British Prime Minister Keir Starmer joins party supporters in a community center as the local elections campaign enters the final straight in London on May 5, 2026. Labor is defending roughly 2,500–2,560 seats in Thursday's elections with analysts predicting significant losses for the party. Carl Court/Getty Images
Swedish Navy HMS Harnosand (K33), the third Visby-class corvette, operates during the Exercise Aurora 26 at Vaddo Military Training Area in Stockholm on May 5, 2026. Henrik Montgomery/TT/various sources/AFP via Getty Images
Members of the Australian armed forces march back after Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi boarded her aircraft at a Royal Australian Air Force base in Canberra on May 5, 2026, after a three-day official visit. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images
A boy walks with collected ears of wheat during the harvest season in the Marajah village of the Mishkhab District north of Iraq's central city of Najaf on May 5, 2026. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump hits a putt as U.S. golfer Bryson DeChambeau (R), South African retired golfer Gary Player (C), and student athletes watch on the green on the South Lawn of the White House after Trump signed a proclamation to revive the Presidential Fitness Test Award, a competitive school-based fitness program, in Washington on May 5, 2026. Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images
Brazilian activist Thiago Avila is escorted into court in the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon on May 5, 2026. Israeli authorities are expected to ask a court to extend the detention of Avila and Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek by six days, as the pair face their second hearing on May 5, a rights group representing them said. The two were among dozens of activists aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces off the coast of Greece early on April 30. Ilia Yefimovich/AFP via Getty Images
Scottish First Minister John Swinney of the Scottish National Party campaigns with Eilidh Munro, SNP candidate for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, in front of Ben Nevis in Fort William, Scotland, on May 5, 2026. Scotland's parliamentary elections will be held on May 7. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
A police forensics officer works at the scene outside a former synagogue in the Whitechapel district of east London on May 5, 2026, following a suspected arson attack in the early hours of the morning. London police said they were investigating a blaze at a former synagogue. The news came as Prime Minister Keir Starmer gathered public figures for talks on a response to what he called a “crisis” after a series of anti-Semitic attacks. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images
France's President Emmanuel Macron attends a ceremony to lay wreaths at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia, on May 5, 2026. Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images
A vendor cleans and arranges desert truffles, an underground fungus unique to arid environments, for sale at the truffle market in Kuwait City on May 5, 2026. Yasse Al-Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images
Police investigate one day after a car plowed into people on a street, leaving at least two dead and several injured in Leipzig, Germany, on May 5, 2026. The driver, a 33-year-old German man, was arrested on May 4 at the scene, and officials said his motivation was unclear. Jens Schluter/AFP via Getty Images
A mounted bull bison is displayed in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's newest exhibition, “Bison Standing Strong,” in Washington on May 5, 2026. The exhibition, which opens to the public Thursday, explores the legacy of American bison and their significance as the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary. Heather Diehl/Getty Images
Vice President JD Vance walks with his son Vivek to board Air Force Two upon departure at Will Rogers International Airport in Oklahoma City on May 5, 2026. Vance stopped in Oklahoma City for a fundraising event before heading to Iowa to speak at a factory in Des Moines. Roberto Schmidt-Pool/Getty Images
A daily wage laborer sits outside a jewelry shop in Lahore, Pakistan, on May 5, 2026. Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images
The silhouettes of men during the reenactment of the Battle of Puebla, which commemorates the clash between Mexican and French troops in 1862, at the Peñon de los Baños neighborhood in Mexico City on May 5, 2026. The reenactment of the battle of May 5, 1862, in the town of San Juan de Aragon is a celebration that is part of the cultural identity of its inhabitants. Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images
Almost empty streets during a 24-hour transport strike called by the Bolivian Drivers' Confederation to protest the bad quality of oil, in La Paz, Bolivia, on May 5, 2026. Drivers demand financial compensation from the government for the damage to their vehicles. Jorge Bernal/AFP via Getty Images
Youngsters pass a decoration in central Moscow on May 5, 2026, a few days ahead of the Victory Day military parade to be held at Red Square on May 9. Russia declared on May 4 a unilateral ceasefire with Ukraine from May 8 to May 9, when Moscow marks its annual World War II Victory Day commemorations, and threatened a “massive missile strike” on Kyiv if Ukraine violated it. Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images
Wind turbines surround the historical Roman City of Carnuntum near the village of Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Lower Austria, on May 5, 2026. Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images
State Secretary Marco Rubio speaks during a press briefing at the White House on May 5, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
