Today in Pictures, May 12, 2021

Ash-scattering garden set to open in Choa Chu Kang Cemetery Complex, banner expressing support for staff and patients is seen outside Tan Tock Seng Hospital, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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May 12, 2021 at 8:36 AM

The Garden of Peace at the Choa Chu Kang Cemetery Complex adopts an open garden concept, with designated lanes for walkways and ash scattering. An NEA officer demonstrating the scattering of ashes – sand was used in this demonstration – at the Garden of Peace on May 11, 2021.
PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/NG SOR LUAN

A banner put up outside Tan Tock Seng Hospital to encourage and express support for staff and patients is seen on May 11, 2021. Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said that for every case detected, those around them were tested and isolated, and all wards that had exposure to infectious cases were locked down.
PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/KUA CHEE SIONG

Police officers intervene to free traffic as pro-Palestinian activists participate in a demonstration against Israeli attacks on Palestinians after at least 28 people were killed following clashes over the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, outside Downing Street in central London on May 11, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

Israel's Iron Dome aerial defence system intercepts a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement, above the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, on May 11, 2021. Israel and Hamas exchanged heavy fire, in a dramatic escalation between the bitter foes sparked by unrest at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. PHOTO: AFP

Asylum-seeking migrants from Venezuela cross the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico, in Del Rio, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS

A person in costume stands at the side of a road during a gathering of the supporters of anti-government protest leaders arrested and charged with lese majeste, waiting for their release in Bangkok, Thailand, May 11, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS

An aerial view shows boat docks at the Browns Ravine Cove sitting on dry earth at Folsom Lake on May 10, 2021 in El Dorado Hills, California.
PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales walk behind the Imperial State Crown as they process through the Royal Gallery, after the Queen's Speech, during the State Opening of Parliament at the Houses of Parliament in London on May 11, 2021, which is taking place with a reduced capacity due to Covid-19 restrictions. PHOTO: AFP

A person uses a cell phone as the Washington Monument is reflected in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS

Erina Yuguchi of Japan competes in the women's long jump during a para-athletics test event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo on May 11, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

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