Paulo Duarte, The Associated PressPope Francis leads a candle light vigil prayer at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima Friday, May 12 2017, in Fatima, Portugal. Pope Francis will canonize on Saturday two poor, illiterate shepherd children whose visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago marked one of the most important events of the 20th-century Catholic Church.
Francisco Seco, The Associated PressSvetlana Kuznetsova from Russia serves the ball to Kristina Mladenovic from France during a Madrid Open tennis tournament match in Madrid, Spain, Friday, May 12, 2017. Mladenovic won 6-4- and 7-6.
Giuseppe Cacace, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - Sailors participate in a training session on the eve of al-Gaffal traditional long-distance dhow sailing race near the island of Sir Bu Nair on May 12, 2017. Over a hundred traditional dhow racing boats will take part in al-Gaffal race from Sir Bu Nayer Island to Dubai.
Mohammed Sawaf, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - Muslim Shiites light candles during the Shaabaniya ceremony commemorating the birth of Imam al-Mahdi, the 12th holiest figure for Shiite Muslims, in the central Iraqi city of Karbala, on May 11, 2017. Mahdi is the 12th Imam who disappeared in the ninth century and Shiites believe that he will appear before the end of time to establish justice and true Islam in the world. Iraqi Shiite Muslim worshippers pray at the shrine of Imam celebrate the annual festival of Shaabaniya pray at the marking the birth of Imam al-Mahdi, revered by Shiites as the coming Messiah.
Ahmad Al-rubaye, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - Bullet cartridges lie on the ground as displaced Iraqis from western Mosul's al-Islah al-Zaraye neighbourhood flee their area on May 12, 2017 during a government forces' military offensive to retake the area from Islamic State (IS) group fighters.
Dpa / Patrick Pleul / Germany Outpatrick Pleul, AFP/Getty ImagesThis aerial view taken from a drone shows trees and bushes that surround a so-called pothole, a remnant from the Ice Age, on a field near Sieversdorf in Brandenburg, eastern Germany, on a sunny May 12, 2017.
Ahmad Al-rubaye, AFP/Getty ImagesAn Iraqi youth pushes children on a cart as displaced Iraqis from western Mosul's al-Islah al-Zaraye neighbourhood flee their area on May 12, 2017 during a government forces' military offensive to retake the area from Islamic State (IS) group fighters.
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Pope Francis leads a candle light vigil prayer at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima Friday, May 12 2017, in Fatima, Portugal. Pope Francis will canonize on Saturday two poor, illiterate shepherd children whose visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago marked one of the most important events of the 20th-century Catholic Church.
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A collection of today’s photos from around the world Friday, May 12, 2017.





