Today in Pictures, May 18, 2016

US soldiers return from Iraq to a welcome-home ceremony in Fort Drum, New York, a fist fight breaks out in the South African parliament, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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May 18, 2016, 10:57 AM

A family departs a welcome-home ceremony for soldiers returning from Iraq on May 17, 2016 at Fort Drum, New York. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

A brutal fistfight broke out in the South African parliament on May 17, 2016, as security guards ejected opposition lawmakers in an ugly fracas that underlined heightened political tensions over Jacob Zuma's presidency. PHOTO: AFP

Young supporters of the Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigades) hold weapons in Iraq's holy city of Najaf as the paramilitary group prepare to reinforce government forces in the fight against the Islamic State group for control of Fallujah, east of the capital, on May 17, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A demonstrator is detained during a "Reflexive strike of students" called by the Chilean student federations to request better and more changes in the education system in Santiago, Chile, May 17, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Iraqis check the damage after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle in northern Baghdad's Sadr City on May 17, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A picture taken on May 16, 2016 in Nairobi shows Kenyan riot police beating an unresponsive fallen protester with wooden sticks and repeatedly kick him several times. The incident has caused Kenya's police chief to order an internal investigation into the incident and other reported incidents of police brutality on the day. PHOTO: AFP

A Naval Academy plebe works her way through a mud filled trench during the annual Sea Trials on May 17, 2016 at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

Romanian revellers hold rainbow-colored umbrellas during a flashmob for the gay rights held in front of the Parliament Palace in Bucharest, Romania, May 17, 2016, as part of worldwide commemorations of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT). PHOTO: EPA

Britain's Ross Murdoch starts in the men's 100m breaststroke final event at the European Aquatics Championships held in London, Britain on May 17, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Hendrik Mol of Norway sends the ball over the net against Fernando Magalhaes of Brazil during day 1 of the 2016 AVP Cincinnati Open on May 17, 2016 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

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