Day in Photos: Victory Day, Building Collapse in Senegal, and Traditional Wrestling Competition
Harry Miller, who served in the 740th Tank Battalion during the Battle of the Bulge salutes as his name is called during the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, marking the end of World War II in Europe, at the World War II Memorial in Washington on May 8, 2025. To commemorate the anniversary, the Friends of the National World War II Memorial and National Park Service held a ceremony to allow World War II veterans to place wreaths at the Freedom Wall. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

Day in Photos: Victory Day, Building Collapse in Senegal, and Traditional Wrestling Competition

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Firemen walk past a collapsed building in the Ngor neighborhood of Dakar, Senegal, on May 8, 2025. Patrick Meinhardt/AFP via Getty Images
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani clap after sponsoring a signing ceremony of memoranda of understanding between Iraq and Turkey, in Ankara, Turkey, on May 8, 2025. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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An Israeli jet fighter fires flares near the border with the Gaza Strip as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on May 8, 2025. Israel's military has begun calling up reservists and promising an expanded offensive in Gaza, after cease-fire negotiations have stalled entirely. Amir Levy/Getty Images
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France's President Emmanuel Macron pays tribute by a statue of General de Gaulle as he attends ceremonies for Victory in Europe Day in Paris, on May 8, 2025. Christophe Petit Tesson/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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A general view of the partially damaged Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project following Indian strikes in Nausari, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on May 8, 2025. India and Pakistan accused each other on May 8 of carrying out waves of drone attacks, as deadly confrontations between the nuclear-armed foes drew global calls for calm. Sajjad Qayyum/AFP via Getty Images
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Members of Ukrainian government and lawmakers, including Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmygal (R), Ukraine's Economy Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko (2nd R) and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiga (3rd R) react after the successful vote to ratify a landmark minerals deal signed with the United States during a Parliament session in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 8, 2025, amid the Russian invasion. Andrii Nesterenko/AFP via Getty Images
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Police officers take notes at a bus stop in San Salvador, El Salvador, on May 7, 2025. The Salvadoran army and the police guard buses and bus stops after President Nayib Bukele announced that public transport in all its forms will be completely free during the closure of an important road for construction. Marvin Recinos/AFP via Getty Images
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President Donald Trump takes questions outside the West Wing of White House in Washington, on May 8, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
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Singers perform at a Victory in Europe Day-themed street party organized by Eastern City Business Improvement District at Leadenhall Market in London, on May 8, 2025. On this day, 80 years ago at 3 p.m., Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland that the war in Europe had ended, following Germany's surrender the day before. Carl Court/Getty Images
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Venezuelan migrants repatriated from Honduras arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on May 8, 2025. Pedro Mattey/AFP via Getty Images
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A woman stands outside her house destroyed by Pakistani artillery shelling at the Salamabad village in Uri, in India-controlled Kashmir, on May 8, 2025. India's government said on May 8 that Pakistan launched an overnight air attack using “drones and missiles,” before New Delhi retaliated to destroy an air defense system in Lahore. Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images
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Pedestrians walk past the ancient Royal Palace at the Patan Durbar Square in Lalitpur, Nepal, on May 8, 2025. Prakash Mathema/AFP via Getty Images
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German federal police officers control cars at the A3 motorway at a border control station between Emmerich, Germany, and Arnhem, Netherlands, on May 8, 2025. Germany's new government on May 7 said that it would reject most asylum seekers at its borders, as it moved to boost its border police. Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) delivers remarks next to a Shahed 136 military drone during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 8, 2025. The press conference, organized by the nonprofit United Against Nuclear Iran, occurred as the United States and Iran continue to negotiate over bilateral issues and growing international concern with Iran’s drone production and proliferation. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, arrives on the main central loggia balcony of St. Peter's Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in the Vatican, on May 8, 2025. Prevost is the first pope from the United States, was close to Pope Francis, and spent years as a missionary in Peru. Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images
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Emergency workers inspect the terrain on a screen before searching for a missing ambulance plane in the Curacavi commune, Metropolitan Region, Chile, on May 8, 2025. Rescue workers in Chile are searching a central mountainous area for an air ambulance that crashed carrying six people, the civil aviation authority said. Javier Torres/AFP via Getty Images
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Workers loads marlins onto a rickshaw at a fishing port in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on May 8, 2025. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
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Afghan wrestlers compete during a traditional wrestling competition at a field in Arghandab district of Kandahar province, on May 8, 2025. Sanaullah Seiam/AFP via Getty Images