10/05/2026

theSunday Special VIII ON SUNDAY MAY 10, 2026

theSunday Special IX ON SUNDAY MAY 10, 2026

GOING FOR GOLD ... Malaysian Athletics secretary-general Nurhayati Karim (fifth, right) posing for a photo with the nation’s discus throwers during a send-off ceremony at the National Sports Council in Kuala Lumpur before the athletes depart for Mokpo in Korea to participate in the Asian Throwing Championship. – BERNAMAPIC

ACTIVE ADVOCACY ... Buddhist monks arriving with ‘Peace Dog’ Aloka at Independence Square in Colombo, Sri Lanka on the final day of their 210km Walk for Peace, the international leg of an initiative that earlier covered ten states in the US. – AFPPIC

ACCLAIMED SERIES ... Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali presenting the gold prize for the Creative Spirit (Copyright) category to Monsta Boboiboy Galaxy Season Two at the National Intellectual Property Day celebration at Menara MyIpo in Kuala Lumpur. – BERNAMAPIC

LIFESAVING CAT ... Fluffy Kassim, an in-house feline donor, being prepared for a blood donation procedure in Kuala Lumpur, highlighting the lack of dedicated animal blood banks in Malaysia and the growing issue of pet abandonment. – BERNAMAPIC

SHIP SHAPE ... The navy displaying its maritime assets at the inauguration of the Lumut Navy City Parade in conjunction with the navy’s 92nd anniversary celebration at Dataran Lumut in Perak. – BERNAMAPIC

ADRENALINE ACTION ... Korean women’s doubles players Lee So Hee and Lee Yeon Woo in action against Chinese Taipei’s Hsieh Pei Shan and Hung En-Tzu in their quarter-final match at the BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals at Forum Horsens in Denmark. Lee So Hee and Lee Yeon Woo won 15-21, 21-8, 21-17. – BERNAMAPIC

TRIUMPHANT PUMP ... UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar celebrating as he crosses the finish line to win the first stage of the Tour of Romandie UCI cycling World tour, a 171.2km loop from Martigny-Ville to Martigny-Ville in Martigny, Switzerland. – AFPPIC

FLAMBOYANT FINISH ... Artistes performing during the finale of Solo Menari, an annual dance festival held to mark International Dance Day in Surakarta, known as Solo, Central Java. – AFPPIC

ROBOT REINFORCEMENTS ... Residents cycling past a humanoid police officer in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province in China on the third day of a five-day national May Day holiday, during which the tech hub’s traffic police deployed 15 such androids to bolster its ranks. – AFPPIC