Global Spotlight: A Day in the Life of May 7th, 2024

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Gwendoline Christie is seen attending The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala in New York City. Meanwhile, police arrested a pro-Palestinian protester near the Met Gala venue.

In Spendora, Texas, Alvaro Trevino is seen pulling a canoe with Jennifer Tellez and their 8-year-old daughter as they check on their home after flooding. The aftermath of heavy rains in Porto Alegre, Brazil is captured in an aerial view of the bus station where rescue efforts are ongoing.

Other images include 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; a Ukrainian army serviceman looking at a stray dog outside his unit dugout in Avdiivka, Ukraine; and demonstrators working on their laptops after breaching barricades at a pro-Palestinian encampment at MIT in Cambridge Mass.

Lastly, U.S. troops participated in a counter landing live fire exercise as part of U.S.-Philippines joint military exercises in Laoag, Ilocos Norte province, Philippines. These images provide us with a glimpse into events from around the world on May 7th 2024