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Pictures of the Week: May 23 – May 30

From the Santa Barbara drive-by shootings and Ukrainian presidential elections, to martial law in Thailand and Kim and Kanye’s wedding extravaganza, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

 

 

Two bolts of lightning hit the antenna on top of One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan as an ele Family members hold hands as they mourn during the funeral of Belgium shooting victims, Israeli couple Emmanuel and Miriam Riva, at Kiryat Shaul cemetery in Tel Aviv Military coup in Thailand.Pro-government (Red Shirt) supporters stage rallies in Bangkok to protest the coup as a violation of the democratic election that brought Yingluck Shinawatra, sister of former, deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and the Pheu Thai party to office. Army arrests some protestors. Photograph by James Nachtwey. APTOPIX Mideast Pope Siege of Donetsk Airport Mass killing at Isla Vista Mourners comfort each other during a vigil at the University of California Santa Barbara, where a gunman killed six and injured 13, in Isla Vista, Calif. Kazakhstan Russia Space APTOPIX Spain Migrants Gao Bingguo is covered with bees during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for being covered by the largest number of bees, in Taian TOPSHOTS-BRAZIL-CHRIST THE REEDEMER-FEATURE TOPSHOTS-FRANCE-ITALY-US-MUSIC-CELEBRITY Sydney Breaks May Warm Weather Record U.S. Navy handout shows overturned hull of the Cheeki Rafiki, a British yacht that had gone missing Atletico Madrid's fans react during Champions League final soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid soccer match, at a public screening in Lisbon Shooting Rampage In Santa Barbara Leaves Seven Dead A Seleka fighter injured by a mortar shell fired by French soldiers lies in Bambari Memorial Day 2014 - Philippines A child looks out as voters fill out ballot papers in booths during voting in a presidential election at a polling station in the village of Kodra Final event of the World Amateur Bodybuilding Association (WABA) Swiss fitness and bodybuilding championships in Epalinges Pope Francis Roland Garros 2014, Day One, Roland Garros (Paris, FR) - 25 May 2014 Billionaire Petro Poroshenko, accompanied by his son Olexiy, right, casts his ballot in Kiev, Ukraine. BESTPIX - Mayor De Blasio Marks Memorial Day With Wreath Laying On The Intrepid President Obama Returns to Washington From Afghanistan Memorial Day At Arlington National Cemetery Pope Francis BESTPIX President Obama Hosts White House Science Fair BRITAIN-TRADITION-CHEESE-ROLLING A South Sudanese girl suffering from cholera lies in bed in Juba Teaching Hospital in Juba TOPSHOTS-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CRISIS-POLITICS-MAIDAN-BARRICADES APTOPIX Ukraine UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CRISIS-POLITICS-DONETSK-AIRPORT An injured person is lifted by a rescue helicopter after a small private plane which took off from San Fernando, crashed in the Rio de La Plata APTOPIX Myanmar Daily Life TOPSHOTS-EGYPT-VOTE EGYPT-VOTE Aftermath of fighting near Donetsk airport TOPSHOTS-UKRAINE-UNREST-RUSSIA-POLITICS-CRISIS-DONETSK Aftermath of fighting near Donetsk airport Kazakhstan Daily Life UCSB Holds Memorial Service For Shooting Victims At Harder Stadium APTOPIX Japan Daily Life Reid Wiseman APTOPIX Air Force Academy Graduation APTOPIX Pakistan Daily Life APTOPIX Brazil Bus Strike Mideast Iran Syria Presidential Election APTOPIX Spain Migrants A South Sudanese child displaced by the fighting in Malakal, and suffering from malnutrition, cries as he is washed by a nurse at a feeding centre run by MSF in Kodok BESTPIX 2014 Giro d'Italia - Stage Seventeen The Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station crew blasts off from the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome An Israeli soldier of Caracal battalion smokes after finishing a march in Israel's Negev desert APTOPIX Ukraine Shaun Waller BESTPIX - Beijing Increases Security following Recent Attacks In Xinjiang Beijing Increases Security following Recent Attacks In Xinjiang Pilgrims Celebrate Ascension In Bavaria Pilgrims Celebrate Ascension In Bavaria Kachalka outdoor gym in Kiev CHINA-ZHEJIANG-QINGTIAN-FARM WORK (CN) Mideast Lebanon Syrian Refugees Ukraine: The coffins for the people died in clashes at airport APTOPIX Pakistan Daily Life APTOPIX India Kashmir Festival Seagulls fly past a woman sitting on a rock ledge above Clovelly Beach on an autumn day in Sydney A soldier takes up position in front of a large screen at the Victory Monument in Bangkok

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