News in Pics, May 19: Best photos from around world

Sri Lanka is in the throes of its worst-ever economic crisis with its 22 million people enduring severe hardships to secure food, fuel and medicines while facing record inflation and lengthy power blackouts. Credit: AFP Photo

A field of potatoes is irrigated after the authorities announced a drought risk for the summer, in Havrincourt, France. Credit: Reuters Photo

People visit a makeshift memorial set up outside the Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York. A gunman opened fire at the store on Saturday, killing 10 people and wounding three others. Police say it's being investigated as a racially motivated hate crime. Credit: AFP Photo

Protests have been organized intermittently outside the homes of justices who signed onto a draft opinion that would overturn the landmark Roe v Wade decision, which made abortion legal across the US. Credit: AFP Photo

Residents line up for nucleic acid tests on a street during lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease pandemic, in Shanghai, China. Credit: Reuters Photo