This Week in Pictures: April 28 - May 4

From protests in Armenia to Labor Day rallies around the world, from Victory Day parade rehearsals in Moscow to the Mrs. & Mr. Russia Earth 2018 beauty contest - follow Sputnik’s weekly gallery and see what’s going on around the world.

Browse this gallery compiled by Sputnik to see what has transpired in the various corners of our planet during the last seven days.

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© AFP 2023 / Wang Zhao

Two women take a photo as they sit on a bench featuring a US flag outside a store in Beijing on May 3.

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© AFP 2023 / Ishara S. Kodikara

Sri Lankan passersby feed fruits to an elephant along the Kataragama-Buttala road in Kataragama.

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Labor Day rally in Simferopol.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gets his FAN ID as he visits the Sochi FAN ID Distribution Center of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. May 3.

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© AP Photo / Martin Mejia

Andean man rests with his llama while tourists take in the natural wonder of Rainbow Mountain in Pitumarca, Peru.

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© AFP 2023 / Sergei Gapon

A man passes an obstacle as he takes part in the 'Bison Race' extreme competition near the town of Lahoysk, some 40 km north of Minsk. April 30.

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Supporters of Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan on Republic Square in Yerevan. May 2.

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© Sputnik / Irina Kalashnikova

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Во время беспорядков, возникших во время первомайской демонстрации в Париже.

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BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle on the contact line between the Syrian Arab Army and Daesh terrorist group (banned in Russia) near Yarmouk camp of Palestinian refugees on the southern outskirts of Damascus.

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© REUTERS / Jose Luis Gonzalez

A firefighter works to extinguish the fire as it burns through a pile of old tyres at a recycling centre in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. May 2.

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© AFP 2023 / Franck Fire

A competitor reacts after crossing a sand dune during Stage 4 of the 13th edition of the Titan Desert 2018 mountain biking race between Boumalne Dades and Merzouga in Morocco on May 2. .

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Labor Day rally in Berlin.

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© REUTERS / Nacho Doce

A girl from a homeless family, that was living in the building that caught on fire, sits on her mattress donated by well-wishers in front of a church at Largo do Paissandu Square in Sao Paulo, Brazil. May 2.

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US President Donald Trump walks on South Lawn of the White House in Washington before his departure to Michigan. April 28.

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© AP Photo / Francisco Seco

Women shout slogans during a protest against five men's acquittal of gang rape charges and their conviction on a lesser felony of sexual abuse, in Madrid, Spain. May 2.

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© AFP 2023 / Arun Sankar

Indian men pours water over their horse to cool it down on a hot summer day in Chennai. May 3.

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© AP Photo / Massoud Hossaini

Security forces run from the site of a suicide attack after the second bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. April 30.

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© AFP 2023 / Yousef Doubisi

A Saudi woman practices driving in Riyadh ahead of the lifting of a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia in the summer. April 29.

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© AP Photo / Petros Giannakouris

Children play inside the Moria refugee camp on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece,. May 2.

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© REUTERS / Edgard Garrido

A man climbs up the border fence between Mexico and the US as a part of a demonstration, as members of a caravan of migrants from Central America gather prior to preparations for an asylum request in the US, in Tijuana, Mexico. April 29.

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© AFP 2023 / Emmanuel Dunand

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (R) and Brexit campaigner and member of the European Parliament Nigel Farage exchange a "high five" gesture, at the start of the plenary session on the EU's next long-term budget, in the European Parliament in Brussels. May 2.

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Msta-S self-propelled howitzer is on Dvortsovaya Square in St. Petersburg during a practice of a military parade marking the 73rd anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War.

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© REUTERS / Raneen Sawafta

Palestinian Jamal Fakhori displays a clay pot at his workshop in Jaba' town near Jenin, in the occupied West Bank May 1, 2018.

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Participants in the finals of Mrs&Mr Russia Earth 2018 at the Mir banquet hall.

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View of Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin and the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat (St. Basil Cathedral) from Zaryadie Park in Moscow.