Wonderful Pictures from World Events (May 14 – 20)

Russian President Vladimir Putin plays piano at the Chinese President Xi Jinping’s official residence while waiting for a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart on May 14 in Beijing during the Belt and Road Forum.

An aide (left) speaks with Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ranking member, behind a photograph of President Donald Trump and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, on May 17.

Miss District of Columbia, Kara McCullough (center), reacts after she was crowned the new Miss USA on May 14 in Las Vegas.

Hot air balloons at the “Abinskaya Riviera” air navigation festival held on May 12-14 in Abinsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

Players of the Slovak and the Russian national hockey teams seen during the match at the 2017 IIHF World Championship in Cologne, Germany, on May 13.

French President Emmanuel Macron kisses his wife Brigitte Trogneux during the handover ceremony in Paris, France, on May 14.

Cheerleaders of Lokomotiv football team at the match of FC Lokomotiv Moscow against FC Orenburg during the Russian Premier League on May 13 in Moscow.

Protesters chant slogans during a nationwide general strike in central Athens, Greece, on May 17.

A man puts out the fire in the Mercado Oriental, one of the largest markets in Central America, where approximately 25 stores have been completely burned out, in Managua, Nicaragua, on May 14.

A model walks along the catwalk in an outfit by label Evol at Fashion Week Australia in Sydney on May 17.

Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn’s installation called “Support” is seen at the Ca’ Sagredo palace during the 57th La Biennale of Venice in Italy on May 13.

Players of Spartak Moscow football club at the ceremony of awarding with the Russian Premier League champion’s cup on May 17 in Moscow.

A woman looks at cows on the Mare e Sol beach in Coti-Chiavari, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica on May 17.

A woman with her head wounded yells at police officers during a civic strike on May 16 in Quibdo, the Republic of Colombia.

An acrobatic performance of the Beijing Imperial Circus at Vegas City Hall in Moscow, Russia, held on May 12-14.

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova poses at the Colosseum on May 14 in Rome, Italy.

An S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft weapon system reloaded during the combat duty drills of the Anti-Aircraft Missile Troops in Moscow Region on May 17.

American model Emily Ratajkowski at the opening ceremony of the 70th Cannes Film Festival, France, on May 17.

Zhivopisny Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge that spans Moskva River in the north-western part of Moscow, Russia. Most of its length runs along the river, not across it, which makes the bridge unique. Under the top of a 105-meter-high arch, there is a disk-like structure – an observation desk, which is planned to become a registry office for marriages on the picturesque bridge. This picture was taken on May 13.