Day in Photos: Fire in Israel, Protests in Pakistan, and Earthquake in South America
A fire fighting plane flies over charred trees after a fire near the central Israeli town of Bet Shemesh on May 2, 2025. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Fire in Israel, Protests in Pakistan, and Earthquake in South America

A glimpse into the world through the lens of photography.
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Canadian World War II veteran Flight Lieutenant George Brewster (C) is supported as he plants a Canadian flag at a grave during a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands, at the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in Groesbeek, Netherlands, on May 2, 2025. John Thys/AFP via Getty Images
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Supporters of the Balochistan National Party carry posters of arrested Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch during a protest in Quetta, Pakistan, on May 2, 2025. .The 32-year-old, who was arrested last month, is one of the country's most recognizable protest leaders representing the ethnic Baloch minority. Banaras Khan/AFP via Getty Images
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Soledad and Trinidad Garcia of Team Chile compete in the women's duet technical final during the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup 2025 at Markham Pan Am Centre in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on May 2, 2025. Steph Chambers/Getty Images
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage cheers while addressing supporters and the media at Staffordshire County Showground, after Reform UK won control of the Staffordshire County Council, winning 49 out of 62 seats, in Stafford, United Kingdom, on May 2, 2025. Leon Neal/Getty Images
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Lorenzo Musetti of Italy serves during the Men's Singles Semi-Final match with Jack Draper of Great Britain, on day eleven of the Mutua Madrid Open at La Caja Magica in Madrid on May 2, 2025. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
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Members of the public react after Kelly Smith, the mother of missing child Joshlin Smith, was found guilty on charges of human trafficking and kidnapping, in Saldanha Bay, South Africa, on May 2, 2025. A South African court found Smith guilty of trafficking her six-year-old daughter, in a case that has outraged the nation. Rodger Bosch/AFP via Getty Images
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One of the sites of the extra-high-voltage (EHV) interconnection built by France's RTE and Spain's Red Electrica is seen near a sand dune on the coastline in Seignosse, France, on May 2, 2025. Philippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Images
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People take to the streets in Punta Arenas, Chile, on May 2, 2025, after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck in the Drake Passage, the body of water separating South America and Antarctica. Tomas Gutierrez/AFP via Getty Images
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Research scientist Sophia Mwinyi views Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes in an insectary in the Joseph Black Building at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, on May 2, 2025. The new species of mosquito has been identified in East Africa, according to scientists from the university, in collaboration with the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Ifakara Health Institute. Jeff Mitchell/Getty Images
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Members of Syria's security forces stand guard at a checkpoint at the entrance of Jaramana, near Damascus, Syria, on May 2, 2025. Israel's military said on May 2 it launched air strikes near the presidential palace in Damascus; the country's defense minister had threatened intervention if Syrian authorities failed to protect the Druze minority. Syria's Druze spiritual leader has condemned a 'genocidal campaign' against his community after sectarian clashes killed 102 people. Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images
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Rows of Turkish flags line the walkway leading to the Canakkale Martyrs' Memorial in Gelibolu, Turkey, on May 2, 2025. The site is visited by thousands each year to pay their respects to fallen Turkish soldiers who fought in the Battle of Gallipoli. Yagiz Gurtug/Middle East Images via AFP
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Former acting President Han Duck-soo (C) leaves after formally announcing his candidacy for the presidency, at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on May 2, 2025. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images
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Police and other members of the emergency services work at the scene where a car crashed into a group of people, injuring several, in the southern German city of Stuttgart, on May 2, 2025. Andreas Rosar/AFP via Getty Images
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A Ukrainian serviceman of the 93rd mechanized brigade stands in a shelter near Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on May 2, 2025. GenyaSvilov/AFP via Getty Images
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People enjoy the sun as they walk along the dike near the beach during the long May Day weekend in Knokke, West Flanders, Belgium, on May 2, 2025. Niicolas Maeterlinck/Belga/AFP via Getty Images
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Publisher gallops during a morning training session prior to the 151st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on May 2, 2025. Grace Bradley/Getty Images
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Workers move wet sacks of wheat grains after they were drenched by rain at a wholesale grain market in Jalandhar, India, on May 2, 2025. Shammi Mehra/AFP via Getty Images
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A tram at the Praça do Comércio (Commerce Square) in Lisbon on May 2, 2025. Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images
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Firefighters guard a vehicle carrying what is believed to be the body of a male truck driver whose truck plunged into a sinkhole in late January, in Yashio City, Japan, on May 2, 2025. Additional cave-ins and precarious conditions had delayed the search and rescue operation for the trucker. STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images