Today in Pictures, May 26, 2026
Memorial Day in the US, samurai horsemen at the Soma Nomaoi festival in Japan, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Military bandsman and member of the Doughboy Foundation, Mr Ryan Brewer, playing Taps at the Marine Corps War Memorial to mark Memorial Day in Arlington, Virginia, US, on May 25, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
Horsemen clad in samurai armour arriving at the Hibarigahara field during the Soma Nomaoi festival in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, on May 24, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
A worshipper using a fan to cool a fellow congregant inside the compound of the Celestial Church of Christ International Headquarters in the Ketu neighbourhood in Lagos, Nigeria, on May 24, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
Members of the honour guard standing in attention after a welcome ceremony hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan for Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and his wife Tamara, at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, on May 25, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
US Democratic Senator Andy Kim gesturing as law enforcement officers detain a demonstrator outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, on May 25, 2026.
REUTERS
Muslim pilgrims gathering at the Mount of Mercy on the plain of Arafat during the annual haj pilgrimage outside the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on May 26, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Chinese-made electric vehicles awaiting export are parked at the International Automobile Trade Port in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on May 25, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
Health workers being sprayed with disinfectant after coming into contact with the body of a person suspected of having died from Ebola in Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 25, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
