The week in pictures: Trump in China, Cannes festival and Philippines Senate shooting
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- Issued on: 17/05/2026 - 09:57Modified: 17/05/2026 - 10:42
- By: FRANCE 24 Senate security officials run after gunfire was heard along a hallway at the Philippine Senate in Pasay, May 13, 2026.
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President Donald Trump met China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing during a state visit marked by pomp but few deals, the 2026 Cannes Film Festival opened and a shootout in the Philippines Senate saw an ICC-charged politician fleeing the premises: FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the week's most striking images.
Issued on: 17/05/2026 - 09:57Modified: 17/05/2026 - 10:42
By: FRANCE 24 Senate security officials run after gunfire was heard along a hallway at the Philippine Senate in Pasay, May 13, 2026. © Aaron Favila - AP Philippine troops exchange fire inside the Senate in Pasay, Manila on May 13, 2026. © Jam Sta Rosa, AFP President Donald Trump participates in a welcome ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on May 14, 2026, in Beijing. © Mark Schiefelbein, AP Photo Isabelle Huppert poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of "Parallel Tales" at the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2026. © John Locher, AP Passengers are evacuated from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain on May 10, 2026. © Manu Fernandez, AP A resident of Cité Soleil kneels before a police armored vehicle and demands that the police fight the gangs that control the neighbourhood, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on May 12, 2026. © Odelyn Joseph, AP France coach Didier Deschamps, on a television set, before announcing his World Cup team players. © Icon Sport - S. Ruhaut First-year midshipmen climb the Herndon Monument to cap off their plebe year at the US Naval Academy on May 13, 2026, in Annapolis, Md. © Julia Demaree Nikhinson, AP Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen from Finland perform the song "Liekinheitin" during the first semifinal of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria on May 12, 2026. © Martin Meissner, AP Havana residents use their phones to playing dominoes as a fire provides inadequate illumination during a power cut on May 14, 2026. © Ramon Espinosa, AP A Kyiv residential building damaged by a Russian missile attack on May 14, 2026. © Efrem Lukatsky, AP Photo Italy's Jannik Sinner returns the ball to Andrey Rublev, during their match at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome on May 14, 2026. © Andrew Medichini, AP Read next