Best International News Photos of Friday, May 22
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PHOTO IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA, REUTERS Pilgrims take part in Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which will host the Hajj celebrations, the Muslim pilgrimage, from May 25 to 29.
PHOTO DMITRI LOVETSKY, ASSOCIATED PRESS A boy sits at the controls of a replica of a Soviet T-34 tank, a model dating from World War II, at TransportFest, a transport-themed festival in St. Petersburg, Russia.
PHOTO AXEL SCHMIDT, REUTERS Participants of Wave Gotik Treffen don their darkest attire to gather at the world’s largest vibrant festival celebrating gothic culture in Leipzig, Germany.
PHOTO ANWAR AMRO, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A girl plays among government-provided tents to improve living conditions for refugees in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Like over a million people in southern Lebanon, her family was displaced by Israeli strikes.
PHOTO NIHARIKA KULKARNI, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Hindu priests perform evening prayers at Namo Ghat, on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi, India. Ghats are steps leading to the water. This one was named in honor of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2024.
PHOTO KARIM JAAFAR, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A visitor takes a photo with friendly parrots at a bird show by Egyptian bird trainer Salah El-Gallad on La Corniche, the iconic promenade in the bay of Doha, the capital of Qatar.
PHOTO MARVIN RECINOS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Thousands of workers protest in La Paz to demand the resignation of Bolivia’s president. After just six months in power, center-right President Rodrigo Paz is facing the country’s worst economic crisis since the 1980s.
