The World of Photos feature for May 8, 2024 is currently unavailable, but efforts are being made to restore it. Please check back later for updates. In the meantime, here are the ten best images from international wire agencies selected by our picture editors:
A family checks their home after flooding in Spendora, Texas. An Israeli soldier prays at a makeshift memorial in Israel. A Ukrainian army serviceman looks at a stray dog outside his unit dugout in Ukraine.
Vatican Swiss Guard recruits march during their swearing-in ceremony. A demonstrator works on her laptop at a pro-Palestinian encampment in Cambridge, Mass. U.S. troops participate in a live fire exercise during joint military exercises in the Philippines.
Gwendoline Christie attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, celebrating the opening of the “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” exhibition. Police can be seen arresting a pro-Palestinian protester near the Met Gala venue.
An aerial view of a bus station in Porto Alegre, Brazil during rescue efforts due to heavy rains is also included in the list of top images.
