epa09950474 Candles lit by people taking part in Vesak Day celebrations are pictured at a temple in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 16 May 2022. Buddhists celebrate Vesak Day to mark the date of the birth, enlightenment and passing of Gautama Buddha (Gautama Siddhartha). EPA/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK
epa09950469 Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia state and CDU top candidate for the NRW state elections Hendrik Wuest (C) receives flowers from Germanyâs Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and faction chairman Friedrich Merz (L) accompanied by the vice-leader of CDU party Silvia Breher (R) at the meeting of the CDU board after the State elections in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in Berlin, Germany, 16 May 2022. EPA/FILIP SINGER
epa09950453 A health worker in protective suit takes a picture of a woman's ID at a COVID-19 test site in Beijing, China, 16 May 2022. Beijing continues its mass testing as part of its effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the city while authorities in Shanghai announced a relaxed lockdown starting on 01 June 2022. China's strict 'dynamic zero-COVID' strategy has dragged its economy into the lowest level of consumption and industrial production since early 2020 as authorities have imposed partial and full lockdowns in different cities across the country. EPA/MARK R. CRISTINO
epa09950444 Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist arrives to attend a parliamentary debate on Sweden's application for NATO membership, at the Swedish Parliment in Stockholm, Sweden, 16 May 2022. The Swedish Parliament is holding a special debate about applying for NATO membership, paving the way for the expansion of the alliance. EPA/HENRIK MONTGOMERY SWEDEN OUT
(220516) -- ORANGE COUNTY, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sheriff deputies are seen at the site of a shooting in Laguna Woods, Orange County, California, the United States, May 15, 2022. One person was killed and five others were injured in a shooting on Sunday at a church in the western U.S. state of California. (Xinhua)
(220516) -- MOSCOW, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 15, 2022 shows a full moon in the sky over Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)
(220516) -- MEXICO CITY, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The moon is seen during a total lunar eclipse in Mexico City, capital of Mexico on May 15, 2022. (Photo by Francisco Canedo/Xinhua)
(220516) -- DATONG, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Buddha statues are pictured at the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, May 11, 2022.\r\n With 45 major caves and more than 51,000 statues, the 1,500-year-old Yungang Grottoes were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)
epa09950431 Ukrainian nationals demonstrate in front of the European Council during a foreign affairs ministers council to demand a boycott of Russian oil, in Brussels, Belgium, 16 May 2022. EPA/STEPHANIE LECOCQ
epa09950415 View of Milky Way during an lunar eclipse is viewed from the village of Tindaya, Fuerteventura island, southwestern Spain, early 16 May 2022. EPA/Carlos de Saa