Carey Mulligan holds an umbrella as she arrives for the screening of the film The Great Gatsby during the Cannes Film FestivalPhotograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFPA Lancaster bomber flies over Ladybower reservoir in the Derbyshire Peak District to mark the 70th anniversary of the world war two Dambusters mission in Derwent, England. Ladybower and Derwent reservoirs were used by the RAF's 617 Squadron in 1943 to test Sir Barnes Wallis' bouncing bomb before their mission to destroy dams in Germany's Ruhr ValleyPhotograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesA mounted Israeli policeman tries to disperse Palestinian protesters waving national flags during clashes. Demonstrators gathered outside Damascus gate in Jerusalem to mark the 65th Nakba or 'catastrophe' of the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, during which 760,000 Palestinians fled their homesPhotograph: Jack Guez/AFP
On the following day, Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators packed the streets of Jerusalem. They gathered to protest against the proposed government legislation that would see them drafted into the militaryPhotograph: Uriel Sinai/GettyA child watches jellyfish swim in a large tank at the Vancouver Aquarium. The tank contains around 2,000 spotted jellyfish and is part of a major display of 15 various species from around the worldPhotograph: Andy Clark/ReutersA topless Femen activist shouts slogans as she stands on a giant shoe fountain with the words 'life in plastic is not fantastic' painted on her chest. She was protesting against the opening of the Barbie Dreamhouse in BerlinPhotograph: Barbara Sax/AFPPeople stand in a damaged building at Reyhanli in Hatay, Turkey, near the main border crossing into Syria. The death toll in twin car bombings in the town increased to 50. The attacks also provoked a backlash against Syrian refugees in Turkey, whose number is around 400,000 but government officials have said Turkey will maintain its open-door policy for Syrians fleeing the regime's crackdownPhotograph: Bulent Kilic/AFPA wild gray langur monkey scowls as it jumps on a car on a road near Leela, in the state of Rajasthan, IndiaPhotograph: Kevin Frayer/APSir Alex Ferguson and Nemanja Vidic lift the Premier League trophy after the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Swansea at Old Trafford. It was Sir Alex's final game as manager at Old TraffordPhotograph: John Peters/Man Utd via GettyDavid Beckham also announced his retirement this week. Here, a woman poses with a waxwork figure of Beckham at Madame Tussauds in Bangkok, ThailandPhotograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/ReutersThe Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft lands with Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, Nasa Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn and Russian Flight Engineer Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency in a remote area near the town of Dzhezkazgan, KazakhstanPhotograph: Mikhail Metzel/APDuring his five months in space onboard the International Space Station, Commander Chris Hadfield gained more than 790,000 followers on Twitter thanks to his regular posts. Here is one of his photographs from space, 'the Nazca lines seem to show that the less we understand about history, the greater our propensity towards mythology'Photograph: Chris Hadfield/NASASupporters of Pakistan Muslim League-N party celebrate their victory in the parliamentary election outside the party's headquarters in LahorePhotograph: Anjum Naveed/APWorkers repair a wall of the Thula Fort in Yemen. Thula's citizens got together to undertake a series of historic preservation projects to protect the Thula Fort, including rebuilding the walls of burial grounds and restoring watch towers, paths and waterwaysPhotograph: Yahya Arhab/EPAEmergency personnel continue their search efforts amid crushed cars and the rubble of destroyed homes after a rash of tornadoes struck Granbury, TexasPhotograph: Paul Moseley/APDark clouds threaten rain at a sparsely populated Trent Bridge during the match between Nottinghamshire and SurreyPhotograph: Laurence Griffiths/GettyIn another striking photograph from Cannes, actress Eva Longoria attends the premiere of Le Passe during Cannes Film FestivalPhotograph: Francois Durand/GettyA Palestinian hurls stones at Israeli forces as teargas fumes swirl in the background, during a protest against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement Ofra outside the village of Deir Jarir near RamallahPhotograph: Majdi Mohammed/APHuman remains are seen during the exhumation of a Stalinist-era mass grave at the military cemetery in Warsaw. The grave is believed to contain the remains of around 200 victims of a post-war campaign of communist terrorPhotograph: Wojtek Radwanski/AFPPresident Barack Obama raises his hand to ask a question during a visit to Moravia Park Elementary School in BaltimorePhotograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP
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