Skip to content

Week in pictures: 29 May - 4 June 2021

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.

Sedat Suna / EPA-EFE Seagulls hunt pearl mulletSedat Suna / EPA-EFE
Seagulls hunt pearl mullet in the salty, alkaline waters of Turkey's Lake Van.
Carlos Osorio / Reuters Community paramedic Karen McIntyre vaccinates Caroline BagnatoCarlos Osorio / Reuters
Community paramedic Karen McIntyre vaccinates Caroline Bagnato at her home, with the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.
Henry Nicholls / Reuters People in masks applaudHenry Nicholls / Reuters
People in masks applaud at the end of a performance of The Show Must Go On, at the Palace Theatre, London.
Julian Finney / Getty Images Naomi OsakaJulian Finney / Getty Images
Naomi Osaka of Japan serves in her first-round match against Patricia Maria Tig of Romania at the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris. The following day Osaka withdrew from the tournament, saying she had "suffered long bouts of depression" since winning her first Grand Slam title in 2018.
Transparent line
Michael A. McCoy / Reuters Arlington National CemeteryMichael A. McCoy / Reuters
On Monday Americans marked Memorial Day, which commemorates US soldiers fallen in the Civil War and beyond. Here, a girl sits in front of a headstone at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
Xavi Torrent / Getty Images Klimt exhibitionXavi Torrent / Getty Images
Visitors to Klimt: The Immersive Experience, participate in an immersive room that features a presentation on the work of the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, at IDEAL Centre d'Arts Digitals de Barcelona, Spain.
Sri Lanka Airforce / Reuters X-Press Pearl shipSri Lanka Airforce / Reuters
Experts fear hundreds of tonnes of oil from the X-Press Pearl could devastate marine life and the nearby beaches of Sri Lanka. The X-Press Pearl had been carrying 25 tonnes of nitric acid, along with other chemicals and cosmetics, when it caught fire on 20 May. Many of the ship's 1,486 containers tumbled into the sea before the blaze was put out this week.
Jose Casanares / AFP Sinkhole in a field in MexicoJose Casanares / AFP
A sinkhole has appeared in a field of crops in Santa Maria Zacatepec, central Mexico.
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Close up of a cicadas Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
Billions of cicadas have emerged in the eastern US to molt, mate, lay eggs and die, after living underground for 17 years.
Stefan Gosatti / Getty Images A model on the runwayStefan Gosatti / Getty Images
A model on the runway during the Bassike Winter Collection 2021 show, during Afterpay Australian Fashion Week in Sydney.

All pictures are subject to copyright.