Alessandra Tarantino / APVietnamese women wait for the weekly general audience with Pope Leo XIV, in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on May 20, 2026.Timothy A. Clary / AFP / GettyBogie, a Chihuahua dressed as the British singer-songwriter Sam Smith, poses during the 2026 Pet Gala at Cineplay in New York, on May 18, 2026. The annual canine-fashion event, created by the pet couturier Anthony Rubio, showcases dogs in elaborate, custom-made outfits inspired by the year’s Met Gala.Mario Tama / GettyA bison with molting (shedding) fur stands near a tree in Yellowstone National Park, in Wyoming, on May 19, 2026. National Park Week will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary with a weeklong celebration in August featuring hundreds of commemorative events at many of America’s 433 national parks under the theme “Celebrate America’s Story.”Kin Cheung / APA Chelsea Pensioner sits in the Campaign to Protect Rural England garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, in London, on May 18, 2026.Dmitri Lovetsky / APEmployees of the Museum of Urban Sculpture clean the statue of Russian Czarina Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 19, 2026.Channi Anand / APA man stands under a roadside water tap to cool himself on a hot day on the outskirts of Jammu, India, on May 19, 2026.VCG / GettyA Long March-8 carrier rocket carrying a new satellite group blasts off from the Hainan commercial-spacecraft launch site in Wenchang, Hainan province, China, on May 17, 2026. The satellite group is the ninth batch of the Spacesail Constellation, a planned 15,000-satellite communications constellation competing with SpaceX’s Starlink system.Matthias Bein / DPA / GettyVisitors walk through the illuminated Barbarossa Cave in the German state of Thuringia on May 16, 2026.Anmar Khalil / APPeople walk near the Imam Ali shrine during a heavy dust storm in Najaf, Iraq, on May 18, 2026.Josh Edelson / AFP / GettyFog rolls by the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on May 20, 2026.Caroline Brehman / APFlames pick up during wildfires in Simi Valley, California, on May 19, 2026.Vincent Carchietta / IMAGN Images / ReutersThe New York Mets center fielder Tyrone Taylor is doused by teammates after the Mets defeated the New York Yankees at Citi Field in New York City on May 17, 2026.Ethan Swope / APA helicopter drops water on the Sandy Fire in Simi Valley, California, on May 18, 2026.Jehad Alshrafi / APPalestinians react to a fire following an Israeli strike on a residential building in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, on May 15, 2026.Moses Sawasawa / APA woman cries as Red Cross workers carry the coffin of a person who died from Ebola at a health center in Rwampara, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 20, 2026.Kim Soo-hyeon / REUTERSA girl carrying a lantern takes part in a lotus-lantern parade ahead of Vesak Day, the birthday of Buddha, in Seoul on May 16, 2026.Toby Shepheard / ReutersLarry, the Downing Street cat and chief mouser to the Cabinet Office, is enticed by treats into No. 10 Downing Street in London on May 17, 2026.Alaeddin Cogal / Anadolu / GettyA ground squirrel has a nibble in Sultan Sazlığı National Park in Kayseri, Turkey, on May 17, 2026.Sergei Grits / APA thrush feeds a fledgling in a city park in Tallinn, Estonia, on May 21, 2026.Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times / GettyThe Krusty Krew catches some air in the Patty Wagon while competing in the Red Bull Soapbox Race along First Street in downtown Los Angeles on May 16, 2026.Derik Hamilton / APRyan Preece climbs from his burning car after a crash during the NASCAR All-Star auto race at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware, on May 17, 2026.Eric Gay / APWorkers help prepare SpaceX’s Starship rocket for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, as the sun sets on May 20, 2026.Ahn Young-joon / APA humanoid robot reacts in a boxing demonstration during the Galaxy Robot Park opening commemorative media day in Seoul on May 15, 2026.Thomas Peter / ReutersUkrainian service men react as they set foot on Ukrainian soil at an undisclosed location after being exchanged in a prisoner-of-war swap with Russia, amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, on May 15, 2026.Luca Bruno / APThousands of fans cheer as a bus carries triumphant Inter Milan soccer-team players outside San Siro Stadium, celebrating their 21st Italian Serie A top-league title in Milan, Italy, on May 17, 2026.John Locher / APA festival-goer poses for photographers as people sit by the beach along the Croisette, during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 2026.Benoit Tessier / ReutersThe temporary artwork La caverne du Pont Neuf (“The Pont Neuf Cave”), conceived by the French street artist J.R. as a tribute to Christo and Jeanne-Claude, is revealed to the public after being inflated overnight on the Pont Neuf Bridge, in Paris, on May 21, 2026.Purnima Shrestha / ReutersClimbers walk in a long line as they head to summit Mount Everest in the Solukhumbu district, also known as the Everest region, Nepal, on May 18, 2026.
