A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 26, 2021
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In this photo provided by Sri Lanka Air Force, smoke rises from the container vessel MV X-Press Pearl engulfed in flames off Colombo port.
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Smoke rises from a fire onboard the MV X-Press Pearl container ship in the seas off the Colombo Harbor as villagers push the cargo spilled from it on a beach in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka.
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A lunar eclipse is observed during dawn in Brasilia, Brazil.
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A Buddhist monk lights candles to commemorate Visakha Bucha Day or Vesak Day, a celebration of the birth, enlightenment and death of the Lord Buddha, held on the full moon of the third lunar month in the Buddhist calendar, at Wat Dhammakaya Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand.