Eurovision, royals and lots of nurses: week in pictures

Sweden's Mans Zelmerlow holds his trophy aloft after winning Eurovision.

Golf superstar Rory McIlroy takes a selfie with the cast of Riverdance. This might well be the most Irish photo ever taken.

As the mercury rises in Moscow, these polar bears struggle to cool off at Moscow Zoo.

Team Brunel secures first place in the Newport to Lisbon leg of the Volvo Ocean Race.

Barcelona FC's Xavi Hernandez is tossed into the air by his teammates after the team's La Liga match between against Deportivo La Coruna at Camp Nou.

Nursing students take part in an outdoor graduation examination China's Shaanxi province.

A young child in India pouring water on his head to cope with the heatwave that has claimed more than 1700 lives.

Iraqi army tanks roll through the desert en route to a mission to retake the Baiji oil refinery, north of Tikrit, from Islamic State.

An Iraqi soldier stands guard south of Baghdad.

A gay couple celebrates in Dublin after Ireland a successful referendum to legalise gay marriage.

Croatia's Mirjana Lucic-Baroni celebrates her victory over Simona Halep at the French Open.

The 'Mechanised Colour Assemblage' installation illuminates the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia during Sydney's Vivid Festival.

Dwight Howard of the Houston Rockets and Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors compete for the ball during game five of the Western Conference Finals in the NBA Playoffs.

Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, head to the Royal Gallery before the opening of the parliament in the UK's House of Lords.

A participant wearing a Homer Simpson mask wallows in the mud during Germany's traditional Dirty Pig Festival

Mike Collins, 69, carries a 27kg woolsack up the steep Gumstool Hill in Tetbury, England. The annual race, between two public houses, is thought to date back to when Tetbury was an important wool trading town and was an opportunity for young drovers to impress the local ladies.

Novice Buddhist monks wait to ride a roller coaster at the Everland amusement park in South Korea.

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