Red carpets, racing and flames: Photos of the week
A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
Actors, musicians and tycoons were among those dressing to impress at the Metropolitan Museum of Art fundraiser in New York City. For her first ever Met Gala, singer Tyla enlisted Balmain for a dress made of sand - a reference to the sands of time theme. Her movement was so restricted she had to ask for help to climb the stairs [Taylor Hill/Getty Images]
Worshippers hold candles while praying during the Holy Fire Ceremony of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem. This spiritual and religious event is one of the most important rituals in Orthodox Christianity, and many pilgrims gather from around the world to witness it [Sharon Eilo/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images]
The Olympic flame arrived on French soil at the southern port city of Marseille amid tight security, 79 days before the opening ceremony of the Paris Games [Denis Balibouse/Reuters]
Kate Forbes arrives at Bute House, Edinburgh, after newly appointed Scottish First Minister John Swinney was sworn in. Ms Forbes returned to the Scottish government as deputy first minister as Mr Swinney unveiled an almost entirely unchanged cabinet [Jane Barlow/PA Media]
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex take part in activities at the Lightway Academy in Abuja, Nigeria, as part of celebrations of Invictus Games anniversary [KOLA SULAIMON/AFP]
Russian President Vladimir Putin walks past an honour guard as he attends a meeting on Victory Day in Moscow. The day remembers not only the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany, but also the enormous human cost of that victory - the more than 27 million Soviet citizens killed in what is known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War [MAXIM SHEMETOV/AFP]
An aerial view of the flooded Beira-Rio stadium of the Brazilian football team Internacional in Porto Alegre. The floods are the worst natural disaster to ever hit the state of Rio Grande do Sul, officials say [ANSELMO CUNHA/AFP]
A serviceman jumps over the red carpet as honour guards prepare for the departure of the Chinese President Xi Jinping in Belgrade. The president was on a two-day official visit to Serbia [ANDREJ CUKIC/EPA]
A Nepali Hindu takes a bath in Matatirtha, a sacred pond on the outskirts of Kathmandu, on Mata Tirtha Aunsi (Mother's Day). People flock to the pond to commemorate their mothers who have died [Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock]
Elliot Moss, son of late British Formula One driver Sir Stirling Moss, poses with his daughter Stephanie in front of a Mercedes Benz SLR 722, outside Westminster Abbey, ahead of a service of thanksgiving for his father. Sir Stirling raced in Formula 1 in the sport's romantic age of the 1950s and early 1960s, winning 16 grands prix [Bryn Lennon/Getty Images]
