots was more
than twice the votes that went to el-Sissi’s
challenger, a little-known politician who
supports the president, and are widely
believed to have been spoilt as a form of
protest against the government. El-Sissi
won the election with 97 percent of the
votes.
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Watching Salah in the Liverpool vs Roma
match in Nagrig. (AP Photo/Nariman El-
Mofty)
Last month, Egyptians rallied behind Salah in a commercial dispute with
Egypt’s soccer association over the use of his image, declaring their
support for the player on social media networks and seizing the chance
to air criticism of the association and the government.
“The goals he scores ease the burden of living under these tough
economic conditions,” said Maher Said, a 50-year-old security guard in
Cairo. “Watching him play helps me get over tough days.”
Another Egyptian, 30-year-old engineer Shereef Suliman, said: “Salah
has virtually become the only thing that gives people hope and pride
that they are Egyptians.”
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A crowd watches the Liverpool vs. Roma match at a cafe in Mohamed Salah's
hometown Nile delta village of Nagrig, Egypt, May 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
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A crowd watches the Liverpool vs. Roma match at a cafe in Mohamed Salah's hometown
Nile delta village of Nagrig, Egypt, May 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
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Boys play football at the sports and
youth center, in Mohamed Salah's the
Nile delta village of Nagrig, Egypt, May
2, 2018. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
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Boys play football at the sports and youth center in
Mohamed Salah's hometown Nile delta village of Nagrig,
Egypt, May 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
TEXT FROM THE AP NEWS STORY, IN
SALAH’S NILE DELTA VILLAGE, THE
EGYPTIAN IS A SUPER HERO, BY
HAMZA HENDAWI.
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERS
MENNA ZAKI AND SAMY MAGDY
CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT
FROM CAIRO.
PHOTOS BY NARIMAN EL-MOFTY
GALLLERY PHOTOS

A black-winged stilt walks as the RT-70 radio
telescope is reflected in the Galgasskoye lake
near the village of Molochnoye, Crimea.
REUTERS/Pavel Rebrov
May 23, 2018

A boy looks at a six-metre tall luminescent
puppet, operated by ten performers, during
a preview of Vivid Sydney, promoted as the
world�s largest festival of light, music and
ideas, in Sydney, Australia. REUTERS/David
Gray
May 23, 2018

Students from Ar-Raudhatul Hasanah Pesantren read
the Koran during the holy fasting month of Ramadan
in Medan, Indonesia. REUTERS/YT Haryono
May 23, 2018

A man photographs a gladioli display at
the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London.
REUTERS/Toby Melville
May 23, 2018

Detail of a floral display and design based on a VW campervan is seen outside of a shop front
which is participating in the Chelsea In Bloom festival in London. REUTERS/Toby Melville
May 23, 2018

Girls stand near a water pump in the
village of Nedgo, near Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
May 23, 2018

A captain walks inside the yacht called "Basrah Breeze", once owned by former
Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, who was toppled in a U.S.-led invasion in
2003, in the southern port of Basra, Iraq. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani
May 23, 2018

The prototype of an autonomous weeding machine by Swiss start-up ecoRobotix is pictured
during tests on a sugar beet field near Bavois, Switzerland. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
May 23, 2018

Firefighters stand near a Gulfstream
G200 aircraft that skidded off the
runway during landing at Toncontin
International Airport in Tegucigalpa,
Honduras. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera
May 23, 2018

Police and rescue workers carry an injured
survivor at the site of a collapsed building in
Jodhpur, India. REUTERS/Stringer
May 23, 2018

French riot police apprehend a masked and
hooded protester after clashes at a
demonstration during a national day of
strikes by public sector workers, in Paris,
France. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
May 23, 2018

Women and girls queue outside a charity food distribution center to get the iftar
meal during the holy month of Ramadan in Sanaa, Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
May 23, 2018

Congolese boys paddle their boat along the Congo River during the
vaccination campaign aimed at beating an outbreak of Ebola in the port city
of Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe
May 23, 2018

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a blast in
Kandahar province, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Ahmad Nadeem
May 23, 2018

Girls sit by a memorial during the first anniversary of the
Manchester Arena bombing, in Manchester. REUTERS/Andrew Yates
May 23, 2018

A woman walks past a new Pro-Choice mural by a
graffiti artist collective called 'Subset' ahead of a
25th May referendum on abortion law, in Dublin,
Ireland. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
May 23, 2018

Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones
performs during their 'Stones -
No Filter' tour at London Stadium
in London, Britain.
REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
May 23, 2018

Funeral for Pakistani student killed in Texas school shooting
Reuters / Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Aziz Sheikh, father of Sabika Aziz Sheikh, sits in an
ambulance next to her coffin, wrapped in national flag,
during her funeral in Karachi, Pakistan May 23, 2018.
The The Pakistani exchange student killed in a mass
shooting in Texas last week was buried in her home
town of Karachi, her coffin draped with Pakistan's
green and white flag. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
May 23, 2018

Reuters / Wednesday, May 23,
2018
Father Aziz Sheikh (L) comforts
her friends during her funeral
in Karachi, May 23, 2018.
Sabika Sheikh, 17, was among
eight students and two
teachers killed in Texas when
Santa Fe High School,
southeast of Houston, joined a
grim list of U.S. schools and
campuses where students and
staff have been gunned down,
stoking a divisive debate about
gun laws. REUTERS/Akhtar
Soomro
May 23, 2018

Relatives and neighbors carry the coffin of Sabika Aziz Sheikh,
during her funeral in Karachi, Pakistan. Sheikh's father, Aziz,
said earlier the thought of school shootings had never crossed
his mind when he sent Sabika to study in the United States.
"Sabika's case should become an example to change the gun
laws," Aziz Sheikh told Reuters. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
May 23, 2018

Reuters / Sunday, May 20, 2018
Members of the community pray during a funeral prayer service
for Sabika Sheikh at the Brand Lane Islamic Center in Stafford,
Texas. "I have no words to express my feelings," family friend
Mohammad Ali said after the coffin arrived at the family home
on May 23. "It is a great loss to Pakistan. She wanted to do a lot
for this country." REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman
May 23, 2018

Mourning after Texas school shooting
People embrace at a makeshift memorial left in memory of the victims killed in a shooting
at Santa Fe High School, in Santa Fe, Texas, May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman
May 22, 2018

People visit a makeshift memorial left in memory of the victims killed in a shooting at
the Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman
May 22, 2018

A woman pauses while visiting a makeshift memorial left in memory of the victims killed in a
shooting at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman
May 22, 2018

People mourn at a makeshift memorial in Santa Fe, May 23, 2018. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
May 23, 2018

Fishermen collect fish from a fishing net on their boat on Tonle
Chaktomuk River in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. REUTERS/Samrang Pring
May 23, 2018

Lava gushes from a fissure eruption in the
Leilani Estates near Pahoa, May 23, 2018.
REUTERS/Marco Garcia
May 23, 2018

A student of the Andres Bello National
University (UNAB), part of the Laureate
International Universities network, finishes a
mural of an uterus during an occupation of the
university to demand the end to sexism and
gender violence, at Vina del Mar, Chile. Mural
reads "My garden". REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido
May 23, 2018

May 24, 2018

Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned in Salisbury
along with her father, Russian spy Sergei
Skripal, speaks to Reuters in London, Britain.
REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
May 24, 2018

Members of performing group Houle Douce
practise their instruments on tightropes ahead of
a performance, at the Tianmen Mountain
National Park in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province,
China. China Daily via REUTER
May 24, 2018

A woman walks with a girl along a flooded
road in the heavy rains in Malwana, Sri
Lanka. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
May 24, 2018

Reuters / Thursday, May 24, 2018
A damaged missile is displayed during a news conference by
members of the Joint Investigation Team, comprising the
authorities from Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands
and Ukraine who present interim results in the ongoing
investigation of the 2014 MH17 crash that killed 298 people
over eastern Ukraine, in Bunnik, Netherlands.
REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
May 24, 2018

Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0)
attempts a layup in front of Cleveland
Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) during
the third quarter of game five of the Eastern
conference finals of the 2018 NBA Playoffs.
Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports
May 24, 2018

Women chat in front of a Pro-Choice
mural ahead of a 25th May referendum
on abortion law, in Dublin, Ireland.
REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
May 24, 2018

A man stands between binoculars that look
towards the north at an observatory platform near
the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas
in Paju, South Korea. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
May 24, 2018

The interior of a bullet-riddled Catholic
church is seen in Marawi, southern
Philippines. REUTERS/Neil Jerome Morales
May 24, 2018

Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano
Sarah Conway, left, and Matt Patrick, both from USGS
Hawaiian Volcanos, observe lava erupting from a
fissure in the Leilani Estates near Pahoa, Hawaii, May
24, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Garcia
May 24, 2018

Onlooks stare at the lava field in the
Leilani Estates near Pahoa, May 24,
2018. REUTERS/Marco Garcia
May 24, 2018

A member of the media films a crack in
the road near the lava fissures in the
Leilani Estates near Pahoa, May 24,
May 24, 2018

A structure is swallowed in a lava field in
the Leilani Estates near Pahoa, May 24,
May 24, 2018

The night sky is illuminated by lava pouring
from a fissure eruption of the Kilauea
Volcano in the Leilani Estates near Pahoa,
Hawaii. REUTERS/Marco Garcia
May 24, 2018
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