Day in Photos: Shipping Containers Housing, Mail Carriers’ Strike, and ISIS-Linked Women Returning to Australia
Workers carry construction materials outside a housing unit made from a converted shipping container in Havana on May 7, 2026. Amid a housing deficit exceeding 800,000 homes, Cuba has begun converting shipping containers into housing units. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images
Workers carry construction materials outside a housing unit made from a converted shipping container in Havana on May 7, 2026. Amid a housing deficit exceeding 800,000 homes, Cuba has begun converting shipping containers into housing units. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Shipping Containers Housing, Mail Carriers’ Strike, and ISIS-Linked Women Returning to Australia

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U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Brian Burch (center R) welcomes Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C) and his wife Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio upon their arrival at Rome Ciampino airport on May 7, 2026. Rubio will visit the first American pope, Leo XIV, seeking to ease tensions between Washington and the Vatican. Andrew Medichini/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a press conference at the Brazilian Embassy after his White House meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington on May 7, 2026. Trump said the meeting focused on tariffs. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
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King Frederik X of Denmark greets young well-wishers as he arrives at the Defense Museum in Roenne on the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm on May 7, 2026. Torben Kofod Ager/Ritzau Scanpix / AFP via Getty Images
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Samuel Alaniz rinses down a recently received horse at his home in Robstown, Texas, on May 7, 2026. Robstown is just west of Corpus Christi, where the City Council voted to begin preliminary discussions on building a desalination facility for the Coastal Bend region as the city faces a looming water crisis driven by rising temperatures, prolonged drought, and increasing demand from local oil refineries. Alaniz's wife Myra was elected to the Nueces County water board last week. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
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A striking employee waves a union flag in front of a car leaving the La Poste sorting center during an unlimited strike by mail carriers at Lesneven in Brittany, France, on May 7, 2026. Vincent Feuray/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images
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Democratic candidate Tom Steyer campaigns ahead of the California gubernatorial primary election alongside actor Jane Fonda outside Pan Pacific Park in Los Angeles on May 7, 2026. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand's outdoor exhibition “Vivre Ensemble” is seen at Place de la Concorde after damaged displays were repaired and reinstalled following overnight vandalism during celebrations after Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the UEFA Champions League final, in Paris on May 7, 2026. Joao Luiz Bulcao/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images
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Owner of “Le Bone Appart” Rebecca Anhalt with her whippet, Napoleon, at the dog cafe in Paris on May 7, 2026. Xavier Galiana/AFP via Getty Images
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Supporters shield recently arrived people with links to ISIS as they arrive at Melbourne Airport in Australia on May 7, 2026. The women, who had traveled to Syria to join the ISIS terrorist group, are expected to face questioning by Australian Federal Police upon their arrival, with authorities weighing potential charges under counter-terrorism legislation. Morgan Hancock/Getty Images
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage with an ice cream after casting his vote in the local elections in Walton-on-the-Naze, England, on May 7, 2026. Chris Radburn/AFP via Getty Images
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Finland's President Alexander Stubb (2nd R) and his wife Suzanne Innes-Stubb (R) welcome German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2nd L) and his wife Elke Büdenbender at the courtyard of the Presidential Palace in Helsinki on May 7, 2026. Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images
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First responders inspect rubble atop a building following an Israeli airstrike the previous day in the Haret Hreik neighborhood of Beirut's southern suburbs, in Lebanon on May 7, 2026. It was Israel's first such attack in nearly a month, killing a senior Hezbollah commander from its elite Radwan force, a source close to the Iran-backed terrorist group told AFP. AFP via Getty Images
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Ayaka Furue of Japan plays her shot from the second tee during the first round of the Mizuho Americas Open 2026 at Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell, N.J., on May 7, 2026. Sarah Stier/Getty Images
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Mount Gerizim as Samaritans take part in a pilgrimage near Nablus in the West Bank on May 7, 2026, marking the seventh day of Passover according to the Samaritan calendar. Simon Beni/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images