Today in Pictures, May 21, 2024
A jetliner on the tarmac in Brazil; marks left by tents at a university in Seattle, Washington; and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A jetliner on the tarmac of the flooded Salgado Filho International Airport, in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on May 20, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
Marks left by protesters’ tents after they agreed to leave the encampment, organised in support of Palestinians in Gaza, at the University of Washington in Seattle on May 20, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
People leaving a polling station after voting, during the fifth phase of India’s general election, in Mumbra, on the outskirts of Mumbai, on May 20, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Iranians holding posters of their late president Ebrahim Raisi as they take part in a mourning ceremony in Tehran on May 20, 2024.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Rescue team members searching an area near the crash site of a helicopter that carried Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan, north-western Iran, on May 20, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
A vendor arranging paper lanterns at his roadside shop ahead of the Vesak festival – which commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha – in Colombo on May 20, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
Pilgrims gathering around the effigy of the Virgin of El Rocio during the annual pilgrimage in El Rocio village, Spain, on May 20, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
A worker installing a barrier to deter tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji from a pavement opposite a Lawson convenience store in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, on May 21, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
A gazelle in a wheat field near the Israel-Gaza border on May 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Photographers taking pictures of actress Demi Moore’s dog during a photocall for the film The Substance at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in France on May 20, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS


