Day in Photos: Royal Gun Salute, Drone Strike on Airport, and Bus Crash

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 06: A general view of members of the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) Regiment arriving ahead of a 62 Gun Royal Salute at Tower Wharf on May 06, 2025 in London, England. The British Army mark the anniversary of King Charles III's Coronation with traditional Gun Salutes. At noon, The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery will fire a Royal Salute in central London, followed by The Honourable Artillery Company at 1pm. Both regiments also took part in the Coronation Day salutes in 2023, firing at the exact moment the Crown was placed on The King's head at Westminster Abbey. Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images

Designated German Chancellor Friedrich Merz takes the oath from the president of the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, Julia Kloeckner, during a swearing-in session after a second round of voting in Berlin on May 6, 2025. German lawmakers elected conservative Merz as chancellor in a second-round vote after his surprise defeat in an initial ballot. Ralf Hirschberger/AFP via Getty Images

A man watches as smoke billows after a drone strike in Sudan, on May 6, 2025. Drones struck the airport and targeted an army base for the third straight day as the Sudanese army-aligned government's seat of power came under attack, said officials. -/AFP via Getty Images