An Air India Express Boeing 737 from Dubai overshot Mangalore airport’s hilltop runway and crashed into a gorge, killing 158 people.

The Cannes Film Festival gave its top prize, the Palme d’Or, to the mystical Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

The Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris was turned into a green space by farmers to highlight their financial plight.

Queen Elizabeth II performed the annual state opening of Parliament. The Queen’s speech set out the key measures the government hopes to implement in the coming parliamentary year.

Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle by artist Yinka Shonibare was unveiled as the new occupant of the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, London.

Celebrations took place in Argentina to mark the bicentenary of the revolt that led to independence from Spain.

Jamaican security forces fought with gunmen to take control of an alleged drug lord’s stronghold in the capital. They stormed the Tivoli Gardens area to search for Christopher "Dudus" Coke, who is wanted in the US.

As BP launched its "top kill" attempt to plug the leaking well 5,000ft (1,500m) under the Gulf of Mexico, heavy oil continued to wash ashore, damaging fragile wetlands and killing wildlife.

Hundreds of women turned out to greet Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Kim Cattrall and Cynthia Nixon when they arrived for the Sex And The City 2 UK premiere in London’s Leicester Square.

In Moscow Russian school graduates jump for joy in Red Square as they celebrated the last day of lessons.

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