A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 21, 2019
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Dilapidated structures are seen at the most affected war-torn area of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur province, Philippines. The area remains abandoned two years since pro-Islamic State militants began their attacks on May 23, 2017. Marawi was once one of the most picturesque cities in the Philippines.
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Local residents fill their empty containers with water from a municipal corporation tanker on a hot summer day in Ahmedabad, India, May 20, 2019.
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English model and designer Leomie Anderson arrives for the screening of the film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" during the 72nd Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.
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Freshmen build a human pyramid to climb the 21-foot vegetable-shortening covered Herndon Monument at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, May 20, 2019.