Lanterns, lights and laundry: Photos of the week

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

Buddhists walk under colourful lanterns as they celebrate the Buddha's birthday at Jogyesa temple on May 11, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea.
Buddhists walk under colourful lanterns as they celebrate the Buddha's birthday, at Jogyesa temple in Seoul, South Korea [Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images]
Queen Camilla and King Charles III, accompanied by his Page of Honour Lord Oliver Cholmondeley, attend a service of dedication for the Order of The British Empire at St Paul's Cathedral on May 15, 2024 in London, England.
Queen Camilla and King Charles III, accompanied by his Page of Honour Lord Oliver Cholmondeley, attend a service of dedication for the Order of The British Empire at St Paul's Cathedral in London [Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images]
A Palestinian woman and a child walk in front of a mosque destroyed in an Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 15 2024
A Palestinian woman walks with children in front of a mosque destroyed in an Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis, in the south of Gaza [AFP via Getty Images]
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks during his visit to the Backstage Centre, Purfleet, for the launch of Labour's doorstep offer to voters, 16 May 2024
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer outlined the first steps he would take if his party wins the next election, in a speech in Essex. The six pledges include a border security command to tackle the gangs behind small boat crossings, and recruiting 6,500 teachers in England [Victoria Jones/PA Media]
The Northern Lights (aurora borealis), glowing on the horizon, over Crater Lake at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, 11 May 2024
The Northern Lights, aurora borealis, glow on the horizon at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, USA, as one of the strongest geomagnetic storms in years hit Earth [Robin Loznak/ZUMA/REX/Shutterstock]
Security officers move Slovak PM Robert Fico in a car after he was injured in a shooting incident, after a Slovak government meeting in Handlova, Slovakia, May 15, 2024
Security officers move Slovakia PM Robert Fico into a car, after he was seriously hurt in a shooting attack. Mr Fico, 59, is in a serious but stable condition after being shot several times, in what colleagues described as a politically motivated attack [Radovan Stoklasa/REUTERS]
Animal activists, wearing chicken masks, take part in a protest against "Marie", France's leading ready-made meal brand, and its owner group, LDC, in front of the city hall of Rungis, south of Paris, on May 13, 2024.
Animal activists, wearing chicken masks, take part in a protest against Marie, France's leading ready-made meal brand, and its owner group, LDC, at the city hall in Rungis, Paris. The activists say the poultry are kept in poor conditions [Emmanuel Dunand/AFP]
Men working at Salama's laundry in Cairo, Egypt on 16 May 2024
Men work at Salama's laundry in Cairo. The 120-year-old dye shop, which uses a technique of small-batch fabric dyeing that dates back thousands of years, is considered to be one of the oldest dye houses in Egypt [Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images]
Molly Thompson-Smith of Great Britain competes in the Women's Sport Climbing Boulder & Lead Qualification on day two of 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series Shanghai on May 17, 2024 in Shanghai, China
Molly Thompson-Smith of Great Britain competes in the Women's Sport Climbing Boulder & Lead Qualification at the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai [Lintao Zhang/Getty Images]
A worker cleans a Buddha statue at the Maha Vihara Mojopahit temple in Mojokerto on 15 May 2024
A worker cleans the statue of Buddha at the Maha Vihara Mojopahit monastery in Mojokerto Java, Indonesia, ahead of the Vesak festival which commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha [JUNI KRISWANTO/AFP]
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