A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 18, 2021
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Athletes start into the women's 50-meter breaststroke preliminaries at the European Aquatics Championships in Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary.
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A man covers himself with plastics as he walks along a street in Amreli, after Cyclone Tauktae hit the west coast of India with powerful winds and driving rain, leaving at least 20 people dead.
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A Kashmiri doctor in protective suit takes a nasal swab sample of a nomad to test for COVID-19 in Budgam southwest of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir.
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German sculptor Claus Velte and a gallery assistant retouch a waxwork of U.S. President Joe Biden at the Grevin museum, as it prepares to reopen to the public following the easing of coronavirus restrictions in Paris, France.