Forensic officers attend the scene as a white car is boxed in by other unmarked cars behind a police cordon on the Bury New Road in Manchester, England, on May 22, 2026. It has been reported armed police swarmed an area of Bury New Road in Whitefield following an incident. Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images
Displaced Lebanese people walk between blue tents set up by the government for people who fled their homes and villages in Beirut’s southern suburbs and southern Lebanon, replacing informal tent settlements in the capital’s seafront on May 22, 2026. The government initiative aims to improve living conditions, provide basic services, and better manage the growing number of internally displaced people in Beirut following the ongoing crisis. Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images
A leader of the March and March-affiliated group is arrested by South African Police Service officers in Dunnottar, Ekurhuleni, South Africa, on May 22, 2026. This followed the unlawful eviction of a legal resident Ethiopian national, amid demonstrations over the fatal beating of a 22-year-old man by a shop owner after an alleged theft on the shop’s premises. Four leaders of the March and March-affiliated group were subsequently arrested. Emmanuel Croset/AFP via Getty Images
Fireworks are launched off the top of the sails of the Sydney Opera House to start Vivid Sydney 2026 in Sydney, Australia, on May 22, 2026. Vivid Sydney is an annual celebration of creativity, innovation and technology, running from May 22 to June 13. Izhar Khan/Getty Images
A protestor displays a sign reading “Stay in Your Empire” next to members of a group representing the descendants of ethnic Germans expelled from Czechoslovakia from 1945 to 1946, during their annual gathering in Brno, Czech Republic, on May 22, 2026. The Sudeten German conference is taking place for the first time in the Czech Republic and has sparked controversy and local protests. In 1945 and 1946, Czechoslovak authorities, who accused Sudeten Germans of having supported the brutal Nazi occupation of Bohemia and Moravia, expelled approximately 3 million ethnic Germans and confiscated their property following the end of WWII. Christian Bruna/Getty Images
One of the first of three U.S.-made F-35 jets in Polish Air Force colors lands at the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Lask, Poland, on May 22, 2026. Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images
Venezuelan nationals living in Panama board an aircraft at the Teniente Octavio Rodriguez Garrido Aeronaval Air Base ahead of Panama’s first direct repatriation flight to Venezuela in Panama City on May 22, 2026. Panama sent its first direct flight to Venezuela carrying more than a hundred migrants from the country after a similar attempt failed late last year. Daniel Gonzales/AFP via Getty Images
A man dressed as a member of the French Imperial Guard stands guard at the foot of the Lion’s Mound monument in Waterloo after its renovation in Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium, on May 22, 2026. Eric Lalmand/Belga/AFP via Getty Images
NATO Foreign Ministers attend the NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden, on May 22, 2026. Foreign ministers of the 32 NATO member states gathered in the Swedish city to finalize preparations for the upcoming Ankara Summit. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images
Two Yubari melons that were sold for a record-breaking price of 5.8 million yen (US$36,400) at the first auction of the year at the Sapporo Central Wholesale Market in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, on May 22, 2026. Jiji Press/AFP via Getty Images
Red Cross staff set up tents intended as shelter from the sun outside an overcrowded asylum seekers’ registration centre in Ter Apel, Netherlands, on May 22, 2026. Jilmer Postma/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
Soldiers navigate quad vehicles as they take part in the joint NATO–Serbia military exercise at a training ground near Bujanovac in southern Serbia on May 22, 2026. Sasa Djordjevic/AFP via Getty Images
Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., on May 22, 2026. The CDC has begun expanded Ebola screening measures at Washington Dulles International Airport for certain international travelers amid concerns over worsening outbreaks in parts of East and Central Africa. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Team Spacestation Gaming players fist bump ahead of the eSport Rocket League Championship Series 2026 Nanterre Major playoffs lower bracket round 1 match between MIBR and Spacestation Gaming at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, France, on May 22, 2026. Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images
Afghan residents clear sludge from a street after heavy rain showers induced flash floods in the Khash district of Badakhshan province of Afghanistan on May 22, 2026. Heavy rain and floods have killed at least 24 people in the past 48 hours across Afghanistan, local and disaster officials said on May 22. Omer Abrar/AFP via Getty Images
Egyptian bird trainer Salah El-Gallad performs with Macaw birds during a bird show in the Corniche area of Doha, Qatar, on May 22, 2026. Karim Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images
U.S. Naval Academy graduates sing their school song during the 2026 Naval Academy Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony in Annapolis, Md., on May 22, 2026. The graduating class of 2026 contained 1,059 individuals who will enter the Navy or Marine Corps to serve for a minimum of 5 years. Heather Diehl/Getty Images
Technicians install beds and other equipment inside the isolation area for suspected cases at CBCA Virunga Hospital during rehabilitation work aimed at preparing the facility to receive potential Ebola cases in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 22, 2026. Ebola continues to spread in the DRC, where the first cases of transmission were reported May 21 in the eastern province of South Kivu, while the health response is struggling to get organized and has given rise to scenes of chaos in Ituri province, the epicenter of the epidemic. Jospin Mwisha/AFP via Getty Images
