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PICTORIAL - Below is a selection of news in pictures that unfold around the world this week, all Photos by AFP;

Homeless people take rest under a bridge to get respite from the heat on a hot summer afternoon in New Delhi on May 11, 2022.

Workers clean rubbles atop a buidling destroyed by shelling a month ago in Cherkaske, eastern Ukraine on May 11, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian forensics experts carry the body of a Russian soldier exhumed in the village of Zavalivka, west of Kyiv on May 11, 2022. To date, more than 230 Russian bodies have been collected and stored in Ukraine, with the vast majority of the bodies found in the capital’s outskirts.

People sit near a screen showing a news broadcast at a train station in Seoul on May 12, 2022, of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un appearing in a face mask on television for the first time to order nationwide lockdowns after the North confirmed its first-ever Covid-19 cases.

Three Ukrainian policemen stand at an explosion site past a destroyed school by shelling in Novomykolaivka, eastern Ukraine, on May 11, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Members of the rescue brigade rest after a work shift at the Saratoga Hotel days after a huge blast wrecked the building, in Havana, on May 11, 2022.

Children take part in a candlelight vigil to condemn the killing of veteran Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, in Gaza City, on May 11, 2022. Al-Jazeera said Abu Akleh, 51, a prominent figure in the channel's Arabic news service was shot dead by Israeli troops early on May 11, 2022 as she covered a raid on Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.

A security guard wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) sleeps next to an entrance of a residential area under lockdown due to Covid-19 coronavirus restrictions in Beijing on May 12, 2022.

This photo taken on May 10, 2022 show a medical worker taking a swab sample from a resident who can't go out conveniently to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus at his home in Xiayi in China's central Henan province.

This photo released on May 10, 2022 by the Azov regiment shows an injured Ukrainian serviceman inside the Azovstal iron and steel works factory in eastern Mariupol, Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion.

Social worker Zhanna Protsenko, 56, speaks with Nyna Provontsova (L), 65, in the town of Orikhiv, near Zaporizhzhia, eastern Ukraine, on May 11, 2022, amid the Russian invasion.

An image grab from footage distributed by the Doha-based Al-Jazeera TV shows a reporter reacting (R) as the channel's veteran journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh (Akleh) is seen on the ground after being shot in the face in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on May 11, 2022. Abu Aqleh, 51, a prominent figure in the channel's Arabic news service was shot dead by Israeli troops early in the morning as she covered a raid on Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, according to Al-Jazeera.

People look at a giant globe of the world measuring seven metres in diameter, - an artwork titled 'Gaia' by artist Luke Jerram - which is suspended and rotates from the ceiling of St Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne on May 11, 2022.

A steel worker works on the maintenance of the blast furnace at Zaporizhstal, Ukraine's third-biggest metals plan, in Zaporizhzhia on May 10, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A view shows the Azovstal steel plant in the city of Mariupol on May 10, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine.

girl cries as migrants are rescued by crew members of the Abeille Languedoc ship after their boat's generator broke down in French waters while they were trying to cross the Channel illegally to Britain, off the coasts of Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France, on May 9, 2022.

Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (2nd R) reads the Queen's Speech as he sits by the Imperial State Crown (2nd L), Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (R) and Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (L) in the House of Lords chamber, during the State Opening of Parliament, at the Houses of Parliament, in London, on May 10, 2022.

ussian President Vladimir Putin arrives to watch the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. - Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II.

his photo released on May 10, 2022 by the Azov regiment shows an injured Ukrainian serviceman inside the Azovstal iron and steel works factory in eastern Mariupol, Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion.