Today in Pictures, May 15, 2026
A preview of the Singapore International Festival of Arts, performers at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Performers rehearsing for Noli Timere at Empress Lawn on May 14 during the media preview of the Singapore International Festival of Arts. The event will showcase local and international theatre, dance, music and multi-disciplinary works from May 15 to 30.
ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO
Models wearing creations from the Christian Dior Cruise 2027 collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in California, US, on May 13.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Models walking down a runway set up on the platform of the upcoming Circle Line Cantonment MRT station during the LaSalle College of the Arts’ graduate fashion show on May 14.
ST PHOTO: JASEL POH
Atvara, representing Latvia, performing the song Ena during the second semi-final of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna on May 14.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Simon, representing Armenia, performing Paloma Rumba during the second semi-final of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna on May 14.
PHOTO: REUTERS
People gathering to buy livestock ahead of Eid al‑Adha at a traditional livestock market in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on May 14. The holiday marks the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, when Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and divide the meat among family, relatives, friends and the poor.
PHOTO: EPA
A resident carrying a dog as she runs from an apartment building to avoid falling glass shards after it was damaged during a night of Russian missile and drone strikes amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Shchaslyve, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 14.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Palestinian amputee Akram al-Fayoumi with his prosthetic leg and rollerblades at a shelter in Gaza City on May 13. The 13-year-old lost his right leg and left hand because of reported Israeli bombardment on the Abdel Fattah Hammoud School in the Tuffah neighbourhood on Aug 8, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
Giant panda cub Satrio Wiratama, nicknamed Rio, undergoing a routine medical examination at Taman Safari Indonesia in Bogor, Indonesia, on May 15. Rio, Indonesia’s first-born giant panda cub, was born to father Cai Tao and mother Hu Chun, who arrived in the country in 2017 as part of a conservation partnership with China.
PHOTO: EPA


