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The Week in Pictures: May 21-27, 2016 (25 images)

Exaggerator bests Nyquist at the Preakness, Obama makes history with a visit to Hiroshima, Jerusalem is bathed in color for the Festival of Light, and more.



Exaggerator jockey, Kent Desormeaux (right), is congratulated by second place finisher, Corey Lanerie atop Cherry Wine after he won the 141 running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 21, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland. An 11-horse field, including Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist, who came in third, competed for the second jewel of the Triple Crown. Photo by Pete Marovich/UPI
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U.S. President Barack Obama pauses after laying a wreath at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 27, 2016. Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima to pay respects to the 140,000 people killed by the world's first nuclear atomic bomb in 1945 that brought World War II to a close. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI
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In this series of photographs released by the Italian Navy, scores of migrants are seen clinging to the hull of a fishing boat as it made its way across the Mediterranean on May 25, 2016. Seven migrants were found dead while more than 500 were rescued during the operation. Photo courtesy Marina Militare Italiana


Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (L) and Clyde Chestnut "Champion" Barrow pose for a picture in 1932. FBI/UPI


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