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Leipzig, Germany, 1945 Deputy Mayor Dr. Ernst Kurt Lisso, his wife Renate Stephanie, in chair, and their daughter Regina Lisso after committing suicide by cyanide in the Leipzig New Town Hall to avoid capture by US troops. April 18, 1945. Nearly 200 Germans walked out of city hall with their...

Sonny Leon aboard Rich Strike celebrates winning the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, May 7, 2022.

US First Lady Jill Biden greets Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukrainian President outside of School 6, a public school that has taken in displaced students in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. AP

Paris, France Students of the École des mousses prepare before ceremonies at the Arc de Triomphe marking the Allied victory against Nazi Germany and the end of the second world war in Europe Photograph: Ludovic Marin/EPA

Aproz, Switzerland Two Herens cows lock horns during the qualification round of the annual Herens national cow fighting finals. Each year when taken to the alpine pastures, the cows test their strength and fight for the herd’s leadership. The competition continues until a new queen has forced...

Dublin, Ireland Ukraine’s flag unfurled today on Dublin’s Grafton Street for the March 4 Peace in stark contrast to the tanks and nukes paraded on Red Square for Russia's V/Z-Day.

Civilians evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol walk accompanied by a member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and pro-Russian troops, as they arrive at a temporary accommodation center in the village of Bezimenne, during the Ukraine-Russia conflict in the...

US commission accuses Switzerland of hiding Russian assets “Long known as a destination for war criminals and kleptocrats to stash their plunder, Switzerland is a leading enabler of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and his cronies. After looting Russia, Putin and his oligarchs use Swiss secrecy...

A hawk on a rock after being released at the Seyhandede waterfall area west of Diyarbakir, Turkey. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

A blue tit sits at a lilac branch in a garden in Eichenau, southern Germany during sunny spring weather. Photograph: Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images

Police are hunting for two men who attacked an army recruitment centre in Nizhnevartovsk, western Siberia with petrol bombs amid growing speculation that President Putin will announce a nationwide military mobilisation on Monday.

ELECTION: Sinn Féin Deputy Leader Michelle O'Neill reacts to her election in Mid Ulster at the Northern Ireland Assembly Election count centre at Meadowbank Sports arena in Magherafelt, Co Derry. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Debris is scattered after an explosion destroyed the Hotel Saratoga in Havana, Cuba. Reuters

An Afghan man rushes to the target with his horse during spear racing in the sprawling Chaman-e-Huzori park in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan. AP