Fashionable A-listers evoked the theme “fashion is art” to embody works of art at the Met Gala, Moscow held a modest annual Victory Day parade that didn’t include heavy weapons for the first time in nearly two decades and anti-immigration party Reform UK made significant gains across England in local and regional elections: FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the week's most striking images.
Issued on: 10/05/2026 - 10:59
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Russian servicemen attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, May 9, 2026. © Alexander Zemlianichenko, AP
German-American model Heidi Klum arrives at The Met Gala on May 4, 2026. © Evan Agostini, Invision via AP
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump greet Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the White House on April 28, 2026, in Washington DC. © Alex Brandon, AP
The film dog "Hui Buh", a Parson Russell Terrier, shows his skills during a press event in Dortmund, western Germany on May 4, 2026, ahead of the Dogs & Fun 2026 trade fair. © Ina Fassbender, AFP
Russian servicemen attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2026. © Alexander Zemlianichenko, AP
A person in Nicosia on May 4, 2026 in front of a large screen displaying vessel movements in the Strait of Hormuz on a ship-tracking website . © AFP
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage poses to show off his socks as he visits a polling station in Walton-on-the-Naze, eastern England on May 7, 2026. © Chris Radburn, AFP
An aerial view of an ambulance boat carrying crew members wearing hazmat suits as they approach the pilot door on the starboard side of the cruise ship MV Hondius, while stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 5, 2026. © AFP
A banner with a picture of late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, placed amid the rubble of a destroyed building near Sayyid al-Shuhada complex in Beirut's southern suburbs on May 6, 2026. © Anwar Amro, AFP
Peter Magyar speaks after being sworn in as Hungary's prime minister during a ceremony in Budapest, Hungary, May 9, 2026. © Denes Erdos, AP
Swiss Guards take position before the arrival of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for a private audience with Pope Leo XIV on May 7, 2026 at San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican. © Stefano Rellandini, AFP
A giant canvas of the official Cannes 2026 poster, featuring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon from Ridley Scott's "Thelma & Louise", on the festival palace façade on May 10, 2026, before the start of the 79th Cannes Film Festival. © Marko Djurica, Reuters
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