Fireworks are launched off the top of the sails of the Sydney Opera House to start Vivid Sydney 2025 in Sydney on May 23, 2025. The annual celebration of creativity, innovation, and technology will be held from May 23 to June 14. Izhar Khan/Getty Images
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem throws a coin into the 18th century Trevi Fountain during a visit to Rome on May 23, 2025. Alex Brandon/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Protestors attend a demonstration against government pressure on the Serbian universities in Belgrade, Serbia, on May 23, 2025. A petition signed by more than 1,500 academics in Serbia on May 23 backed calls by students for early elections to address the country's extended political crisis. Oliver Bunic/AFP via Getty Images
A merchant carves a tuna fish at his stall at the fish market in Tripoli, Libya, on May 23, 2025. Mahmud Turkia/AFP via Getty Images
Floodlights illuminate the Umm Suqeim beach as people cool off at night in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on May 23, 2025. The country registered a sizzling 50.4 degrees Celsius (122.7 degrees Fahrenheit) on May 23, the highest on record for May. Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images
A Pakistani vendor stands amidst bird cages during the Friday chicken bazaar in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on May 23, 2025. Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images
Vehicles queue up to get petrol at a service station in El Alto, Bolivia, on May 23, 2025. Drivers are protesting fuel shortages and the economic measures of President Luis Arce's government. Aizar Raldes/AFP via Getty Images
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) and Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani meet at the State Department in Washington on May 23, 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images
The construction site of the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, on May 23, 2025. Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images
Naval Academy graduates throw their caps during the 2025 Naval Academy Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 23, 2025. Some 1,049 men and women graduated in the class of 2025 and will enter the Navy or Marine Corps, where they will serve for at least five years. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images
A plane lands at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on May 23, 2025. The American Automobile Association projects over 45 million Americans will travel for Memorial Day weekend, which would be a record-breaking number and a 4 percent increase from last year. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Young Ukrainian cadets from a military boarding school play with soap bubbles during the end of school year graduation ball in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 23, 2025. Some of the cadets are children of servicemen who fell during the war with Russia. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images
The entrance to Venezuela at the Colombia-Venezuela border in Cucuta, Colombia, on May 23, 2025. Venezuela closed its border with Colombia from May 23 to May 26, ahead of legislative and regional elections scheduled for May 25. Schneyder Mendoza/AFP via Getty Images
Military personnel in New York for Fleet Week visit the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell on May 23, 2025. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images
A man cooks sausages on the back of a yacht in the marina during the first practice session for the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco on May 23, 2025. Christophe Simon/AFP via Getty Images
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes the President of the Republic of Congo Denis Sassou N'Guesso (R), at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on May 23, 2025. Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images
An old tire on the bed of Woodhead Reservoir, recently revealed by the falling water level, near Glossop, England, on May 22, 2025. Data from United Utilities, the United Kingdom's largest listed water company, shows that reservoir levels for the northwest of England stand at 61.9 percent of capacity, down from 88.8 percent at the same period in 2024. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images
Russian service members walk in formation in front of the Bolshoi theatre prior to a farewell ceremony for the late ballet figure Yuri Grigorovich in Moscow on May 23, 2025. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images
A pedestrian walks in Tokyo on May 23, 2025. Japan's core inflation rate accelerated in April to 3.5 percent as rice prices almost doubled year-on-year, official data showed on May 23. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images
A dog jumps into a pool at the Dogs and Fun fair at the Westfalenhallen congress centre in Dortmund, Germany, on May 23, 2025. Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images
