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President Donald Trump met China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing during a state visit marked by pomp but few deals, the 2026 Cannes Film Festival opened and a shootout in the Philippines Senate saw an ICC-charged politician fleeing the premises: FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the week's most striking images.
Issued on: 17/05/2026 - 09:57Modified: 17/05/2026 - 09:59
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Senate security officials run after gunfire was heard along a hallway at the Philippine Senate in Pasay, May 13, 2026. © Aaron Favila - AP
Philippine troops exchange fire inside the Senate in Pasay, Manila on May 13, 2026. © Jam Sta Rosa, AFP
President Donald Trump participates in a welcome ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, May 14, 2026, in Beijing. © Mark Schiefelbein, AP Photo
Isabelle Huppert poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of "Parallel Tales" at the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2026. © John Locher, AP
Passengers are evacuated from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, May 10, 2026. © Manu Fernandez, AP
A resident of Cité Soleil kneels before a police armored vehicle and demands that the police fight the gangs that control the neighbourhood, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 12, 2026. © Odelyn Joseph, AP
France coach Didier Deschamps, on a television set, before announcing his World Cup team players. © Icon Sport - S. Ruhaut
First-year midshipmen climb the Herndon Monument to cap off their plebe year at the US Naval Academy, May 13, 2026, in Annapolis, Md. © Julia Demaree Nikhinson, AP
Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen from Finland perform the song "Liekinheitin" during the first semifinal of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria, May 12, 2026. © Martin Meissner, AP
Havana residents use their phones to playing dominoes as a fire provides inadequate illumination during a power cut onMay 14, 2026. © Ramon Espinosa, AP
A Kyiv residential building damaged by a Russian missile attack on May 14, 2026. © Efrem Lukatsky, AP Photo
Italy's Jannik Sinner returns the ball to Andrey Rublev, during their match at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, May 14, 2026. © Andrew Medichini, AP
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