06 May 2022 2 Min Read
The week in pictures
Global May Day celebrations, abortion rights take centre stage in the US, Ukrainians evacuated from a besieged steel plant in Mariupol, Eid festivities, Ugandan students protest over soaring prices, and more
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May 1 — Cadets carry flags during an International Worker’s Day rally in Havana, Cuba. Cubans poured onto the streets in the first such parade since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Raúl Castro and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel attended the parade.
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- Picture: REUTERS/ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI
- Thousands march to Revolution Square to mark May Day, in Havana, Cuba, May 1 2022. Picture: REUTERS/CLAUDIA DAUT
- Cuba's former president Raul Castro and Cuba's President and First Secretary of the Communist Party Miguel Diaz-Canel chat during May Day celebrations in Havana, May 1 2022. Picture: REUTERS/ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI
- Cadets carry flags in Havana, Cuba, May 1 2022. Picture: REUTERS/ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI
- People carry a big Cuban flag as thousands march to Revolution Square to mark May Day, in Havana. Picture: REUTERS/CLAUDIA DAUT
May 1 — Labour union members participate in a May Day rally near the Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea. Korean Confederation of Trade Unions held the rally to protest against the government’s labour policies.
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May 1 — A child emerges from the Azovstal steel plant during UN-led evacuations, after nearly two months of siege warfare on the city by Russia during its invasion, in Mariupol, Ukraine, in this still image from video.
- Picture: AZOV HANDOUT/REUTERS/DAVID ARAKHAMIA
- Azov regiment members walk with civilians during UN-led evacuations from the sprawling Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine. Picture: AZOV HANDOUT/REUTERS/DAVID ARAKHAMIA
- A bus convoy carrying evacuees from Mariupol en route to Zaporizhzhia, during the Ukraine-Russia conflict in the Donetsk Region, Ukraine, May 2 2022. Picture: REUTERS/ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO
- A woman sits with children as evacuees, including civilians who left the area near Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, arrive at a temporary accommodation centre in Bezimenne, in the Donetsk region in Ukraine, May 1 2022. Picture: ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO/REUTERS
- Children wait with their cat at a relief centre for evacuees in Bezimenne, Ukraine, May 1 2022. Picture: REUTERS/ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO
- A Ukrainian refugee woman from Mariupol cries after arriving at a registration centre for internally displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, May 2 2022. Picture: REUTERS/UESLEI MARCELINO
- An aerial view of the shelling of Azovstal steel complex in Mariupol, Ukraine, in this still image from a handout video on May 5 2022. Picture: REUTERS/MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
- The graves of a civilian killed during fighting in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine on May 3 2022. Picture: REUTERS/ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO
- People rest and eat in a reception tent after arriving in Zaporizhzhia from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/CHRIS MCGRATH
- People eat in a reception tent after arriving from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, in Zaporizhzhia,Ukraine. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/CHRIS MCGRATH
- Lyudmila Shulgina sits at the entrance of her house damaged during the Ukraine-Russia conflict, in Mariupol, Ukraine, on May 3 2022. Picture: REUTERS/ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO
- Local resident Sergei Shulgin stands in front of a block of flats heavily damaged during shelling by Russian forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, on May 3 2022. Picture: REUTERS/ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO
May 1 — Masked protesters take part in the traditional May Day labour union march in Paris, France.
May 1 — A man rents cardboard cutouts of fists during a May Day demonstration in Hamburg, Germany.
May 2 — Vendors set balloons for sale as Palestinians celebrate Eid al-Fitr at Damascus Gate to Jerusalem’s Old City.
May 1 — Left-wing demonstrators stand in front of police officers as they take part in a May Day protest in Hamburg, Germany.
May 2 — A Muslim girl sits while attending mass prayers at the Sunda Kelapa port during Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
May 2 — People sleep on the Yamuna River bed under a bridge to escape the heat, in New Delhi, India. The nation has been suffering record-breaking heat for the past two months. April was the third-hottest month in 122 years, according to government data.
May 3 — Children play after offering Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Jama Masjid mosque in the old quarters of Delhi, India, on Tuesday, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
May 3 — A pro-abortion demonstrator protests outside the US Supreme Court after a draft majority opinion written by justice Samuel Alito prepares the way for the court to overturn the landmark Roe vs Wade abortion rights decision later this year, in Washington, DC, the US.
May 4 — People gather for the Danish World War 2 Liberation Day commemorations in Copenhagen, Denmark. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the gathering via video link and Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen pledged continued military aid to Ukraine.
May 4 — The Fearless Girl statue by artist Kristen Visbal stands draped in the Ukraine flag following a demonstration by New Yorkers outside the New York Stock Exchange in the US.
May 5 — Ugandan police officers detain students marching towards parliament in Kampala, Uganda, on Thursday to protest against the steep rise in the cost of commodities.
May 5 — Eintracht Frankfurt fans wave flares during their team’s match against West Ham at Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany.
May 5 — Mykola Ovdienko looks at a building destroyed by an air strike during Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the town of Borodianka, Ukraine.