
Week in Pictures
The Week in Pictures: May 9 - 16
Cannes kicks off, a gray whale mystery, the Eiffel Tower turns 130 and more.

School shooting victim
Pallbearers watch as the hearse carrying the coffin of Kendrick Castillo leaves after his memorial service in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, on May 15.
Castillo died protecting classmates from a shooter at STEM School Highlands Ranch in suburban Denver.

Dramatic rescue
Border Patrol agent Brady Waikel rescues a 7-year-old boy from Honduras after he fell out of a makeshift raft while crossing the Rio Grande River near Eagle Pass, Texas, on May 10.


Preparing for the pope
Worshipers attend a service for Pope Francis' upcoming visit to Romania at the St. Joseph Cathedral in Bucharest on May 15.
The pope is scheduled to arrive in Romania at the end of May, 20 years after Pope John Paul II visited the former communist country.

Retro-chic hotel
Visitors sit in the cabin of "Connie," the 1958 Lockheed Constellation airplane restored as a cocktail lounge at the newly opened TWA Hotel at JFK Airport in New York on May 15.
The new 1960's themed hotel built inside the former Trans World Airlines terminal includes retail shops, restaurants, and a rooftop bar with runway views.


Candlelight procession
A man prays during a procession at the Fatima shrine in central Portugal on May 12.
Thousands of pilgrims converged to celebrate the anniversary of Fatima's miracle where three shepherd children claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary in May 1917.

Overwhelmed at the border
Migrants stand outside at a makeshift encampment at the U.S. Border Patrol McAllen Station in McAllen, Texas on May 15.
Photos taken on May 15 from a helicopter show adults and children outside the Border Patrol station sleeping on the ground and rigging up makeshift awnings with reflective blankets to shelter from the sun.

Gray whale mystery
A dead gray whale near Pacifica State Beach in California on May 15.
Dozens of gray whales have been found dead along the U.S. West Coast in recent weeks and some scientists believe the cause lies far to the north, in the heated-up Arctic waters off Alaska.




Alabama abortion bill
Abortion rights advocates protest in front of the Alabama State House as the state Senate votes on the strictest anti-abortion bill in the United States on May 14.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a near-total abortion ban bill designed to challenge more than 40 years of federal abortion protection under Roe v. Wade into law Wednesday.
The bill, which makes it a felony for a doctor to perform or attempt an abortion during any stage of pregnancy, was approved late Tuesday after a contentious floor debate.

South Sudan refugee
Elizabeth, a refugee from South Sudan, stands inside a transition camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on May 12.
A recent increase in fighting between South Sudanese government forces and rebel groups along the South Sudan and DRC border has cause thousands to seek refuge in DRC since the beginning of the year.



London sunrise
The sun rises behind The Shard and the financial district as a cyclist rides through Richmond Park in London on May 13.