17/05/2025

SATURDAY | MAY 17, 2025

SATURDAY | MAY 17, 2025

PICTURE GALLERY 17

PICTURE GALLERY 16

TRIPLE JOY ... Thousands of devotees, volunteers and dignitaries gather for Tzu Chi Foundation of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor’s celebration of Buddha Day, Mother’s Day and Tzu Chi Day at the Kuala Lumpur Tzu-Chi Jing Si Hall on Sunday. – AMIRUL SYAFIQ/THESUN

RIGHT TO VOTE ... Inmates wait to cast their ballots during the Philippines midterm elections, at Mandaluyong City Jail in Metro Manila on Sunday. – REUTERSPIC

LAST RESPECTS ... Indian Border Security Force soldiers pay respect during a wreath-laying ceremony for Constable Deepak Chingakham, who was killed during a cross-border firing between India and Pakistan, in Jammu on Sunday. – AFPPIC

NEW DAY, FRESH HOPE ... Fishermen go about their daily lives off Pandak Beach in Chendering, Kuala Terengganu, on Monday. – BERNAMAPIC

ROYAL VISITOR ... Her Highness Tun Tunku Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah Sultan Ibrahim discusses community development, environmental sustainability and public improvement partnerships with Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming during her visit to the ministry in Putrajaya last Thursday. – PIC COURTESY OF HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTRY

SEEKING BLESSINGS ... Buddhist devotees light oil lamps to mark Wesak at the Thai Buddhist Chetawan Pagoda in Petaling Jaya on Monday. – AMIRUL SYAFIQ/THESUN

LIFE GOES ON ... A Palestinian girl plays on the rubble of a Palestinian Authority’s Legislative Council building near a makeshift displacement camp in Gaza City on Monday. – AFPPIC

SMART MACHINE ... A customer communicates with an AgiBot humanoid robot at Yongda Automobiles Services Holdings Ltd car dealership in Shanghai last Thursday. – REUTERSPIC

NEW POPE ... Newly elected Pope Leo XIV delivers the Regina Caeli prayer from the main central loggia balcony of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Sunday. – AFPPIC

EMISSION CHECK ... Department of Environment staff conducting an exhaust smoke test on a diesel vehicle during an operation in Jalan Jakar, Kemaman, Terengganu on Monday. – BERNAMAPIC

NINE LIVES LOST ... The wreckage of an FRU truck being hoisted onto a trailer following a collision with a gravel-laden lorry near Teluk Intan, Perak in which nine FRU personnel perished. – BERNAMAPIC