Here's a collection of photos depicting some of the more notable events which occurred over the course of the last week.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) during the Immortal Regiment's march at Red Square in Moscow.
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Artillery salute performed in Moscow as part of the Victory Day celebrations.
An aerial view taken from a sea plane shows Swiss pilot and original Jetman Yves Rossy (front) and Vince Reffett flying over Dubai's Palm Island. May 12, 2015.
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Emergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia. May 13, 2015.
Mexican-Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o poses as she arrives for the opening ceremony of the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. May 13, 2015.
A detained protester cries in front of a burning barricade during a protest against President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term in Bujumbura, Burundi. May 13, 2015.
Members of staff put the finishing touches to the wax figure of Star Wars character Chewbacca at the Star Wars At Madame Tussauds attraction in London. May 12, 2015.
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Female cadets participating in the Victory Day parade in Moscow.
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A Russia's EMERCOM aircraft that delivered severely ill children from south-eastern Ukraine to Moscow for further treatment.
Britain's Prince Harry (L) receives a "hongi", traditional Maori greeting, from a member of the Kairanga Kapa Haka group during a visit to Linton Military Camp in Linton, near Palmerston North. May 13, 2015.
A Yemeni woman and child holding her national flag rest on wall during a rally protesting against the Saudi-led airstrikes targeting Shiite Huthi rebels in the capital Sanaa. May 9, 2015.
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Mil Mi-26 and Mi-8 helicopters participating in the Victory Day parade in Moscow.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the test-fire of a strategic submarine underwater ballistic missile.
Framed pictures are seen hanging from the wall of a house damaged by earthquakes in Sindhupalchowk district, Nepal. May 13, 2015.
A couple looks at the stairwell of their damaged apartment building in Kumanovo, Macedonia. May 11, 2015.
Seals dressed in military uniforms swim during a show marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, at an aquatic park in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, Russia. May 9, 2015.
South Korean bodybuilders prepare backstage before competing in the 'Miss Sport Model' category at the 2015 Muscle Pump NABBA WFF Korea Championships in Seoul. May 10, 2015.
The Villarrica Volcano is seen at night in Pucon town, Chile. May 10, 2015.
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Waterlogged houses in Novosibirsk Region of Russia.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel after a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow. May 10, 2015.
Firefighters attempt to control a raging fire at a factory that manufactures slippers in Valenzuela City, north of Manila. May 13, 2015.
Сars washed by flood water onto a wall after a flood hit Yudong township in Zhenxiong, southwest China's Yunnan province.
Residents with their belongings return to their villages on a pickup truck after Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters said that they retook control of the area from Islamic State in the southern countryside of Ras al-Ain. May 13, 2015.
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Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro (second from the right), shakes hands with French President Francois Hollande, while accompanied by Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez (right) in Havana, Cuba. May 11, 2015.
Fire and smoke billows from an army weapons depot after it was hit by an air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa. May 11, 2015.
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WWII-era SU-100 self-propelled guns at the Victory Day parade in Moscow.
A man works on a small replica of the Iron Man armor next to a homemade replica of the "Hulkbuster" Iron Man armour from the movie "Avengers: Age of Ultron", at an underground parking lot in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China. May 12, 2015.
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) during a meeting with the US Secretary of State John Kerry in Sochi.
Alleged members of the Barrio 18 gang are detained by members of the National Civil Police during an operation in San Salvador. May 11, 2015.
Amy Parrish (second from the left) hugs a woman as she gathers personal items from her home after a tornado swept through the area the previous night in Van, Texas. May 11, 2015.
