Red carpets, racing and flames: Photos of the week

A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.

May 11, 2024 - 12:59 Updated: May 11, 2024 - 13:00
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Taylor Hill/Getty Images Tyla is carried up the Met Gala stairs by publicistsTaylor Hill/Getty Images
Actors, musicians and tycoons were among those dressing to impress at the Metropolitan Museum of Art fundraiser in New York City. For her first ever Met Gala, singer Tyla enlisted Balmain for a dress made of sand - a reference to the sands of time theme. Her movement was so restricted she had to ask for help to climb the stairs
Sharon Eilo/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images An Ethiopian woman holds a candle while praying during the Holy Fire Ceremony of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in JerusalemSharon Eilo/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images
Worshippers hold candles while praying during the Holy Fire Ceremony of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem. This spiritual and religious event is one of the most important rituals in Orthodox Christianity, and many pilgrims gather from around the world to witness it
Denis Balibouse/Reuters Planes fly in the air as the Olympic Flame arrives in MarseilleDenis Balibouse/Reuters
The Olympic flame arrived on French soil at the southern port city of Marseille amid tight security, 79 days before the opening ceremony of the Paris Games
Jane Barlow/PA Media Kate Forbes arrives at Bute House, EdinburghJane Barlow/PA Media
Kate Forbes arrives at Bute House, Edinburgh, after newly appointed Scottish First Minister John Swinney was sworn in. Ms Forbes returned to the Scottish government as deputy first minister as Mr Swinney unveiled an almost entirely unchanged cabinet
KOLA SULAIMON/AFP The Duke and Duchess of Sussex take part in activities at the Lightway Academy in Abuja, NigeriaKOLA SULAIMON/AFP
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex take part in activities at the Lightway Academy in Abuja, Nigeria, as part of celebrations of Invictus Games anniversary
MAXIM SHEMETOV/AFP Vladimir Putin walks past an honour guard as he attends a meeting with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel before Victory Day celebrations in MoscowMAXIM SHEMETOV/AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin walks past an honour guard as he attends a meeting on Victory Day in Moscow. The day remembers not only the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany, but also the enormous human cost of that victory - the more than 27 million Soviet citizens killed in what is known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War
ANSELMO CUNHA/AFP An aerial view of the flooded Beira-Rio stadium of the Brazilian football team Internacional in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, BrazilANSELMO CUNHA/AFP
An aerial view of the flooded Beira-Rio stadium of the Brazilian football team Internacional in Porto Alegre. The floods are the worst natural disaster to ever hit the state of Rio Grande do Sul, officials say
ANDREJ CUKIC/EPA A serviceman jumps over the red carpet as honour guards prepare for the departure of the Chinese President Xi Jinping in Belgrade, SerbiaANDREJ CUKIC/EPA
A serviceman jumps over the red carpet as honour guards prepare for the departure of the Chinese President Xi Jinping in Belgrade. The president was on a two-day official visit to Serbia
Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock A Nepali Hindu is taking a bath in a sacred pond, Matatirtha, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, NepalSubaas Shrestha/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock
A Nepali Hindu takes a bath in Matatirtha, a sacred pond on the outskirts of Kathmandu, on Mata Tirtha Aunsi (Mother's Day). People flock to the pond to commemorate their mothers who have died
Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Elliot Moss with his daughter Stephanie pose beside vintage race car in LondonBryn Lennon/Getty Images
Elliot Moss, son of late British Formula One driver Sir Stirling Moss, poses with his daughter Stephanie in front of a Mercedes Benz SLR 722, outside Westminster Abbey, ahead of a service of thanksgiving for his father. Sir Stirling raced in Formula 1 in the sport's romantic age of the 1950s and early 1960s, winning 16 grands prix





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