#WorldView: From Israeli air strikes in Gaza to Met Gala 2023; these images capture the significant moments of the week

An explosion is seen, following an Israeli air strike in Gaza on May 2, 2023.

Doja Cat poses at the Met Gala 2023, an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute with this year’s theme ‘Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty’, in New York City, New York, US on May 1, 2023.

Fireworks explode behind the steeple of St Paul’s Anglican Pro-Cathedral and the dome of the Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel during the Malta International Fireworks Festival in Valletta, Malta on April 30, 2023.

Demonstrators protect themselves with umbrellas amid tear gas during the traditional May Day labour march, a day of mobilisation against the French pension reform law and for social justice, in Nantes, France on May 1, 2023.

Oscar-winning directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, known collectively as the Daniels, march with Writers Guild of America members outside Sunset Bronson Studios and Netflix Studios, after union negotiators called a strike for film and television writers, in Los Angeles, California, US on May 3, 2023.

A man walks while smoke rises above buildings after aerial bombardment, during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan on May 1, 2023.

A mother and child react outside the school, following a mass shooting, after a boy opened fire on others, killing fellow students and staff in Belgrade, Serbia on May 3, 2023.

A boy carries a bouquet of flowers as he walks past a bus torched by unknown people ahead of protests by supporters of Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga of the Azimio La Umoja (Declaration of Unity) One Kenya Alliance, in a nationwide protest over cost of living and President William Ruto’s government in Nairobi, Kenya on May 2, 2023.

A Ukrainian service member from a 28th separate mechanised brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, fires an anti-tank grenade launcher at a front line, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, near the city of Bakhmut, Ukraine on May 3, 2023.

Children evacuated from Sudan to escape the conflict arrive in Abu Dhabi airport, United Arab Emirates on April 29, 2023.