Pictures of the month: May

Ukrainian children Andrii, 12 and Valentyn, 6, stand in a foxhole as they play Ukrainian military near their hmore

People react outside the Ssgt Willie de Leon Civic Center, where students had been transported from Robb Elememore

A man lights a candle at a memorial for victims at the scene of the shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo,more

A worker takes a rapid antigen test for coronavirus on a street during the ongoing COVID lockdown in Shanghai,more

Abortion rights protester Christa Vonderburg from Atlanta participates in nationwide demonstrations following more

Family and friends carry the coffin of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during an Israelimore

British soldiers participate in an exercise as NATO allied troops carry out Swift Response 22 exercises duringmore

Britain's Prince Charles sits next to the Queen's crown during the State Opening of Parliament, at the Palace more

Police officers block activists during a protest denouncing the proclamation of the new Philippine president amore

Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson arrive at the In America: An Anthology of Fashion themed Met Gala at the Metrmore

Service members of the Ukrainian armed forces, who surrendered at the besieged Azovstal steel mill in Mariupolmore

Children look at buffaloes during a sandstorm in eastern Baghdad's al-Futheliyah district, Iraq, May 23. REmore

Actor Amber Heard testifies about the first time she says her ex-husband, actor Johnny Depp hit her, at Fairfamore

While holding her 5-month-old daughter, Sienna, Kim Anatra pours the leftover contents of a jar of formula intmore

Spanish divers try to cut an illegal drift net off a 12-metre-long humpback whale, who got entangled in it neamore

Local resident Jim Finn, holding 8-month old daughter Allegra Finn, casts his ballot on the morning of the natmore

People sleep on the Yamuna river bed under a bridge on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 2. REUTERS/Admore

A worker removes the last public payphone in New York City, near Times Square in Manhattan, May 23.  REUTERS/Bmore

Workers push their motorbikes through the water at the flooded Tanjung Emas container port terminal area, follmore

Mount Etna erupts as seen from Fornazzo, Italy, May 20. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke disrupts a press conference held by Governor Greg Abbotmore

A  young girl looks at a memorial in the wake of the shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, May more

A boy looks at a destroyed Russian infantry fighting vehicle during an exhibition displaying destroyed Russianmore

Members of the U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy salute as they stand on the flight deck of the USS Bataan, a U.S. Namore

A child sits on the ground during the weekly general audience held by Pope Francis at the Vatican, May 25. more

Bella Hadid poses at the screening of the film "L'innocent" at the 75th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, Francmore

Women wait inside a transport vehicle after being apprehended crossing the U.S.-Mexico border at Mt. Cristo Remore

The moon is seen through clouds behind the radio telescope RT-70 in the village of Molochnoye, Crimea, May 16.more

Congolese civilians carry their belongings as they flee near the Congolese border with Rwanda after fightings more

Kateryna Shelikhova, widow of 62-year-old Oleksandr Shelipov who was shot dead by a Russian soldier, who was smore

People gather at Robb Elementary School, the scene of a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, May 25. REUTERS/Nuri Vmore

Plebes form a human pyramid to place an upperclassman hat atop the 21-foot vegetable shortening-covered Herndomore

People stand amid newly-made graves at a cemetery in the settlement of Staryi Krym, outside Mariupol, Ukrainemore

A bus carrying wounded service members of Ukrainian forces from the besieged Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol dmore

People cross a bridge during a sandstorm in Baghdad, Iraq, May 16. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

Buddhist monks turn on the LED lights to form an image of the Lord Buddha, as people observe Vesak Day, an annmore

George Floyd's daughter Gianna Floyd sits at the presidential desk holding up one of the president's pens as Umore

Singer Taylor Swift attends the New York University (NYU) graduation ceremony at Yankee Stadium in New York Cmore

A controlled detonation of explosive devices found by members of the Special Demining Unit of the State Emergemore

A teddy bear hangs on a swing next to a damaged building in Saltivka district, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, May 17. REmore

Child migrant Eliana, 4, from Guatemala, is carried towards a member of the Texas Army National Guard, after smore

Megan Thee Stallion performs during the 2022 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Mamore

Singer Tallia Storm poses at the opening ceremony and screening of the film "Coupez" (Final Cut) at thw Cannesmore

Vietnam's Mach Pham Van poses during the Men's Bodybuilding 55kg competition during the Southeast Asian Games more

Local resident and sailor Mikhail Vais, 58, sits in an armchair next to a dog outside a house heavily damaged more

Ukrainian servicemen carry bodies of Russian soldiers killed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, before puttimore

Iracema Guimaraes da Costa, a local farmer, reacts as she wades through flood waters in front of her relativesmore

Destroyed Russian tanks and military vehicles are seen dumped in Bucha amid Russia's invasion in Ukraine, May more

Mourners react while attending a vigil for victims of the shooting at a TOPS supermarket in Buffalo, New York,more

Workers in protective suits take an elevator as they disinfect a residential area during the COVID lockdown inmore

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presides over a politburo meeting of the ruling Workers' Party, amid the coronmore

Ukrainian servicemen of the Territorial Defence Forces fire an anti-tank grenade launcher as they take part inmore

Roosevelt Lipscomb, a 92-year-old election official who has been working at polling stations for more than 50 more

Police use water cannon to disperse the protestors during a protest organized by students near the President'smore

A man uses an umbrella for shade as he carries a dismantled car on a cycle rickshaw to a scrapyard on a hot wemore

A firefighting helicopter drops water on a wildfire that broke out on the hillside next to the Griffith Observmore

Ukrainian soldiers Yashka and Olga embrace while the convoy makes a stop on its way to the eastern front, nearmore

Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine pose after winning the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy, May 15. more

A demonstrator holds up a clothes hanger during a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the leak of a dmore

A man cools off under a pipe of flowing water on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 11. REUTERS/Anushremore

White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is embraced by current White House Press Secretary Jennimore

A view shows an explosion at a plant of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in the southern port city of Mariupol, Umore

Fireworks explode during celebrations of the Victory Day, marking the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazmore

Russia's ambassador to Poland Sergey Andreev is covered in red substance thrown by protesters as he came to cemore

A damaged bus of Sri Lanka's ruling party supporters is blocking a main road after it was set on fire during amore

A resident and a child look out through gaps in the barriers at a closed residential area during a COVID lockdmore

A Ukrainian police officer guards as refugees from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol arrive at a registratimore

Members of a Russian military band perform during a parade on Victory Day, which marks the 77th anniversary ofmore

Brandon, an asylum seeking migrant from Nicaragua, helps carry Liam, a three year old twin from Nicaragua, andmore

Mourners, including journalists, react next to the body of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh who was killemore

Local residents climb on top of a destroyed Russian tank, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near Irpin,more

Relatives cry during the funeral of Egyptian officer Soleman Ali Soleman, who was killed in an armed attack clmore

The first image of Sagittarius A* (or Sgr A* for short), the supermassive black hole at the center of our galamore

A destroyed residential area is seen in Irpin, Ukraine, May 7. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

A Palestinian enjoys the beach in Gaza City, May 6. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

An injured Ukrainian service member sits at a field hospital inside a bunker of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Womore

A couple poses for wedding photographs inside Grand Central Station in New York City, May 5. REUTERS/Shannon Smore

A delivery worker, who says he is living at a bus stop because he has been unable to return home for weeks duemore

Artist Dea Dzankovic screams along with other women during "Burn/out" art performance in Belgrade, Serbia, Maymore

A child stands on a destroyed Russian tank near Makariv, Kyiv region, Ukraine May 7. REUTERS/Mikhail Palinchak

Smoke from a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire rises above a residential area in Laguna Niguel, California, Mamore

Migrants wait to disembark from a Spanish coast guard vessel, in the port of Arguineguin, in the island of Gramore

Service members of pro-Russian troops fire from a tank during fighting near the Azovstal steel plant in the somore

Police officers use pepper spray against demonstrators during a May Day protest in Berlin, Germany, May 1. REUmore

Valentina, a refugee Ukrainian woman from Mariupol, gestures after arriving at a registration center for intermore

Usha Vance, wife of Republican U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Vance kisses him at an election party after he won tmore

Gigi Hadid arrives at the In America: An Anthology of Fashion themed Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Armore

Nina Stefuryak, 2, plays at the playground in front of a building, destroyed by shelling, amid the Russian invmore

People enjoy the sunset in Vlora, Albania, May 4. REUTERS/Florion Goga

A destroyed Russian tank's turret is seen stuck in the ground in Zalissia, Kyiv region, Ukraine, May 3. REUTERmore

Cast member Tom Cruise arrives at the global premiere for the film Top Gun: Maverick on the USS Midway Museum more

A participant attends the annual May Day bank holiday "Jack In The Green" parade and festival in Hastings, Brimore

Pro-abortion and anti-abortion demonstrators protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the leak of a draft more

The Fearless Girl Statue by artist Kristen Visbal stands draped in the flag of Ukraine after a demonstration omore

Janelle Monae arrives at the In America: An Anthology of Fashion themed Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum ofmore

A shark swims past a diver during an outing with scuba company Emerald Charters off Jupiter Inlet, Florida, Mamore

Savelii, 10, mourns his father Ihor Krotkikh, 47, who according to his mother Alla Krotkikh, 42, was killed bymore

People walk their bikes across the street as smoke rises above a plant of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in thmore

Supporters of Philippine Vice-President and presidential candidate Leni Robredo gather during a campaign rallymore

A worker in a protective suit locks a barrier of a residential area during a COVID lockdown in Shanghai, Chinamore