New York’s last payphone is removed from Seventh Avenue on May 23. The city began removing payphones in 2015 and replacing them with public Wi-Fi hotspots. John Angelillo/UPI PhotoDirector Ali Abbasi poses for photographers during the photo call for the film ‘Holy Spider’ during the 75th Cannes Film Festival in southern France on May 23. Associated Press/Petros GiannakourisPresident Biden, right, jokes with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during the Quad leaders’ summit meeting at Kantei Palace on May 24 in Tokyo. Associated Press/Evan Vucci People hold signs and chant slogans during a protest against the Quad summit on Tuesday in Tokyo. President Biden arrived in Japan after visiting South Korea as part of an Asia tour aimed at reassuring allies in the region. Takashi Aoyama/Getty ImagesMembers of law enforcement stand outside Robb Elementary School after a May 24 shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Associated Press/Dario Lopez-MillsA girl cries, comforted by two adults, outside the Willie de Leon Civic Center, where bereavement counseling was offered in Uvalde, Texas on May 24. An armed teenager killed 19 young children in a shooting at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday, in the deadliest shooting at a US school in years. Allison Dinner/AFP/Getty ImagesFood and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf delivers his opening statement virtually during a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations titled “Formula Safety and Supply : Protecting the Health of America’s Babies” on May 25. Anna Rose Layden“Triston” the Clown walks for the first time after two years of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions that prevented them from celebrating Peruvian Clown Day, in Lima, Peru, on May 25. Professional clowns meet every year on this date to honor the beloved clown “Tony Perejil” who died on May 25, 1987, and was nicknamed “the clown of the poor” because he performed in disadvantaged neighborhoods to which he would donate part of his earnings. Associated Press/Martin MejiaMembers of the Economic Freedom Fighters marched past the French Embassy to demand that France leave Africa, on Africa Day, in Pretoria, South Africa, May 25. Associated Press/Themba HadebeSenate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (DN.Y.) and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand laugh at a joke during a photo opportunity before their May 25 meeting with senators. Greg NashDemocrat Beto O’Rourke, who is running for governor against Texas Governor Greg Abbott (right) this year, interrupts an Abbott-led press conference in Uvalde, Texas on May 25. Associated Press/Dario Lopez-MillsPallbearers roll the casket of Aaron Salter Jr. during a funeral service at Crosspoint Chapel May 25 in Getzville, NY Salter Jr. was killed in the May 14 Buffalo supermarket shooting. Associated Press/Joshua BessexSheng Yi, a female panda, reacts inside the panda enclosure at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on May 25. The third cub of giant panda couple Xing Xing and Liang Liang from China, Sheng Yi will be 1 year old on May 31. AAssociated Press/Vincent ThianJoseph Avila, left, prays while holding flowers in honor of the victims killed in Tuesday’s shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 25. barricaded himself in their classroom in Texas and began shooting, killing at least 19 fourth graders and their two teachers. Associated Press/Jae C. HongGeorge Floyd’s daughter, Gianna Floyd, looks at the historic executive order President Biden will sign to advance effective and accountable policing and strengthen public safety during an event in the East Room of the White House on May 25. Olivier Contreras/UPI PhotoAn army soldier salutes as American flags are placed in front of more than 280,000 headstones of American service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia May 26 in preparation for Memorial Day. Anna Rose LaydenPeople cheer as actor Johnny Depp arrives for his trial at a Fairfax County courthouse May 27 in Fairfax, Virginia. The closing arguments in the Depp v. Heard, brought by Johnny Depp against his ex-wife Amber Heard, begins today. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Photos curated by Greg Nash, Anna Rose Layden and Madeline Monroe.
