Photos of the week: Messing with an android’s head and weed-growing nuns
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From a look inside an android’s mind to pot-friendly nuns smoking a blunt at the 71st Cannes Film Festival in France --photos of the week from across the world.
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Engineered Arts prosthetic expert Mike Humphrey checks on Fred, a recently completed Mesmer robot that was built at the company’s headquarters in Penryn on May 9, 2018 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy / Getty Images)
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A relative of a Palestinian person who was killed at the Israel-Gaza border reacts at a hospital, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / REUTERS)
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A participant in the Tweed Run cycle ride pulls away from an ice cream van in London, England. (Peter Nicholls / REUTERS)
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Sister Kate and Sister Claire pose on the beach to promote the documentary film ‘Breaking Habits’ at the 71st Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. (Regis Duvignau / REUTERS)
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Juventus’ Argentinian forward Gonzalo Higuain (L) fights for the ball with Bologna’s Malian midfielder Cheick Keita during the Italian Serie A football match between Juventus and Bologna at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy. (Marco Bertorello / AFP)
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Refugees and migrants wait to be rescued by members of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms, after leaving Libya trying to reach European soil aboard an overcrowded rubber boat, north of the Libyan coast. (Felipe Dana / AP)
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US actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Kristen Stewart (L) looks at Australian actress and President of the Jury Cate Blanchett during a photocall ahead of the opening of the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. (Valery Hache / AFP)
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United Kingdom's SuRie performs during a rehearsal for Eurovision Song Contest 2018 at the Altice Arena hall in Lisbon, Portugal. (Pedro Nunes / REUTERS)
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President Donald Trump attends a roundtable discussion on tax reform at the Cleveland Public Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio. (Aaron P. Bernstein / REUTERS)
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Kilauea volcano’s summit lava lake shows a significant drop of roughly 220 metres below the crater rim in this wide angle camera view showing the entire north portion of the Overlook crater in Hawaii, United States. (USGS Handout / REUTERS)
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Polar bears play in the water in the Tierpark Zoo in Berlin, Germany. (Michele Tantussi / REUTERS)
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A man who illegally crossed the Mexico-US border evades a US Border Patrol agent near McAllen, Texas. (Loren Elliott / REUTERS)
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Rihanna arrives for the 2018 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (Hector Retamal / AFP)
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A tractor drives through an apple orchard in Haselau, northern Germany. (Axel Heimken / dpa / AFP)
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The pack rides in Monterosso Almo during the 4th stage between Catania and Caltagirone (Sicily) of the 101st Giro d’Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race. (Luk Benies / AFP)
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A girl dressed in a Soviet Army styled uniform salutes as Russian military personnel march at Dvortsovaya Square during the Victory Day military parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Olga Maltseva / AFP)
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Women dance in front of a large bonfire during the Kakava Festival in Edirne, Turkey celebrating the coming of spring amongst the Roma community. (Chris McGrath / Getty Images)
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Iranian MPs prepare to burn a US flag in the parliament in Tehran after US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the nuclear accord, which Iran branded “psychological warfare.” (Islamic Consultative Assembly News Agency / AFP)
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Detail of press photographers in a brand new model of Windor Castle goes on permanent display to celebrate the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Legoland Windsor in Windsor, England. Joining Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are members of the Royal Family and expected guests including The Spice Girls and Elton John. (Tim P. Whitby / Getty Images)
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Yoga students take a class with Nigerian Dwarf goats held by the ‘Hello Critter Goat Yoga’ team at the Golden Road Pub in Los Angeles, California. (Mark Ralston / AFP)
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An employee stands at the Hammar Mushrif new Degassing Station Facilities site inside the Zubair oil and gas field, north of the southern Iraqi province of Basra. (Haidar Mohammed Ali / AFP)
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A boy holding an umbrella walks past an abandoned fountain in the town of Gyumri, northwest of Yerevan, Armenia. (Sergei Gapon / AFP)
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Workers labour on the construction of a double-deck suspension bridge crossing the Yangtze River in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. (AFP Photo)
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Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin walks prior to his inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (Alexander Zemlianichenko / AFP)
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Arsenal's French manager Arsene Wenger waves to spectators before his lap of honour at the Emirates Stadium in London. The match was Wenger's last home game in charge after announcing in April he will stand down as Arsenal coach after nearly 22 years at the helm. (Matt Dunham / AP)
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Balinese artists dressed in decorative costumes take part in the Maritime Festival at Pandawa Beach on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia. (Johannes P. Christo / REUTERS)
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Former Malaysian prime minister and opposition candidate Mahathir Mohamad (C) celebrates with other leaders of his coalition during a press conference following the 14th general elections in Kuala Lumpur. (Manan Vatsyayana / AFP)
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