Last week in pictures: A look at the most striking images from around the world
From Palestinians clashing with Israeli forces in West Bank, to Spanish civil guard waiting for migrants to arrive near the Morocco-Spain border and lava flowing from a volcanic eruption in Iceland, here are some of last week's most compelling images from around the world.
Associated Press
May 23, 2021 / 14:59 IST
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Palestinians clash with Israeli forces at the Hawara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Image: AP)
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Dancers prepare to perform La Morenada or Dance of the Black Slaves in Plaza Murillo in La Paz on Bolivia, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Dancers gathered in defense of the traditional dance they say is part of the Bolivian cultural heritage which was claimed by the Peruvian city Puno last week, causing a diplomatic row. (Image: AP)
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People over age 65 read instructions before getting a shot of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in San Lorenzo, Paraguay on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Image: AP)
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A local athlete ejects spent cartridge shells as he competes in the skeet shooting competition of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games shooting test event Tuesday on May 18, 2021, at Asaka Shooting Range in Tokyo. (Image: AP)
A Spanish civil guard wait for migrants to arrive at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, near the border of Morocco and Spain on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Spanish officials are acknowledging for the first time that the unprecedented migrant crisis has been triggered by an angry Rabat at Madrid's decision to provide medical treatment to the militant boss of the Polisario Front. (Image: AP)
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A Kashmiri doctor in a protective suit takes a nasal swab sample of a nomad to test for COVID-19 in Budgam southwest of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir on May 18, 2021. India's total virus cases since the pandemic began swept past 25 million on Tuesday as the country registered more than 260,000 new cases and a record 4,329 fatalities in the past 24 hours. (Image: AP)
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A boy jumps into a flooded street in Anama, Amazonas state, Brazil on Friday, May 14, 2021. Anama, home to residents who live on a tributary of the Solimoes River that flows toward the capital Manaus, is just one municipality of dozens in Amazonas state that has seen life upended by unusual rainfall. (Image: AP)
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Migrants mainly from Honduras and Nicaragua sit in line after turning themselves in upon crossing the US-Mexico border on Monday May 17, 2021, in La Joya, Texas. The Biden administration has agreed to let up to about 250 people a day in the United States at border crossings with Mexico to seek refuge, part of negotiations to settle a lawsuit over pandemic-related powers that deny migrants a right to apply for asylum, an attorney said Monday. (Image: AP)
A Syrian woman screams for help for her husband who was injured by stone throwing by members of the Lebanese Forces group, who attacked buses carrying Syrians traveling to vote in the town of Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon on Thursday, May 20, 2021. Mobs of angry Lebanese men attacked vehicles carrying Syrians expatriates and those who fled the war heading to the Syrian embassy in Beirut on Thursday, protesting against what they said was an organized vote for President Bashar Assad. (Image: AP)
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Athletes compete during the women's 1500 meters freestyle preliminaries at the European Aquatics Championships in Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary on Thursday, May 20, 2021. (Image: AP)
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Ensign Charlee Kraiss, left, and Ensign Isaac Lalonde toss their hats in the air as planes fly over at the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, US on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (Image: AP)
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People in Ashdod, Israel take shelter in the stairwell of their apartment building during a siren warning of rockets fired from Gaza to Israel on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Image: AP)
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Lava flows from an eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland on Thursday, May 13, 2021. The glow from the bubbling hot lava spewing out of the Fagradalsfjall volcano can be seen from the outskirts of Iceland's capital, Reykjavík, which is about 32 kilometers (20 miles) away. (Image: AP)
