May 20, 2024, Dumbea, New Caledonia, France: Gendarmerie armored vehicle moving towards a sensitive site. Officials said more than 600 heavily armed gendarmes were dispatched to secure Route Territoriale 1, the main artery connecting the restive capital with air links to the outside world. Plans for the Olympic torch relay to pass through the French territory were cancelled on Saturday. The flame had been scheduled to arrive on June 11, but the French Sports Minister said that 'priority must be given to a return to calm' in the territory. Six people have been killed and hundreds injured since rioting began on Monday, according to local authorities. The violence has been fuelled by economic malaise, ethnic tensions and long-standing opposition to French rule on the Pacific archipelago.

May 19, 2024, Kharkiv, Ukraine: Law enforcement officers work at the site of a Russian missile strike after attack the Berig family recreation center in Cherkasska Lozova, Kharkiv region of Ukraine. The incident left six people dead and 15 others injured. Among the dead is a woman who was seven months pregnant.

May 19, 2024, Blieskastel, Saarland, Germany: The residents of the old town are busy pumping out and clearing away after the flood. The water level of the Blies, a tributary of the Saar, is currently falling and the fire department has largely pumped out the historic old town.

May 19, 2024, Cannes, France: Bulgarian actress MARIA BAKALOVA, arrives for the Women in Motion Awards and Cannes Film Festival Presidential Dinner, 77th Cannes Film Festival 2024.

May 19, 2024, Cannes, France: DEMI MOORE attends the 'The Substance' Red Carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France.

May 19, 2024, Cannes, France: GRETA GERWIG attending the Kering Women In Motion Awards party ahead of the 77th Cannes Film Festival.

May 19, 2024, Hyogo, Japan: Ezra French of the United States competes in the Men's Long Jump T63 Final during the 2024 Para Athletics World Championships at Universiade Memorial Stadium in Hyogo, Japan.

May 19, 2024, Rome, Italy: Final joy with a trophy as the Roma Women celebrate their championship victory in the Italian Serie A Women match between Roma Women Fiorentina Women at Tre Fontane Stadium in Rome.

May 19, 2024, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain: RAPHINHA of FC Barcelona and PATHE CISS of Rayo Vallecano battle for the ball during the La Liga EA Sports between FC Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in Barcelona.

May 11, 2024, Gaza, Palestine: Covered in concrete dust a Palestinian man carries his infant son injured by the Israeli shelling on the Gaza Strip into the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah.

May 8, 2024, Gaza, Palestine: A Palestinian girl collects clothes from a makeshift laundry line set up in front of her destroyed family home in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

May 8, 2024, Gaza, Palestine: Car piled high with belongings, many Palestinians return to their homes in Khan Younis after being displaced from Rafah ahead of an imminent Israeli assault on Hamas in Rafah.