On May 7, 2024, the World of Photos section presented a collection of the best images from international wire agencies, as selected by our picture editors. These images showcase a variety of scenes from around the world.
In New York City, Gwendoline Christie attended The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala, celebrating the opening of the “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” exhibition. Meanwhile, police arrested a pro-Palestinian protester near the Met Gala venue.
In Spendora, Texas, Alvaro Trevino was seen pulling a canoe with Jennifer Tellez and their 8-year-old daughter, Ailyn, as they checked on their home after flooding. The aftermath of heavy rains in Porto Alegre, Brazil was captured in an aerial view of the bus station, where rescue efforts were ongoing.
Other images included an Israeli soldier praying at a makeshift memorial in Re’im, Israel; a worker standing on the roof of an office block in Madrid, Spain; Vatican Swiss Guard recruits marching during their swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican; and a Ukrainian army serviceman looking at a stray dog outside his unit dugout in Avdiivka, Ukraine.
Additionally, demonstrators worked on their laptops after breaching barricades at a pro-Palestinian encampment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. Finally