Today in Pictures, May 22, 2019

Remembrance service at St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, fire engulfs the historic Istvan steam mill in the city of Bekescsaba, Hungary, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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May 22, 2019 at 9:14 AM

Sri Lankan Christian devotees light candles outside St Sebastian's Church in Negombo on May 21, 2019, a month after Easter Sunday bombings that killed 258 people. PHOTO: AFP

Flames consume the historic Istvan steam mill in the city centre of Bekescsaba, Hungary, May 21, 2019. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

An Indonesian bomb-squad officer checking a suspicious item, May 21, 2019. About 2000 protesters gathered outside the Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) following the announcement of election results in Jakarta, Indonesia. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/ARIFFIN JAMAR

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage gestures after being hit with a milkshake while arriving for a Brexit Party campaign event in Newcastle, Britain, May 20, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Residents of Ezbet Hamada in Cairo's Mataria district gather to eat Iftar, the meal to end their fast at sunset, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, May 20, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Competitors pull a JetBlue A320 aircraft as they compete in a "Plane Pull" at the John F. Kennedy International Airport on May 21, 2019 in New York. PHOTO: AFP

A picture taken on May 21, 2019 in Vevey shows the paddle steamer 'Italie sailing past a giant fork sculpture designed by Switzerland's artist Jean-Pierre Zaugg, on Lake Geneva. PHOTO: AFP

A daisy is seen reflected in raindrops covering a blade of grass on May 21, 2019 in Laatzen near Hanover, northern Germany. PHOTO: DPA VIA AFP

An aerial view of the cut-down fuselage of a Boeing 737-40 plane, which will be changed into an five-bedroom airplane hotel on May 21, 2019, in Sungai Lembing, Malaysia. PHOTO: IHSAN PEMILIK HOTEL PESAWAT/BERNAMA VIA DPA

US actor Leonardo DiCaprio (L) and US actor Brad Pitt pose as they arrive for the screening of the film "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 21, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

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