Week in pictures: 20-26 May 2023

27 May 2023

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.

Image source, Brian Lawless/PA Media

Image caption, Queen Camilla meets characters representing legendary and historical characters in Armagh. King Charles and Queen Camilla made their first official visit outside England since their coronation earlier this month - a two-day trip to Northern Ireland.

Image source, GONZALO FUENTES/Reuters

Image caption, Model Heidi Klum poses for photographers at the screening of the film La passion de Dodin Bouffant during the 76th Cannes Film Festival.

Image source, DEAN LEWINS/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock

Image caption, More than 100 firefighters from Fire and Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW) tackled a major blaze in the Surry Hills area of Sydney. Some of the walls of a multi-storey building collapsed, with FRNSW stating there were concerns the fire could spread to neighbouring buildings.

Image source, RAFAEL DURAN/AFP

Image caption, People in central Mexico have been told they may need to leave their homes, after recent activity from the Popocatépetl volcano. The volcano has been spewing gas, ash and molten rock over the last week, and hundreds of tremors have been recorded.

Image source, ANGELA WEISS/afp

Image caption, US Sailors and Marines stand on the flight deck of the USS Bataan, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, as it passes the Statue of Liberty during Fleet Week in New York.

Image source, UESLEI MARCELINO/REUTERS

Image caption, A woman chants during an anti-racist protest in front of the Spanish consulate in Brasilia, in solidarity with Brazilian footballer Vinicius Jr, who was racially abused during a match in Spain, while playing for Real Madrid against Valencia.

Image source, CARL RECINE/Reuters

Image caption, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola celebrates with the trophy after his team won the Premier League for the third successive season.

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Image caption, Hundreds of people attended the funeral of a World War Two RAF airman at St Clement Danes Church, Westminster, after a campaign for a "fitting send-off". Flt Sgt Peter Brown, originally from Jamaica, was one the last so-called "pilots of the Caribbean", a group of Afro-Caribbean volunteer RAF personnel.

Image source, CAN EROK/AFP

Image caption, Supporters of Turkey's Republican People's Party presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu wave during a campaign meeting in the city of Adana, ahead of the presidential runoff vote. President Erdogan is tipped to win the vote, after a deeply divisive election.

Image source, BORJA SUAREZ/Reuters

Image caption, Migrants wait to disembark from a Spanish coastguard vessel, in the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria.