World in focus - best photos for May 16, 2018

Take a look at some of the best photos from around the world in the past 24 hours

Student volunteers are seen inside the Lunar Palace 1, a laboratory simulating a Moon-like environment, in Beijing, China. AFP

Jolon Clinton, and her sister, Halcy take photos of a fissure near their home on the outskirts of Pahoa during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. Terray Sylvester / Reuters

Director Spike Lee wears an upside down American flag on his jacket as he attends the photocall for "Blackkklansman" at the Cannes Film Festival. Getty Images

Schoolboys, who are experiencing the lives of Buddhist monks by staying in a temple for two weeks as novice monks, look at a tiger at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea. Kim Hong-ji / Reuters

A model walks the runway during the Pereira Fitzgerald show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Resort 19 Collections at Carriageworks in Sydney, Australia. Brook Mitchell / Getty Images

A cow is seen walking across the lakebed of the Aculeo Lagoon in Paine, Chile. Matias Delacroix / Reuters

Followers of Venezuelan presidential opposition candidate Henri Falcon attend a campaign event in Caracas. Cristian Hernandez / EPA

China's President Xi Jinping is seen during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Thomas Peter / AFP

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