Protest in Gaza city, mob attack in Minuwangoda, Sri Lanka, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.
Members of the Palestinian band Dawaween perform during a musical event calling for a boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest hosted by Israel, on the rubble of a building that was recently destroyed by Israeli air strikes, in Gaza City on May 14, 2019. PHOTO: AFP/ MAHMUD HAMS
A Muslim man stands in front of the Jumha mosque after a mob attack in Minuwangoda, Sri Lanka, on May 14, 2019. PHOTO: AFP
Former BIGBANG boyband member Seungri (C), real name Lee Seung-hyun, is taken into custody as he leaves the High Court in Seoul on May 14, 2019. PHOTO: AFP
Singapore President Halimah Yacob (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 14, 2019. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
The big winners at the Singapore Sports Awards 2019 on May 14, 2019, are, from left, Sportsgirl of the Year Constance Lien, Sportswoman of the Year Martina Veloso, Sportsman of the Year Joseph Schooling, and Sportsboy of the Year, Hazim Yusli. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/ARIFFIN JAMAR
Buddhist nuns pray during a ceremony at the Tam Chuc pagoda in Ha Nam province on May 13, 2019, ahead of Vesak Day celebrations. PHOTO: AFP
A Pacifica City worker (R) and a representative from the California Academy of Sciences (L) use a measuring tape to measure the length of a dead gray whale as it sits on the beach near Pacifica State Beach on May 14, 2019 in Pacifica, California. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP
Contestant Kate Miller-Heidke of Australia performs during the first semi-final of 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, Israel May 14, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS
A man walks past a fibreglass sculpture 'Untitled 1986', but more commonly named 'The Headington Shark', which has been on display since 1986, embedded in the roof of a house in Oxford, Britain, May 14, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS
Italian singers Biagio Antonacci (L) dressed as Vincent van Gogh and Laura Pausini dressed as 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' (Artwork by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer) pose in Trinita dei Monti in Rome, Italy, May 14, 2019. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A motorboat passes in front of an alleged work of British street artist Banksy 'The shipwrecked child', that appeared on the outer wall of a house overlooking the canal Rio de Ca Foscari in Venice, Italy, 14 May 2019. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Team Groupama-FDJ rider France's Olivier Le Gac crashes during the stage four of the 102nd Giro d'Italia - Tour of Italy - cycle race, 235kms from Orbetello to Frascati on May 14, 2019. PHOTO: AFP
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