Today in Pictures, May 5, 2026
The moon rising over cable cars in Singapore, firefighters at the scene of a fireworks factory explosion in China, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A waning gibbous moon rising over the eastern horizon at HarbourFront in Singapore on May 4.
ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi looking at poppies placed on the World War I Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial, in Canberra, Australia, on May 4.
REUTERS
Inter Milan football fans celebrating their team's Serie A win at the Duomo Square in Milan, Italy, on May 3.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Firefighters battling the flames in the wake of a fireworks factory explosion in Liuyang, China’s central Hunan province, early on May 5. At least 21 people had died and 61 were injured, state media said.
PHOTO: AFP
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer boarding a plane following the European Political Community summit in Yerevan, Armenia, on May 4.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A boy sitting atop a narrow boat during the Canalway Cavalcade waterways festival in Little Venice, London, Britain, on May 4.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Taliban security personnel destroying a poppy plantation in the Yaftal Sufla district of Badakhshan province on May 4.
PHOTO: AFP
A supporter of the All India Trinamool Congress has his body painted the colours of the political party, in Kolkata, India, on May 4, during vote counting for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections.
PHOTO: AFP
Afghan boys eating their lunch at the Mohammadi Orphanage in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on May 3.
PHOTO: AFP
