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Our world in photos: May 19

May 19, 2022 Michaela Keil
URUGUAY — Fans: Fans of Uruguay's Nacional cheered amid banners and streamers during a Copa Libertadores soccer match against Argentina's Velez Sarsfield at Parque Central stadium in Montevideo, on Wednesday. Photo: Matilde Campodonico/AP
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CANADA — Royal visit: A plate with a crown was seen on the vehicle of Britain’s Prince Charles, as he arrived at the Royal Canadian Geographic Society for 30 Birds Foundation and Prince’s Trust Canada engagement in Ottawa, Ontario, while on his 2022 Royal Tour to Canada, on Wednesday.
Photo: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP

 

SPAIN — Trophy: Frankfurt’s Rafael Santos Borre kissed the trophy for the winners of the Europa League final soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers FC at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Seville, on Thursday.
Photo: Pablo Garcia/AP

 

ISRAEL — Lag BaOmer: Ultra-Orthodox Jews danced around a bonfire during Lag BaOmer celebrations at the traditional gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai at Mount Meron, on Thursday. Israelis light bonfires during Lag BaOmer celebrations to commemorate the end of a plague said to have decimated Jews in Roman times.
Photo: Ariel Schalit/AP

 

INDIA — Playtime: A cat sat on overhanging cables as children played in a narrow lane at a slum in Dharavi, Mumbai, on Thursday.
Photo: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

 

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BOLIVIA — Cholita fashion show: Aymara women modeled creations by a local designer at a Cholita fashion show in El Alto, on Wednesday. Modeling colorful blankets, bowler hats, skirts, and jewelry, among other fashions, Bolivian Chola walked the catwalk to boost the economy of dozens of artisans and designers affected by over two years of COVID-19 restrictions.
Photo: Juan Karita/AP

 

UKRAINE — Zoo: A Russian soldier looked at a couple of lions at the zoo in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People’s Republic, on Wednesday. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Photo: AP

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