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Our world in photos: May 27

May 27, 2021 By Michaela Keil
INDIA — Photo moment: Penpa Tsering, the newly elected President of the Central Tibetan Administration, posed for a photograph next to a portrait of his spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, on Thursday. The new president of the Tibetan exile government said Thursday he was willing to reach out to the Chinese government to resolve their conflict, though the sides haven't had dialogue in the past decade. Photo: Ashwini Bhatia/AP
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POLAND — Final: Manchester United’s goalkeeper David de Gea walked past the trophy after the Europa League’s final soccer match between Manchester United and Villarreal in Gdansk, on Wednesday.
Photo: Maja Hitij/Pool via AP

 

BRITAIN — Media briefing: Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock spoke during a coronavirus media briefing in Downing Street in London, on Thursday.
Photo: Matt Dunham/Pool via AP

 

COLOMBIA — Protest: Anti-government protesters ran during clashes with the police in Bogota, on Wednesday. Colombians have taken to the streets for weeks across the country after the government proposed tax reform.
Photo: Ivan Valencia/AP

 

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INDIA — Coronavirus victim: The body of a person who died of COVID-19 waited to be cremated at a crematorium in New Delhi, on Thursday.
Photo: Amit Sharma/AP

 

COLORADO — Commencement: The Air Force Thunderbirds flew over the celebratory hat toss during the United States Air Force Academy’s Class of 2021 graduation ceremony in Colorado Springs, on Wednesday. More than 1,000 cadets celebrated becoming officers.
Photo: Chancey Bush/The Gazette via AP

 

CONGO — Evacuation: Residents fleed Goma on Thursday, five days after Mount Nyiragongo erupted. A new eruption could occur at any moment, the military governor of Congo’s North Kivu province, Lt. Gen. Constat Ndima Kongba, announced early Thursday. He ordered the evacuation of 10 of the 18 neighborhoods in the city of 2 million people. The center of Goma, which was spared when the volcano erupted last week, is now under threat, with activity being reported near the urban area and Lake Kivu, Kongba said.
Photo: Moses Sawasawa/AP

 

PALESTINE — Fireside: Palestinians sat around a fire as they spent the night next to their destroyed homes that were hit recently by Israeli airstrikes in the town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.
Photo: Khalil Hamra/AP

 

RUSSIA — Full moon: Sculptures of angels on the St. Isaac’s Cathedral were silhouetted on the full moon rising in the clouds in St. Petersburg, on Wednesday.
Photo: Dmitri Lovetsky/AP

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