Stars are arriving at this year's #MetGala in New York, where the theme is "In America: An Anthology of Fashion," and the dress code is "gilded glamour, white tie"
Blake Lively, a co-chair of this year's #MetGala with husband Ryan Reynolds, unveils a costume change while ascending the stairs
New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives at the #MetGala wearing a jacket that says "End Gun Violence"
VIDEO: Stars arrive on the Met Gala red carpet, including Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, actress and singer Janelle Monae, Grammy award winner Jon Batiste and YouTuber Emma Chamberlain
VIDEO: US actress Blake Lively and US actor and husband Ryan Reynolds pose on the red carpet for 2022 Met Gala.
Hundreds of A-listers dressed to the theme of "gilded glamour" are gathering in New York for the annual extravaganza known as "the party of the year"
VIDEO: American actress Sarah Jessica Parker, American singer, songwriter and actress Alicia Keys and American politician Hillary Clinton arrive on the Met Gala red carpet
VIDEO: Celebrities pose on the red carpet of the Met Gala, including American singer Billie Eilish, American actor Jared Leto, American actress Jessica Chastain, American rapper and actress Awkwafina and American model Gigi Hadid
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A Russian-announced ceasefire was due to begin Thursday at the besieged steel plant in the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol, to allow civilians to flee even as its defenders vowed to fight to the end u.afp.com/wBDT
Graphic showing key developments in Ukraine as of May 5, 0700 GMT #AFPgraphic@AFP
#BREAKING Humanitarian corridors at Mariupol steel plant 'functioning': Kremlin
#BREAKING Real Madrid beat Manchester City after extra time to reach Champions League final #AFPSports#UCL
#UPDATE Karim Benzema scored an extra-time penalty as Real Madrid pulled off another astonishing comeback in the #ChampionsLeague to stun Manchester City, 3-1, and book a showdown with Liverpool in the final.
Here are three things we learned from the classic Champions League semi-final between Real Madrid and Manchester City, won by the Spanish side in extra time.
Wall Street was nervous on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve was set to make its biggest rate hike in more than two decades to crush inflation that has reached levels not seen since the 1980s u.afp.com/wBuK
#BREAKING US Fed raises key interest rate by half a percentage point to contain rising prices
#BREAKING Additional half-point interest rate increases are "on the table," Fed chief Powell says
Tears and relief, as Mariupol evacuees reach safety.
Civilians arrive by bus in the town of Zaporizhzhia after being evacuated from the besieged city of Mariupol, after a ceasefire allowed them to escape to Ukraine-controlled territory
VIDEO: Smoke rises above the Ukrainian city of Lviv after multiple Russian strikes.
"As a result of the rocket strike (on Lviv), two power substations were damaged. A part of the city doesn't have electricity," mayor Andriy Sadoviy says on Twitter
Ruins of war.
@AFP's Genya Savilov photographs damaged buildings in the Ukrainian city of Chernigiv, amid the Russian invasion.
Russia's withdrawal from Chernigiv after a month-long assault left behind a devastated city that will need massive aid and years of work to restore