Today in Pictures, May 02, 2023
Rihanna posing at the Met Gala in New York, a man looking at a rainbow on the Promenade des Anglais on the French Riviera city of Nice, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Pop star Rihanna posing at the Met Gala in New York City on May 1, 2023. The Met Gala is an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. The gala's theme for 2023 was “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.”
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A man looking at a rainbow on the Promenade des Anglais on the French Riviera city of Nice in southern France, on May 1, 2023.
AFP
Palestinian beekeeper Miassar Khoudair (right), 35, and her work partner checking honeycomb frames while wearing protective outfits at the apiary, east of the Jabalia camp, in the northern Gaza Strip on April 30, 2023.
AFP
Canela, one of the canines from the Canine Search and Rescue 9 group, locating victims during a drill in the Valsequillo Lagoon, Puebla State in Mexico on April 29, 2023. The Mexican Red Cross participated in the rescue and search efforts with canines and staff from the Urban Search and Rescue team in the recent devastating earthquake in Turkey.
AFP
Members of the media recording during the press preview of The Costume Institute's exhibition titled Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 1, 2023.
AFP
Russia's Bladtceva Anzhela participating in the trampoline event at the ALBA Games in Domo Jose Maria Vargas, La Guaira in Venezuela on April 28, 2023.
REUTERS
Egyptian temple guard Abd El-Sayed holding the key to the temple to lock it at the end of a visit to the ruins of the 3200-year-old Abu Simbel temple, at the upper reaches of the Nile in Aswan, Egypt on May 1, 2023.
REUTERS
Protestors using umbrellas, road signs and inflatables as improvised shields as they face riot police amid clashes during a demonstration on Labour Day, more than a month after the government pushed an unpopular Pensions Reform Act through Parliament, in Nantes, northwestern France, on May 1, 2023. Opposition parties and trade unions have urged protestors to maintain their three-month campaign against the law that will hike the retirement age to 64 from 62.
AFP
Boys diving into Guanabara Bay at Maua square in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 1, 2023.
REUTERS
A protestor dressed as Marianne, a mythical woman symbolising the French republic, participating in a demonstration on Labour Day, in Lille, northern France, on May 1, 2023.
AFP
