From elections in France and South Korea, to protests in Venezuela and South Africa, and everything in between, here is a selection of this week's best images from around the world.
1) Supporters of French independent centrist presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron react outside the Louvre museum in Paris, France, Sunday, May 7, 2017. Polling agencies projected that Macron defeated far-right leader Marine Le Pen 65 percent to 35 percent on Sunday.
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Supporters of French independent centrist presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron react outside the Louvre museum in Paris, France, Sunday, May 7, 2017.
2) Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, left, and Lilian Tintori, wife of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, take part in a women's march against repression that was blocked from reaching the Interior Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela, May 6, 2017. Thousands of women wearing white and carrying flowers marched to ask for a stop of repression and to pay tribute to those who were killed in weeks of violent demonstrations calling on President Nicolas Maduro to step down.
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3) In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari, centre, meets with Chibok school girls recently freed from Nigeria Extremist captivity in Abuja, Nigeria, Sunday, May 7, 2017. Five Boko Haram commanders were released in exchange for the freedom of 82 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the extremist group three years ago, a Nigerian government official said Sunday, as the girls were expected to meet with the country's president and their families.
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In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari, centre, meets with Chibok school girls recently freed from Nigeria Extremist captivity in Abuja, Nigeria, Sunday, May 7, 2017.
In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari, centre, meets with Chibok school girls recently freed from Nigeria Extremist captivity in Abuja, Nigeria, Sunday, May 7, 2017. Five Boko Haram commanders were released in exchange for the freedom of 82 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the extremist group three years ago, a Nigerian government official said Sunday, as the girls were expected to meet with the country's president and their families.
4) People gesture and dance as they take part in the Color Festival on May 7, 2017 at Kadikoy district, in Istanbul.
5) South African protesters gather around a burning tyre in the Eldorado Park district in Johannesburg on May 8, 2017 during a demonstration against land grabbing, housing and unemployment in the area.
6) A man looks at a folder as French anti-riot police CRS officers stand guard by migrants and refugees queueing during the evacuation of a makeshift camp near La Chapelle, in Paris, on May 9, 2017, one of several camps sprouting up around the French capital. Nearly a thousand of migrants and refugees had set up their tents between the traffic lanes, in degraded health and safety conditions, for several weeks in La Chapelle, nothern Paris.
7) A Palestinian girl peers out of a hole at her father at their home in the Gaza Strip's central city of Deir al-Balah on May 9, 2017.
8) Supporters cheer as South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae-In greets them after exit polls suggested a landslide victory, on a stage in the central Gwanghwamun district of Seoul on May 10, 2017. South Koreans went to the polls to choose a new president after Park Geun-Hye was ousted and indicted for corruption, against a backdrop of high tensions with the nuclear-armed North.
9) Young Buddhist monks receive donations during Buddha's birthday prayers at Boudha Stupa on May 10, 2017 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Vesak is observed during the full moon in May or June, which celebrates the stages of the life of Buddhism's founder, Gautama Buddha, from the birth, the enlightenment to nirvana, and his passing (Parinirvana).
10) An oposition demonstrators is hit by the jet from a riot police water cannon during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, on May 10, 2017.
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11) Protesters sing and chant in front of a burning barricade in the Ennerdale, Johannesburg township, Tuesday May 9, 2017. Violent protests have erupted in South Africa's biggest city for a second day, with police firing rubber bullets at demonstrators who blocked roads and burned tires.
Protesters sing and chant in front of a burning barricade in the Ennerdale, Johannesburg township, Tuesday May 9, 2017. Violent protests have erupted in South Africa's biggest city for a second day, with police firing rubber bullets at demonstrators who blocked roads and burned tires.
12) Demonstrators carrying white headscarves to represent the Madres de Plaza de Mayo human rights group march to the Plaza de Mayo square in downtown Buenos Aires on May 10, 2017 to protest the application to those charged with human rights crimes of the '2-for-1' law reducing prison sentences by two days for each day a suspect spent in pretrial detention. Argentina's Congress on Wednesday passed a law preventing the early release of inmates convicted of human rights crimes committed during their country's 1976-1983 military dictatorship.
13) Indian police personnel celebrate after a passing out ceremony at a police training academy in Agartala on May 11, 2017. 132 women police cadets passed out in the ceremony in the north-eastern state of Tripura.
14) Pakistani Muslim family members light lamps and pray at a grave of their relative on the occasion of Shab-e-Barat, at a graveyard in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, May 11, 2017. Muslims across the country observe the holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune, gathering at mosques offer nightlong special prayers besides visiting graves of their near and dear ones, as they seek God blessings for the departed souls.
Pakistani Muslim family members light lamps and pray at a grave of their relative on the occasion of Shab-e-Barat, at a graveyard in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, May 11, 2017. Muslims across the country observe the holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune, gathering at mosques offer nightlong special prayers besides visiting graves of their near and dear ones, as they seek God blessings for the departed souls.
15) A family passes a destroyed building and cars inside western Mosul, Thursday, May 11, 2017. U.S.-backed Iraqi forces were moving to surround Mosul's Old City on Thursday, a week after launching a fresh push to drive Islamic State militants from areas they still hold.
A family passes a destroyed building and cars inside western Mosul, Thursday, May 11, 2017. U.S.-backed Iraqi forces were moving to surround Mosul's Old City on Thursday, a week after launching a fresh push to drive Islamic State militants from areas they still hold.