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This Week in Pictures: May 19 - May 25

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From scantily covered runway models and the wedding celebrations of Prince Harry and actress Meghan Markle, to wild festivals and protests ongoing around the world, browse our gallery to see what's transpired this past week.

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High school students posing for a selfie during their graduation celebration in the city of Chita, Russia, on May 24, 2018.
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Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, kisses his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, as they leave from the West Door of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in England on May 19, 2018, after their wedding ceremony.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin giving German Chancellor Angela Merkel a bouquet during their meeting in Sochi, Russia.
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Russian TV presenter Victoria Bonya on the red carpet of the closing ceremony at the 71st Cannes Film Festival, France.
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Lava flows near a house on the outskirts of Pahoa during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, on May 19, 2018.
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Harvesting strawberries in the Russian region of Krasnodar in May 2018.
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The militants from the Daesh terrorist group operating in the western part of the al-Yarmuk refugee camp were completely destroyed in an offensive by the Syrian Army in Homs. The territory is under the control of Syrian troops.
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Cars clash during the Rise of Machines festival in the Yaroslavl region, Russia, in May 2018.
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France has been engulfed by a massive wave of protests in May 2018. Public workers are protesting against unpaid leave and the announced elimination of about 120,000 jobs in the public sector, while air traffic controllers call for a rise in pay and additional personnel.
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A recruit is saying goodbye to his dearest ones before he's sent to serve in the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Stavropol region in Russia, in May 2018.
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Emergency personnel, Honduran soldiers and police officers work at the site of an accident after a plane went off the runway at Toncontin International airport and collapsed over a busy boulevard in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on May 22, 2018. At least six US passengers were injured in the accident.
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A newly born calf of an East Caucasian tur in the Moscow Zoo.
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Myanmar youth play soccer by the Yangon River in Yangon on May 21, 2018.
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The International Economic Forum is being held this year in St. Petersburg on May 24-26. The key theme of SPIEF 2018 is "Building a Trust Economy."
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This extraordinary view of Jupiter was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft on the outbound leg of its 12th close flyby of the planet in May 2018.
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A resident tries to douse a fire at an electrical store in Amritsar, India, on May 20, 2018.
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The capsule of the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft, in which a Kazakh astronaut land after a 10-day trip to the International Space Station in 2015, is exhibited at the V International Exhibition of Weapons Systems and Military Equipment KADEX-2018.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on May 21, 2018, in Sochi, Russia.
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A street vendor sells ladies underwear in Damascus's Old City on May 22, 2018.
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Muslims pray and gather around the holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on May 23, 2018.
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A bird rests on the head of a white-tailed deer in San Jose Villanueva, 25 km southwest of San Salvador, on May 21, 2018.
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Cheerleaders perform during a Euroleague Final Four basketball match between CSKA Moscow and Lithuania's Zalgiris Kaunas at The Stark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, on May 20, 2018.
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A depiction of a banknote that the Central bank of Russia will issue ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in May 2018.
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Chantel Jeffries arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 20, 2018, in Las Vegas, US.
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Dancers perform in The David Harber and Savills Garden at the 2018 Chelsea Flower Show in London on May 21, 2018. The Chelsea flower show is held annually on the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
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