Two people were killed and more than a dozen were injured after a Mexican Navy training ship struck the bottom of the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday.
The ship, Cuauhtémoc, was carrying 277 people when it “lost power” and struck the bridge, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said. It was on a global goodwill tour and en route to Iceland at the time of the incident, officials said.
There was no visible damage to the bridge, which only temporarily closed. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the collision.
Here are some of the stories that made headlines over the past week, as well as some photos that caught our eye.
Two robins battle over a breakfast of worms in Overland Park, Kansas, on Friday, May 16.
Lesly Karen Cornett stands among what’s left of her house in London, Kentucky, on Sunday, May 18. A violent, tornado-spawning storm system tore across the central United States, leaving at least 25 people dead in Missouri and southeastern Kentucky. Cornett and her husband took shelter in their bathtub.
From left, actors Austin Butler, Emma Stone and Pedro Pascal react to a bee as they walk the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Friday, May 16.
Biaobiao Zhang and Xiaofeng Wang compete in the first stage of the Taklimakan Rally in Aksu, China, on Wednesday, May 21.
A person’s hands are tied outside Columbia University’s graduation ceremony in New York on Wednesday, May 21. Videos showed Columbia students chanting “Free Mahmoud” and booing acting university president Claire Shipman during her commencement speech. Khalil, a Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia’s student protest movement demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, was arrested and detained by federal agents on March 8. His lawyer said his green card was revoked by the Trump administration. He is being held at a detention center in Louisiana. A federal district judge has blocked his immediate removal from the country.
From left, Chelsea footballers Aggie Beever-Jones, Millie Bright, Erin Cuthbert and Wieke Kaptein celebrate after their FA Cup final win over Manchester United on Sunday, May 18. Chelsea also won the Women’s Super League and the League Cup this season.
US President Donald Trump visits a synagogue at the Abrahamic Family House, an interfaith complex in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Friday, May 16. The UAE was the final stop of Trump’s trip to the Middle East. He also made stops in Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton makes a choking gesture after his buzzer-beating shot forced overtime in Game 1 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday, May 21. Haliburton and the Pacers stunned the New York Knicks, winning 138-135 after they trailed by 14 points with less than three minutes to go in regulation. Haliburton’s choking gesture paid homage to Pacers legend Reggie Miller, who famously made the same gesture to Knicks superfan Spike Lee during a playoff comeback in 1994. Miller was courtside Wednesday as an announcer for TNT.
A cow is flown by helicopter to a farm in Ferden, Switzerland, on Tuesday, May 20.
Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Friday, May 16. Aid agencies warn that much of Gaza will be on the verge of famine if supplies are not allowed into the enclave in volume. Until this week, Israel had forbidden all humanitarian aid entering Gaza since March 2, saying Hamas was stealing and profiting from it. Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that more than 100 humanitarian aid trucks entered the enclave on Wednesday.
Scottie Scheffler hits a shot on the last hole of the PGA Championship, which he won by five strokes on Sunday, May 18. It was the third major win of his career.
Police tape is seen outside a damaged fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, after an explosion there on Saturday, May 17. One person was killed and four people were injured in the blast, which the FBI is treating as an act of terrorism. Police believe the man killed in the explosion was the one responsible for it.
Esaie Joseph and his brother Ricardo, right, carry the casket of Esaie’s 5-year-old son, Lens, at a church in Boston on Saturday, May 17. Lens was run over by a school bus that had just dropped him off after school.
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupts in eastern Indonesia on Monday, May 19.
Actor Tom Cruise waves to an audience from the top of a plane in London as he attends the global premiere of “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” on Thursday, May 15.
An elephant arrives at its new home in Mazatlán, Mexico, on Tuesday, May 20. Organized crime and violence in the Mexican state of Sinaloa has forced a local sanctuary to close and transfer at least 700 animals — including elephants, tigers, lions, ostriches, chickens, monkeys, crocodiles and hippos — to a new location that is 212 kilometers (approximately 131 miles) away.
Denmark’s Alexander True and Hungary's Zsombor Garát eye the puck during a game in Herning, Denmark, on Friday, May 16.
Authorities work at the scene where a small business jet crashed into a San Diego neighborhood on Thursday, May 22. Investigators scoured the area for clues as to what caused the plane to crash. Multiple people were killed.
Singer JJ performs during the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, May 17. Austria won for JJ’s pop anthem “Wasted Love.”
New York Yankees third baseman Oswald Peraza falls over a tarp as he catches a foul ball during a Major League Baseball game against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday, May 20.
An area of Campana, Argentina, is flooded by heavy rains on Sunday, May 18.
US President Donald Trump talks to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the White House Oval Office on Wednesday, May 21. Trump used the meeting to advance the fringe claims — which he’s amplified for months — that White farmers in South Africa are having their land seized and are being killed in massive numbers. Ramaphosa pushed back gently whenever he could to the multimedia ambush that unfolded in front of the world’s press.
A Palestinian man searches the rubble of a house hit by Israeli strikes in northern Gaza on Sunday, May 18. Israel launched an extensive ground operation in Gaza on Sunday in addition to an intense air campaign that health officials in the territory say killed over 100 people overnight.
People view sections of the "Freedom to Be" quilt on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on Saturday, May 17. The art installation, made by transgender and nonbinary Americans across the country, was unveiled in conjunction with WorldPride celebrations.
Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese is held back from Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark after Clark knocked Reese to the ground with a hard foul on Saturday, May 17. Clark was called for a flagrant foul on the play.
A competitor takes part in the Bog Commander obstacle race near Ashbourne, England, on Saturday, May 17.
From left, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speak to US President Donald Trump over the phone during a summit in Tirana, Albania, on Friday, May 16. The Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul were the main topic of conversation, a spokesperson for Zelensky told CNN.
In this aerial photo, taken on Monday, May 19, vehicles cross a bridge at the Woodhead Reservoir in Derbyshire, England. England is experiencing a significant drought, with reservoir levels at 84% of capacity.
Yaseen, a 15-year-old boy, sleeps inside a tent during a heat wave that forced villagers in a brick-making settlement to seek shelter outdoors in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Friday, May 16.
Rapper A$AP Rocky kisses his longtime partner, singer Rihanna, at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Monday, May 19. They are expecting their third child.
An Indian army soldier stands guard near the Line of Control in the Kashmir region on Monday, May 19. See last week in 33 photos.
