Today’s top pics: Brazil Black Lives Matter protest
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
Zilda Maria de Paula, who said her 16-year-old son was killed during a police operation, holds a Portuguese "Black lives matter" poster during a protest demanding justice outside the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, May 12, 2022, the eve of the anniversary of the abolition of slavery. Brazil abolished slavery on May 13, 1888 in Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne, center, scores his third goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester City at Molineux stadium in Wolverhampton, England, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)
Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne scores his third goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester City at Molineux stadium in Wolverhampton, England, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)
Firefighters work to put out a structure burning during a wildfire Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Laguna Niguel, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio J. Sanchez)
Flanked by bulletproof shields, presidential candidate Gustavo Petro of the Historical Pact coalition speaks to his supporters during a campaign rally in Fusagasuga, Colombia, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Rev. Barbaro Abel Marrero Castellanos, president of the Baptist Convention of Western Cuba, looks at the damage inside the Calvary Baptist Church after an explosion that devastated the Hotel Saratoga, which sits next door, in Old Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The Baptists bought the property in 1889 and gradually established the church, a printing house, a school, a seminary and the headquarters that now serves about 70,000 Baptists in western Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Chicago Cubs' Willson Contreras reacts after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Germany's Alexander Zverev returns the ball to Alex de Minaur during their match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Thursday, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
A mother helps her malnourished son stand after he collapsed near their hut in the village of Lomoputh in northern Kenya, Thursday, May 12, 2022. United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths visited the area on Thursday to see the effects of the drought which the U.N. says is a severe climate-induced humanitarian emergency in the Horn of Africa. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A marijuana-rights activist touches a marijuana plant while explaining to pedestrians the virtues of the plant outside the Supreme Court in Mexico City, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The court is expected to decide soon on a law that would change the limit of how much marijuana an individual can legally carry. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Ajax players celebrate clinching the title after the Dutch Eredivisie premier league soccer match between Ajax and Heerenveen at the Johan Cruyff ArenA in in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Soldiers from NATO countries take part in the Swift Response 22 military exercise at the Krivolak army training polygon in the central part of North Macedonia, on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Hundreds of NATO soldiers have presented on Thursday airborne operations followed by parachuting, helicopters and ground activities to the top country's officials and diplomats, as allied airborne forces exercise "Swift Response 22" has entered in its final phase at the military polygon "Krivolak" in North Macedonia. The exercise, that includes about 4,600 soldiers from Albania, France, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia, Montenegro, the UK, and the U.S., was to demonstrate the NATO states' ability to deploy anywhere around the world and that it's soldiers can operate together professionally and successfully. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
Seattle Mariners' Dylan Moore slides home ahead of the throw to Philadelphia Phillies catcher Garrett Stubbs as he scores on an RBI-single hit by Ty France during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
A early 200-year old monument to legendary Prince Volodymyr, a Kyiv landmark and one of the symbols of the Ukrainian capital, is wrapped to protect it from Russian shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Dancers perform during the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, May 12, 2022. The SEA Games 31 takes place from May 12 to May 23 in Hanoi, and 11 nearby provinces. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang)
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