Today in Pictures, May 29, 2025
South Korea presidential election, chemical plant explosion in China and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jun-seok from the Reform Party speaking during a campaign event in Seoul on May 28.
PHOTO: AFP
The site of a chemical plant explosion in Gaomi, in China's Shandong province, on May 28.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A drone view taken in Tel Aviv on May 28 showing Israeli protesters displaying lights in the waters of the Mediterranean in the shape of a ribbon, symbolising support for hostages kidnapped by Hamas.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A bread vendor waiting for customers in the Fayzabad district of Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province on May 28.
PHOTO: AFP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists, who are demanding justice for those injured during the 2024 mass uprising in Bangladesh, marching through the streets of Dhaka on May 28.
PHOTO: AFP
A boy taking a dip in the Ganges River at Scindia Ghat on a hot summer evening in Varanasi, India, on May 28.
PHOTO: AFP
Relatives, friends and other attendees mourning over the coffins of 17-year-old Roman Martyniuk, his 11-year-old sister Tamara Martyniuk and eight-year-old brother Stanislav Martyniuk, who were killed by a Russian missile strike, during a funeral ceremony at a cemetery in Korostyshiv, Ukraine, on May 28.
PHOTO: AFP
A competitor taking part in the annual Defi Wind long-distance race along with 600 wing-foil riders from 28 countries in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Gruissan in southern France, on May 28.
PHOTO: AFP
