On May 7, 2024, our picture editors curated a selection of the best images from international wire agencies. These images showcase a variety of scenes from around the world, including Gwendoline Christie attending The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, celebrating the opening of the “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” exhibition. Meanwhile, police were seen arresting a pro-Palestinian protester near the Met Gala venue.
In Spendora, Texas, Alvaro Trevino was captured pulling a canoe with Jennifer Tellez and their 8-year-old daughter, Ailyn, as they checked on their home after flooding. The aftermath of heavy rains in Porto Alegre, Brazil was also depicted in an aerial view of the bus station, where rescue efforts were ongoing.
Other images included an Israeli soldier praying at a makeshift memorial in Re’im, Israel; a worker standing on the roof of an office block in Madrid, Spain; Vatican Swiss Guard recruits marching during their swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican; and Ukrainian army servicemen looking at a stray dog outside their unit dugout in Avdiivka, Ukraine.
Finally, U.S. troops were shown taking part in a counter landing live fire exercise as part of U.S.-Philippines joint military exercises in Laoag, Ilocos Norte province