Today in Pictures, May 8, 2017

MTV Movie And TV Awards in Los Angeles, Macron beats Le Pen in French presidential election, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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May 08, 2017, 12:02 PM

Hugh Jackman and Dafne Keen accept the award for Best Duo for "Logan" at the MTV Movie and TV Awards. PHOTO: REUTERS

People run with their pets during a mini-marathon for dogs in Bangkok, Thailand on May 7, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Military helicopters fly above the Kremlin churches in Moscow, Russia, May 4, 2017, during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade which will take place at Moscow's Red Square on May 9, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

Ryan Newman, driver of the #31 Caterpillar Chevrolet, and Trevor Bayne, driver of the #6 AdvoCare Ford, lead the field in a restart during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on May 7, 2017 in Talladega, Alabama. PHOTO: AFP

Actor Taraji P. Henson (C) accepts the Best Fight Against The System award for 'Hidden Figures' from U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (L) and actor Tracee Ellis Ross (R) onstage during the 2017 MTV Movie And TV Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on May 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, California PHOTO: AFP

French President elect Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Trogneux celebrate on the stage at his victory rally near the Louvre in Paris, France May 7, 2017 PHOTO: REUTERS

Italian President Sergio Mattarella (L) alongside members of the human rights organization Madres de Plaza de Mayo throws flowers into the Rio de la Plata river to pay homage to the victims of Argentina's dictatorship (1976-1983) at the "Parque de la Memoria" (Park of Memory) in Buenos Aires on May 7, 2017. The park, located on the banks of the River Plate, is a monument in memory of the 30,000 people who were killed or went missing under the 1976-1983 military regime. PHOTO: AFP

An activist wearing white veils and with blood stains in her dress participates in a performance called "Las 43 Lloronas" in solidarity with the mothers of 43 missing students from the Ayotzinapa rural teachers school in Mexico City on May 7, 2017. On the eve of the celebration of Mother's Day women demand justice and the clarification of the disappearance of the 43 students who were victims of violence in September 2014 in the town of Iguala, Guerrero state. PHOTO: AFP

The sun is reflected on paddy fields at the Oyama Senmaida terraced rice fields in Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Aerial view taken from a drone showing the flames generated by a fire in a clandestine fuel valve in Santa María Nenetzintla, Amozoc, Puebla on May 7, 2017. The theft of fuel has put the war in several states of central Mexico, with violent clashes between authorities and organized gangs and thousands of families who live from this illegal practice, which this week left a dozen dead. PHOTO: AFP

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