The week in pictures

Publish : 21 May 2018, 07:32 PMUpdate : 21 May 2018, 07:36 PM

Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world from the previous week (May 13 to 19)

A boy runs for cover during a dust storm in New Delhi on May 13, 2018 | Reuters

In this photograph taken on March 19, 2015, Indian relatives of students taking school exams climb the walls of the exam building to help pass candidates answers to questions in Vaishali in the eastern state of Bihar | AFP

Police aim their weapons at a man who was being searched by other police officers following an explosion at nearby police headquarters in Surabaya, Indonesia May 14, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto | Reuters

Iraqi supporters of Sairun list celebrate with Iraqi flags and a portrait of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr after results of Iraqs parliamentary election were announced in Baghdad, Iraq May 15, 2018 | Reuters

Lava erupts from a fissure on the outskirts of Pahoa during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii, US, May 14, 2018 | Reuters

Palestinian protesters run for cover from Israeli fire and tear gas during a protest against US Embassy move to Jerusalem and ahead of the 70th anniversary of Nakba at the Israel-Gaza border in the southern Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018 | Reuters

US President Donald Trump arrives to visit first lady Melania Trump at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where she is recovering from kidney surgery, in Bethesda, Maryland, US, May 16, 2018 | Reuters

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, British Prime Minister Theresa May, centre, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel speak following a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of an EU-Western Balkans Summit in Sofia on May 17, 2018 | AFP