In case you missed it: Midburn in Israel, cats in Kyiv
From underwater elephants to submerged science, here is this week's news that you might have missed.
Dancing in the dust at dusk
In the Israeli version of the US's Burning Man festival, people dance at sunset in in the Negev desert in southern Israel. The Midburn community started in September 2011, when a group of revelers got back from Burning Man in Nevada and decided to create a community that would conserve the spirit of Burning Man in Israel.
Picturing the pachyderm's plunge
A girl takes a picture while an elephant and its mahout swim at Khao Kheow Zoo in Chonburi, outside Bangkok, Thailand.
The men who floated to Earth
A Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft carrying the French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and the Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy lands on the steppe in a remote region of Kazakhstan, ending their marathon 196-day mission to the International Space Station.
Sea of flags in Boston
On the US's Memorial Day, about 37,000 flags honored the residents of Massachusetts who lost their lives to military service. President Donald Trump honored his nation's dead at Arlington National Cemetery and placed a wreath outside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Celebrating democracy in Nigeria
In Nigeria, a police officer gives an order as she marches in front of authorities during a Democracy Day parade in Owerri. May 29 is the date in 1999 on which civilian rule was restored to Nigeria.
Seeing doubles
A hundred and thirty pairs of twins gather at Yuxi Grand Canyon to take part in China's 11th Twin Rafting Festival in Sanmenxia in Henan Province.
Feline folklore
A cat who has been dressed in traditional attire takes part in a parade in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Deep science on Times Square
A performance artist submerges in a tank called Holoscenes that rapidly fills with water and engulfs the performer as part of the World Science Festival in New York City. Holoscenes was developed to highlight concerns that floods, rising sea levels and prolonged droughts will be the central issues of the 21st century.
In Moscow, art and transit for the masses
Moscow's metro is one of the busiest and most visually stunning underground systems in the world. Created as a showcase for the Soviet Union, its elaborate stations are adorned with mosaics, marble statues and stained glass that tell the story of a long era of Russia's history.