World Photos of the Week

A Kenyan policeman beats a protester during clashes in Nairobi, Kenya. May 16.

A Palestinian throws a petrol bomb towards Israeli security forces during clashes following a rally to commemorate the “Nakba” or “catastrophe” in Arabic in reference to the establishment in 1948 of the state of Israel in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. May 15.

© REUTERS/ JASON REED Models pose against the backdrop of an old sandstone chapel during a fashion show for the label Romance Was Born on the waterfront of Sydney Harbour during Australian Fashion Week, Sydney, Australia. May 18.

© SPUTNIK/ KIRILL KALLINIKOV – A contestant in Miss Moscow 2016 beauty pageant.

© AFP 2016/ OLIVER MORIN – A surfer rides a wave in Varazze during a day of high swell due to strong winds in north Mediterranean sea. May 15

© SPUTNIK/ VLADIMIR SERGEEV – Cyclists at sunset on the embankment near the Olympic Park in Sochi.

Members of Novosibirsk motorcycle clubs during the opening ceremony of motorcycle season near the Spartak stadium. May 14.

© REUTERS/ ALY SONG Girls practice sit-ups during gymnastics lessons at the Shanghai Yangpu Youth Amateur Athletic School in Shanghai, China.

© REUTERS/ HANNIBAL HANSCHKE – Dancers take part in the Karneval der Kulturen (Carnival of Cultures) street parade of ethnic minorities in Berlin, Germany. May 15.

© SPUTNIK/ SERGEY MALGAVKO – Tourists on Crimea’s Black Sea Coast. May 15

A T-72 tank is seen here during the Tank Biathlon 2016 qualification stage for the military units of the Central Military District in the Chelyabinsk Region.

© REUTERS/ IVAN ALVARADO – A demonstrator is detained during a “Reflexive strike of students” called by the Chilean student federations to request better and more changes in the education system in Santiago, Chile. May 17.

© SPUTNIK/ SERGEY GUNEEV – Russian President Vladimir Putin at the concert of the symphonic orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre. May 16.

© AFP 2016/ CYRIELLE SICARD – A police car explodes after being set on fire during an unauthorized counter-demonstration against police violence in Paris, as police across France demonstrate today against the “anti-cop hatred” they say they have endured during a wave of anti-government protests since early March. May 18

© AFP 2016/ MOHAMAD ABAZEED – A picture taken through an arch remaining from a detroyed building shows Syrian boys on a bicycle in the southern Syrian city of Daraa. May 14.

© REUTERS/ PETER NICHOLLS – The worlds largest cruise ship, the 361 metres long, Harmony of the Seas, arrives in port for her mayden voyage, in Southampton, Britain. May 17.

© SPUTNIK/ EKATERINA CHESNOKOVA – Brazilian model, actress and film director Adriana Lima on the red carpet of the 69th Cannes Film Festival. May 17.

© AFP 2016/ VANO SHALAMOV – A US serviceman fires a weapon during the Noble Partner 2016 joint military exercise at the Vaziani training area outside Tbilisi, Georgia. May 14.

© AP PHOTO/ DANIEL REINHARDT – Two pelicans tussle in an enclosure at the bird park in Walsrode, Germany. May 15.