Today in Pictures, May 19, 2023
Devastating floods in Italy, fire engulfing a slum area in the Philippines and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A resident carrying a child in a flooded street in the town of Lugo on May 18, after heavy rains caused flooding across Italy's northern Emilia Romagna region. Rescue workers searched for people still trapped by floodwaters in north-east Italy as more residents were evacuated after downpours devastated homes and farms.
PHOTO: AFP
Firefighters hose down burning shanties as a fire engulfs a slum area in Paranaque city, in Metro Manila, the Philippines, on May 18. The authorities reported that scores of firefighters were injured when a fire truck overturned while responding to the fire, and dozens of families were rendered homeless.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Palestinians taking part in a protest against the holding of the annual flag march in Jerusalem, which marks Jerusalem Day, at the Israel-Gaza border fence east of Gaza City on May 18.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Israelis singing and dancing with flags by Damascus gate to Jerusalem's Old City as they mark Jerusalem Day in Jerusalem on May 18.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Cast member Tom Mercier posing at a photocall for the film Le Regne Animal (The Animal Kingdom) at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in France on May 18.
PHOTO: REUTERS
High school students going through exam papers ahead of the National College Entrance Examination in Handan city, in China's northern Hebei province, on May 17.
PHOTO: AFP
Indigenous people taking part in the Prayer for Rain ceremony on the shore of Chicabal lagoon, which is formed in the crater of an extinct volcano and considered by Mayan people as a sacred place, in San Martin Sacatepequez, Guatemala, on May 18. The ceremony is performed to bless the crops.
PHOTO: AFP
A man walking with empty water bottles around his neck to fill with water to be sold for drinking in New Delhi, India, on May 18.
PHOTO: REUTERS
