Angela Weiss / AFP / GettyJanelle Monáe arrives for the 2025 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2025, in New York City. This year’s gala was themed “Tailored for You,” aligning with the Costume Institute’s exhibition “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.”Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP / GettyVisitors walk down the Bramante Staircase at the Vatican Museums, during a press tour at the Vatican on May 2, 2025.Emanuele Cremaschi / GettyRows of human skulls and bones are pictured at the ossuary, a side chapel of the church of San Bernardino alle Ossa, whose walls are almost entirely covered in human skulls and bones from the patients of the nearby ancient Ospedale del Brolo, seen on May 3, 2025, in Milan, Italy.Wang Jian / VCG / GettyTourists take photos of the illuminated Chaoran Tower on the first day of the May Day holiday in Jinan, Shandong province, China, on May 1, 2025.Aline Massuca / ReutersDisplays show Lady Gaga performing at an open concert on Copacabana beach as seen from Leme fort, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 3, 2025.Isabel Infantes / ReutersA display of 30,000 ceramic poppies, taken from the artwork Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, is seen before its opening on May 6 at the Tower of London, commemorating the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (V-E) Day, on May 5, 2025.Hamit Yalcin / Anadolu / GettyFlamingos gather in Lake Mogan in the Gölbaşı district of Ankara, Turkey, on May 4, 2025.Ulises Ruiz / AFP / GettyAn aerial view of an anglerfish made out of balloons during “An Aquatic World” balloon parade in Guadalajara, Mexico, on May 4, 2025.Chris Graythen / GettySwifty Swine Racing Pigs compete prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Würth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on May 4, 2025, in Fort Worth, Texas.Guillaume Souvant / AFP / GettyGolden snub-nosed monkeys sit in their enclosure after quarantine during the first presentation at the Beauval Zoopark in Saint-Aignan, France, on May 7, 2025.Simone Padovani / GettyMatthias Rier’s daughter plays with a cow that has just arrived in an alpine pasture after wintering at low altitude on May 3, 2025, in Alpe of Siusi, Castelrotto, Italy. Matthias Rier is the third in lineage of the Rier family; together with his wife and their children, he runs a herd of alpine cows for milk production on the Seiser Alm.Matias Delacroix / APRevelers take part in the Devils and Congos Festival in Portobelo, Panama, on May 3, 2025.Mariana Maytorena / ObturadorMX / GettyA man detonates gunpowder from a rifle as part of the May 5 commemoration at Peñón de Los Baños, in Mexico City, Mexico, on May 5, 2025.Ismail Aslandag / Anadolu / GettySpecial forces team members perform an evacuation demonstration during Turkey’s Teknofest event in Lefkosia, on May 3, 2025.Anindito Mukherjee / GettyChildren take shelter under their desk inside a classroom at Vidya Bal Bhawan Sr. Sec. School on May 7, 2025, in New Delhi, India. India’s Ministry of Home Affairs ordered nationwide civil-defense mock drills on May 7 across more than 240 districts to test and enhance emergency preparedness in light of rising security concerns after the recent Pahalgam terror attack.Oli Scarff / AFP / GettyAn aerial view of the River Wharfe and Bolton Priory on the Bolton Abbey Estate, at the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, near Skipton, England, on May 6, 2025Akhtar Soomro / ReutersA car and a motorbike navigate a twisty road at Pir Chinasi, a tourist attraction in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on May 4, 2025.Francisco Seco / APA street musician plays a violin outside the Sant’Angelo castle as the sun sets in Rome, on May 4, 2025.Chiang Ying-ying / APRunners dressed as characters from Star Wars participate in the Star Wars Run event in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on May 4, 2025.Lam Yik / ReutersPeople take part in a bun-scrambling competition during the Bun Festival on Cheung Chau island in Hong Kong, China, on May 6, 2025.Mario Tama / GettyFirefighters install a temporary chimney, used to communicate the choosing of a new Pope, on the roof of the Sistine Chapel on May 2, 2025, in Vatican City.Tiziana Fabi / AFP / GettyNewly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, addresses the crowd from 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, the Vatican announced. A moderate who was close to Pope Francis and spent years as a missionary in Peru, he becomes the Catholic Church’s 267th pontiff.Fabrizio Villa / GettyThe Frecce Tricolori, the Italian Air Force’s aerobatic team, flies in formation during an air show on May 4, 2025, in Catania, Italy.Steph Chambers / GettyKarina Magrupova of Team Kazakhstan competes in the women’s solo free final during the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup 2025 in Markham, Ontario, on May 2, 2025.Annika Hammerschlag / APA humpback whale, dolphins, and sea birds feed on a school of fish off the Channel Islands in California, on May 1, 2025.Carl Court / GettyA competitor takes part in the annual Maldon Mud Race on May 4, 2025, in Maldon, England. Originating in 1973, the mud race consists of a 500-meter dash across the River Blackwater at low tide, often in fancy dress.
Summary The 2025 Met Gala celebrated the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute’s ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ exhibition, which Hypebeast ...