Every week, Zaborona publishes photos that highlight important events of the last seven days in Ukraine and the world. This time, the editors have selected the photos of heavy fighting in Vovchansk, the largest military exercises in China and Cambodia, an unusual presentation of Pope Francis’ new book in Brazil, and a motorcycle rally in support of men’s mental health in Germany.
San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico
This aerial view shows the area where a stage collapsed the day before during a campaign rally for Mexican presidential candidate Jorge Alvarez Maynez in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, taken on May 23, 2024. An election rally in northern Mexico descended into tragedy after a gust of wind sent the stage careening into the crowd on Wednesday night, killing at least nine people, including a child, authorities said. At least 78 other people were injured in the accident, some seriously, according to Nuevo Leon Governor Samuel Garcia. Photo: DANIEL HERRERA/AFP via Getty Images
Porto Alegre, Brazil
An aerial view shows an aircraft on the tarmac of the flooded Salgado Filho International Airport in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on May 20, 2024. More than 600,000 people have been displaced by the heavy rain, flooding and mudslides that have ravaged the south of the state of Rio Grande do Sul for around two weeks. Photo: ANSELMO CUNHA/AFP via Getty Images
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Oleksandr Usyk punches Tyson Fury during the IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO and Undisputed Heavyweight titles’ fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk at Kingdom Arena on May 18, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photo: Richard Pelham/Getty Images
Tehran, Iran
Mourners attend the funeral of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi at Azadi square in Tehran on May 22, 2024. Huge crowds of Iranians thronged the streets of the capital Tehran on May 22 for the funeral procession of president Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a helicopter crash. Photo: -/AFP via Getty Images
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A picture of Pope Francis is projected on the Christ The Redeemer statue to launch his new book in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 23, 2024. Photo: MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images
Ranchi, India
Farmers perform a ritual as part of prayers for rain, prosperity, good crop and health during the Manda Puja festival outside the Lord Shiva temple on the outskirts of Ranchi on May 23, 2024. India is no stranger to searing summer temperatures. But years of scientific research have found climate change is causing heatwaves to become longer, more frequent and more intense. Photo: RAJESH KUMAR/AFP via Getty Images
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Rescuers extinguish a fire at the site of a Russian missile strike on the Vivat printing plant’s building on May 23, 2024 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. As a result of a missile strike by Russian military, the Vivat printing plant in Kharkiv was damaged and partially burnt down. More than 50 workers were in the printing plant’s building at the time of hitting, at least seven of whom were killed. Photo: Ivan Samoilov/Gwara Media/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images
A family visits the grave of their young daughter, who was buried yesterday on May 22, 2024 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Angelika Taran was seven months pregnant when she was killed in a Russian attack on Kharkiv on May 19. Five people were reported dead and 16 wounded on this day. Photo: Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images
Arlington, Virginia
Specialist James Tomchak, Gainesville, FL, and other members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as the “Old Guard,” place flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at Arlington National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day, on May 23, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. Nearly 1,500 joint service members will spend around four hours placing small American flags in front of more than 260,000 headstones. The cemetery, consisting of 639 acres, is the final resting place of approximately 400,000 veterans and their dependents. Photo: Kent Nishimura/Getty Images
Vovchansk, Ukraine
In this aerial view smoke rises from the Ukranian boarder city of Vovchansk, in Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, which is bombarded daily by heavy artillery on May 17, 2024 in Vovchansk, Ukraine. Ukraine has been evacuating civilians from around Vovchansk as Russian forces advance in the area. Photo: Libkos/Getty Images
Pilgrims gather around the effigy of the Rocio Virgin during the annual pilgrimage in El Rocio village, on May 20, 2024. El Rocio pilgrimage, the largest in Spain, gathers hundreds of thousands of devotees in traditional outfits converging in a burst of colour as they make their way on horseback and on board decorated carriages across the Andalusian countryside. Photo: CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP via Getty Images
Taipei, Taiwan
Motorcyclists ride down from the exclusive motorcycle lane of the Taipei Bridge during the morning commute in Taipei on May 22, 2024. Photo: YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images
Cannes, France
US actress Bella Thorne arrives for the screening of the film “Motel Destino” at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 22, 2024. Фото: ANTONIN THUILLIER/AFP via Getty Images
Kyiv, Ukraine
A woman with her child and dog attend the rally on May 19, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine. On May 20, the last Ukrainian fighters left Azovstal, and this is considered the day of the full occupation of Mariupol. The participants came out to remind the Ukrainian society about the Ukrainian soldiers who have been held in Russian captivity for more than two years. Photo: Tanya Dzafarowa/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC “UA:PBC”/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images
Sihanoukville, Cambodia
People wave flags of Cambodia (R) and China (L) as Chinese training ship Qijiguang prepares to dock with a banner reading “Bring peace and friendship to meet good friends” during a welcome ceremony at the Sihanoukville port in Preah Sihanouk province on May 19, 2024. Two Chinese warships docked in Cambodia on May 19, 2024 as part of the biggest-ever joint military drills with the Southeast Asian nation. Photo: STR/AFP via Getty Images
Prescott, Iowa
In an aerial view, a wind turbine lies toppled after tornadoes tore through the area yesterday on May 22, 2024 near Prescott, Iowa. Multiple deaths and injuries have been reported from a series of tornadoes and powerful storms that hit several Midwestern states. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images
London, England
Toni Poole holds up pictures of her father Anthony Higgs (right) and her step-father Tony Owen (left), both of whom died after receiving infected blood, as she attends a vigil in Parliament Square on May 19, 2024 in London, England. Tens of thousands of people are estimated to have received contaminated blood through medical products in the 1970s and 1980s, resulting in the deaths of 3000. Victims of the infected blood scandal are remembered ahead of the enquiry findings report published tomorrow. The government are also set to announce a £10bn compensation pot. Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images
Berlin, Germany
Classic motorcycles gather on The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride on May 19, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride is a charity motorbike ride in aid of men’s mental health and suicide prevention, and the distinguished folk took to the streets of Berlin for a Motorcycle Cavalcade following a short rally held outside the Neue Wache on Unter den Linden street. Photo: Craig Stennett/Getty Images
Performers from Ukraine participate in the 2024 Carnival of Cultures (Karneval der Kulturen) on Pentecost Sunday on May 19, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. The parade, which includes up to 4,000 performers, is among the highlights of the city’s annual calendar and is meant as a celebration of immigration and diversity. Photo: Maryam Majd/Getty Images
