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Our world in photos: May 24

May 24, 2022 Michaela Keil

INDIA — Drying: A farmer put maize out to dry in a paddy field on the outskirts of Gauhati, on Monday. Photo: Anupam Nath/AP

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MEXICO — Haircut: Wiggins Nordelus, of Haiti, left, cut his son Samuel’s hair outside of a shelter for migrants, on Monday, in Tijuana. Nordelus waited in Mexico as he hoped to apply for asylum in the US. A federal judge in Louisiana blocked the Biden administration from lifting a public health order used to quickly return migrants at the southern border, including asylum-seekers.
Photo: Gregory Bull/AP

IRAN — Funeral: On Tuesday, mourners attended the funeral ceremony of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, shown in the poster, who was killed on Sunday, in Tehran. Iran’s hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi vowed revenge on Monday over the killing of Khodaei, who was shot at his car by two assailants outside his home in Tehran, a still-mysterious attack on the country’s powerful paramilitary force.
Phoot: Vahid Salemi/AP

FRANCE — Shade: A ball girl brought an umbrella to shield Canada’s Denis Shapovalov from the sun during his first-round match against Denmark’s Holger Rune at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, on Tuesday.
Photo: Christophe Ena/AP

BRAZIL — Flooding: Francisco Fabiano Rodrigues and his children stood outside their home on a street flooded by the rise of the Negro River in Iranduba, on Monday.
Photo: Edmar Barros/AP

AUSTRALIA — Waves: A surfer left the water at Bronte Beach in Sydney, on Tuesday.
Photo: Mark Baker/AP

UNITED KINGDOM — Chelsea Flower Show: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II sat in a buggy as she visited the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show, at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, in London, on Monday.
Photo: Dan Kitwood/Pool via AP

UKRAINE — Subway resumes: Commuters took the subway in Kharkiv, on Tuesday. Kharkiv subway resumed service on Tuesday morning after it was closed for more than two months during a Russian attempt to capture the city.
Photo: Bernat Armangue/AP

JAPAN — Quad leaders: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, US President Joe Biden, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi were greeted by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, during his arrival at the Quad leaders summit at Kantei Palace, on Tuesday, in Tokyo.
Photo: Evan Vucci/AP

ITALY — Cheers: Thousands of fans cheered as a bus carried the triumphant AC Milan soccer team players celebrating their 19th Italian Serie A top league title, in front of the Milan Gothic cathedral, in Milan, on Monday.
Photo: Luca Bruno/AP

CHINA — Disinfecting: A worker in protective gear sprayed disinfectant at a closed shopping mall on Monday, in Beijing. Beijing extended orders for workers and students to stay home and ordered additional mass testing Monday as cases of COVID-19 again rose in the Chinese capital.
Photo: Andy Wong/AP

GEORGIA — Primary election: People voted in Georgia’s primary election on Tuesday, in Atlanta.
Photo: Brynn Anderson/AP

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