Day in Photos: Taiwan Missile Test, Finland’s President in Kenya, and Hamas Releases Hostage
The Taiwanese military conducts its first High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) live-fire test launch at the Jiupeng base in Pingtung, Taiwan, on May 12, 2025. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Taiwan Missile Test, Finland’s President in Kenya, and Hamas Releases Hostage

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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Israeli President Isaac Herzog (C), and Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal visit the memorial to Jewish deportations at Track 17 in Berlin, on May 12, 2025. During World War II, thousands of Berlin Jews were sent by rail to concentration camps from Track 17. Germany and Israel are celebrating 60 years of diplomatic relations with reciprocal visits by presidents. Carsten Koall/Getty Images
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Members of the press watch Marine One departing the White House in Washington on May 12, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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Students shout slogans as they express solidarity with Pakistan's armed forces during a school assembly in Lahore, Pakistan, on May 12, 2025, after schools reopened following a cease-fire between Pakistan and India. Indian and Pakistani military chiefs were set to confer on May 12 during the cease-fire that brought the nuclear-armed rivals back from the brink of all-out war. Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images
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Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers pay their respects during a wreath-laying ceremony for Constable Deepak Chingakham of the Border Security Force, who was killed during cross-border fire between India and Pakistan, in Jammu, on May 12, 2025. Money Sharma/AFP via Getty Images
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Jeff Roba hangs from the cliff face of the Dinant citadel to protest against a court ruling that forces him to demolish his hut in Dinant, Belgium, on May 12, 2025. Roba lives in an illegally built hut in a forest near Dinant. Bruno Fahy/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images
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Members of the National Police Special Forces escort alleged Honduran drug trafficker Ricky Wendell Juarez, also known as “Rasta o Ratafari,” to his transfer to the Supreme Court of Justice, where he will appear for an information hearing, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on May 12, 2025. Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images
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Tourists enjoy a camel ride during a dust storm in the desert of Pushkar in the Indian state of Rajasthan, on May 12, 2025. Himanshu Sharma/AFP via Getty Images
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Police forensics officers seen near the home of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in London, on May 12, 2025. An investigation is underway after a fire broke out in the early hours of Monday morning at a property owned by Starmer in north London. The doorway to the home was damaged, but no injuries were reported. Leon Neal/Getty Images
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The inauguration of a new distribution center for Delhaize's e-commerce activities in Brussels, on May 12, 2025. Benoit Doppagne/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images
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Visitors watch hot air balloons being launched during celebrations to mark Vesak Day at Ngawen Temple complex in Muntilan, Central Java, Indonesia, on May 12, 2024. Devi Rahman/AFP via Getty Images
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Ernest N'koumou Mobio (C), interim president of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast, greets members of the political party ahead of a meeting, in front of the party headquarters in Abidjan on May 12, 2025. Ivory Coast's main opposition leader, who has been barred from standing in an October presidential vote, said on May 12 that he was resigning as party leader but would still lead the fight to win the election. Six months before voters choose a new head of state, political tensions are running high in the west African country where several opposition figures have been declared ineligible to stand. Sia Kambou/AFP via Getty Images
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Inflatable dinghies and outboard motors believed to have been used by illegal migrants to cross the English channel from France to England are stored in a Home Office compound in Dover, England, on May 12, 2025. UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced a tighter government policy on immigration, promising that numbers will fall significantly. The measures, including the requirement to learn English and a longer route to settled status, aim to reduce legal migration, which makes up the majority of migration to the UK. However, they don't include addressing small boat crossings or other entries without permission. Carl Court/Getty Images
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An Israeli army jeep drives down a road in a refugee camp east of Tulkarem in the West Bank, on May 12, 2025, during an ongoing military operation. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty Images
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Finland's President Alexander Stubb inspects the guard of honour of the Kenya Defence Forces during his state visit at State House in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 12, 2025. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images
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A military drone, manufactured by Airbus, is displayed during the International Defence and Security Fair in Madrid, on May 12, 2025. Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images
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A farmer harvests opium from a poppy field on the outskirts of Faizabad district in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, on May 12, 2025. Omer Abrar/AFP via Getty Images
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Hundreds of friends, family, and residents gather downtown to watch the release of Edan Alexander, the last living U.S. citizen kidnapped by Hamas, in his hometown of Tenafly, N.J., on May 12, 2025. Alexander, 20, was a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces when he was abducted on Oct. 7, 2023. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Two kids, part of the first group of Afrikaners from South Africa to arrive for resettlement in the United States, play with balloons after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., on May 12, 2025. President Donald Trump on Monday defended the decision to resettle a group of white Afrikaners in the United States as refugees, saying they were fleeing a “terrible situation” in South Africa. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
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South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing charges of orchestrating a rebellion when he declared martial law on Dec. 3, 2024, arrives to attend his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, on May 12, 2025. Yoon appeared in court on May 12 for the third hearing of his criminal trial to defend himself against insurrection charges over his short-lived declaration of martial law. Ahn Young-Joon/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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Workers hold national flags as they take part in a protest against President José Raúl Mulino's government amid an ongoing indefinite strike in Panama City, on May 12, 2025. Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images
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A policeman stands guard as voters queue up outside a polling station in Panamao town, Sulu province, in the southern Philippines, on May 12, 2025. Millions of Filipinos headed to the polls on May 12 in a mid-term election widely seen as a referendum on a feud between President Ferdinand Marcos and impeached Vice President Sara Duterte. Nickee Butlangan/AFP via Getty Images
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Horse-drawn carriages carrying tourists pass by Hofburg Imperial palace at Heldenplatz square in Vienna, on May 12, 2025. Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images
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People lie on the ground and a person in a wheelchair hold up signs reading “We want healthcare” and “No euthanasia” during a rally called by the French anti-abortion, pro-life movement Alliance VITA in Paris, on May 12, 2025, as debates on end-of-life care resume in the French National Assembly. The bill proposed by Les Democrates' MP Olivier Falorni aims to establish a “right to die with assistance” in law. Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP via Getty Images
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A rabbit looks on at the Tiergarten park in Berlin, on May 12, 2025. Ralf Hirschberger/AFP via Getty Images