The three Americans released by North Korea this week are welcomed at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland by US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday, May 10. Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak-song and Kim Sang Duk, also known as Tony Kim, were freed Wednesday while Pompeo was visiting North Korea to discuss Trump's upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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Lava from the Kilauea volcano engulfs a sports car in Puna, Hawaii, on Sunday, May 6. A local resident caught the incident on video. The Kilauea volcano erupted last week, spewing molten rock and high levels of sulfur dioxide. Cracks emerged in the volcano's East Rift Zone -- an area of fissures miles away from the volcano's summit. Hundreds of people have been forced to evacuate their homes.
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Hardline Iranian lawmakers burn two pieces of papers in parliament on Wednesday, May 9, after US President Donald Trump withdrew from a nuclear deal and restored sanctions against Iran. The two papers represented the US flag and the nuclear deal, and the lawmakers chanted "death to America."
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Britain's Princess Charlotte, the 2-year-old daughter of Prince William and Duchess Catherine, kisses her new baby brother, Prince Louis, in this photo released by Kensington Palace on Sunday, May 6.
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This image, taken from video broadcast on Syrian TV on Thursday, May 10, purportedly shows Syrian air defense systems intercepting Israeli missiles over Syrian airspace. Israel claims it struck almost all of Iran's military capabilities in Syria after what it says was an Iranian missile attack on the Golan Heights. In the most direct confrontation between Israel and Iran to date, the two regional enemies exchanged fire for hours during a volatile night.
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Singer Katy Perry wears angel wings as she attends the Met Gala in New York on Monday, May 7. The annual event raises money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. This year's theme was "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination." See more photos of celebrities on the red carpet
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Gina Haspel, the nominee for CIA director, testifies during her confirmation hearing in Washington on Wednesday, May 9. If she is confirmed, Haspel would become the first woman to lead the intelligence agency.
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This photo, released on Monday, May 7, shows how doctors grew a US soldier's new ear in her forearm. Pvt. Shamika Burrage lost her left ear in a car accident two years ago, but plastic surgeons were able to harvest cartilage from her ribs to create a new one. It grew in her arm and then was successfully attached to her head.
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US President Donald Trump kisses his wife, Melania, after she announced her "Be Best" platform on Monday, May 7. The comprehensive program will focus on three main points -- well-being, opioid abuse and positivity on social media -- and it is the culmination of various public events, all of which centered on helping children.
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Firefighters work in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province after oil tankers were allegedly bombed by militants on Saturday, May 5.
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People in St. Petersburg, Russia, carry portraits of their ancestors, World War II veterans, during an "Immortal Regiment" march on Wednesday, May 9. The annual march pays tribute to those who helped defeat the Nazis 73 years ago.
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Republican Don Blankenship, running for a US Senate seat in West Virginia, is interviewed by the media after polls closed on Tuesday, May 8. Blankenship ended up conceding the primary to Patrick Morrisey. His race-baiting, conspiracy-laden campaign would have been a massive blow to President Donald Trump, who publicly came out against the ex-con coal baron the day before the primary.
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People show their support for a graduate of Ramapo College during a commencement ceremony in Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday, May 10.
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with North Korean Kim Jong Un in this photo taken Wednesday, May 9, and provided by the North Korean government. Pompeo was in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang to discuss Kim's upcoming summit with US President Donald Trump.
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Pallbearers walk alongside the casket of Cpl. Eugene Cole at the conclusion of the sheriff's deputy funeral service in Bangor, Maine, on Monday, May 7. Cole, 61, was fatally shot last month in the line of duty.
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People watch a polar bear swim above them Friday, May 4, at the Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, Japan.
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Migrants are rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Libyan coast, after trying to reach Europe aboard an overcrowded rubber boat on Sunday, May 6.
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Australian scientist David Goodall, 104, sits with two of his grandchildren while touring botanical gardens in Basel, Switzerland, on Wednesday, May 9. Goodall, who had campaigned for the legalization of assisted dying in his home country, ended his life the next day at a Swiss clinic. Goodall said he hoped his story would lead to the legalization of assisted dying in other countries.
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Detained protesters shout slogans from a police vehicle in Srinagar, India, on Monday, May 7. They were protesting against Indian government forces, who have been clashing with militant groups in Indian-administered Kashmir.
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Visitors take pictures as the summit crater of the Kilauea volcano, which erupted last week, glows red on Wednesday, May 9. Now experts fear the volcano is at risk of explosive eruptions that could emit "ballistic projectiles." See last week in 24 photos
