Michael Probst / APA seagull catches a crab in the Baltic Sea in Burg on the island of Fehmarn, Germany, on May 14, 2026.Kuba Stezycki / ReutersThe Flowcopter FC100 heavy-lift unmanned aerial vehicle hovers with a dummy simulating an injured soldier during NATO’s Sword 26 exercise, as allied forces test drone-assisted casualty evacuation in Bemowo Piskie, Poland, on May 11, 2026.Chalinee Thirasupa / ReutersA man rides a modified farming tractor as he competes in an annual tractor race marking the start of the rice-farming season in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, on May 10, 2026.Dario Belingheri / GettyThe peloton advances during heavy rain in the 2026 Giro d’Italia, Stage 5, from Praia a Mare to Potenza, on May 13, 2026, in Praia a Mare, Italy.Punit Paranjpe / AFP / GettyFlocks of flamingos congregate in a pond in Navi Mumbai, India, on May 12, 2026.Guillermo Arias / AFP / GettyChildren play, climbing the Mexico-U.S. border wall during Mother’s Day celebrations in Playas de Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, on May 10, 2026.Sanaullah Seiam / AFP / GettyAfghan children walk home from a primary school in Khvajeh Atis village in southern Afghanistan’s Zabul province on May 11, 2026.Rodrigo Abd / APPeople protest to demand more funding for public universities in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 12, 2026.Lorne Thomson / RedfernsKhn de Poitrine and Klek de Poitrine of the band Angine de Poitrine perform during the Great Escape 2026 Festival on May 13, 2026, in Brighton, England.Andy Wong / APAn actress is silhouetted as she performs on a water stage in Langfang City, on the outskirts of Beijing, China, on May 9, 2026.Martin Meissner / APTamara Zivkovic, of Montenegro, walks on the signature turquoise carpet during the official start of the Eurovision Song Contest week at the town hall in Vienna, Austria, on May 10, 2026.Jeff Pachoud / AFP / GettyLazare, a continental toy spaniel Papillon said to be the world’s oldest dog, born in 1995, sits for a photo in Villy-le-Pelloux, France, on May 12, 2026.Feng Shufeng / VCG / GettyFarmers harvest chrysanthemums on May 11, 2026, in Huaibei, Anhui province, China.Joe Raedle / GettySmoke billows into the air behind a motorcycle rider as firefighters work to control the Max Road Miramar fire on May 11, 2026, in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The fire had consumed approximately 7,100 acres of brush at the time, and was about 45 percent contained. A drought in Florida is one of the worst in years, and the dry conditions are contributing to fires across the state.Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP / GettyAkram al-Fayoumi, a 13-year-old Palestinian amputee, performs a stunt while in-line skating past destroyed buildings with his prosthetic leg attachment along a street in Gaza City on May 13, 2026. Al-Fayoumi lost his right leg and left hand because of reported Israeli bombardment on the Abdel Fattah Hammoud School in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City on August 8, 2024. He subsequently received treatment in Egypt and returned to Gaza at the end of April 2026.Timothy T. Ludwig / Imagn Images / ReutersBuffalo Sabres center Peyton Krebs takes to the ice before a game against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 2 of the second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs in Buffalo, New York, on May 8, 2026.Jorge Gil / Europa Press / GettyHundreds of people participate in the traditional transfer of the pilgrim image of the Virgin of the Forsaken in Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain, on May 10, 2026.Zhang Weitang / VCG / GettyA farmer harvests paeonia lactiflora, commonly known as the Chinese peony, on May 10, 2026, in Binzhou, Shandong province, China.Travis Teo / ReutersA floral installation features a face at Girona Temps de Flors, or Girona Flower Festival, in Girona, Spain, on May 9, 2026.Mark Makela / GettyA shack leans far to the right on an abandoned homestead with a Dust Bowl–era barn on May 10, 2026, in Two Buttes, Colorado. Two Buttes currently has a population of 30, down from a previous 2,000 residents. Baca County, ground zero of the catastrophic 1930s Dust Bowl, faces conditions eerily reminiscent of that era as Colorado Governor Jared Polis activated Phase 2 of the state’s Drought Response Plan in March 2026.Deng Heping / VCG / GettyAn aerial view of intelligent tea-picking machines harvesting tea leaves in an ecological tea garden on May 8, 2026, in Ji’an, Jiangxi province, ChinaAtif Aryan / AFP / GettyAfghan men carry bundles of barley across a field for threshing during sunset in the Chimtal district of Afghanistan’s Balkh province on May 13, 2026.Ulet Ifansasti / GettyAn aerial view of a palm-oil plantation in Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on May 9, 2026. According to the media, Indonesia is advancing its biofuel program to B50 (50 percent palm-based biodiesel) by July 1, 2026. Indonesia is the world’s top palm-oil producer, supplying more than 50 percent of global demand and has aggressively pursued biofuel development in recent years, especially palm-based biodiesel, to boost energy sovereignty and reduce fossil-fuel reliance.Kevin Frayer / GettyA young girl climbs to look through a gap of the closed doors of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China, on May 12, 2026. In a rare occurrence, the popular historic site has been closed for the next three days in preparation for a tour by U.S. President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.Enea Lebrun / ReutersBird-watching guide Serbelino Sanapi observes birds at dawn along the airstrip of Cana Station during the Global Big Day, an annual event focused on bird-watching and citizen science, in Darien National Park, Panama, on May 9, 2026.AS1 Georgia Callaway / MoD Crown Copyright / GettyIn this handout image provided by the U.K. Ministry of Defence, a paratrooper from 16 Air Assault jumps in tandem with an ICU nurse from a RAF Atlas A400M, which took off from Ascension Island to drop medical support and supplies on the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha on May 9, 2026. A British national who lives on the island reported symptoms of hantavirus following his disembarkation from the MV Hondius cruise ship in mid-April.Adryel Talamantes / Anadolu / GettySpectators watch a rocket launch during the annual Bun Bang Fai rocket festival on May 10, 2026, in Yasothon, Thailand. The festival draws on the traditional practice of launching rockets to hasten the coming of the rainy season in Thailand’s agricultural Issan region.Borut Zivulovic / ReutersApproximately 450 accordion players gathered at Lake Bled for a mass performance marking one of the country’s most recognizable folk traditions in Bled, Slovenia, on May 10, 2026.
