A selection of some of the best pictures taken over the past week by Times of Malta photographers.

A G4S security officer at Mater Dei’s Hospital car park tries to prevent the photographer from taking photos of a car fire on May 13. The officers tore the photographer’s shirt, forcibly took his mobile phone and challenged him to a fight. Photo: Jason BorgA G4S security officer at Mater Dei’s Hospital car park tries to prevent the photographer from taking photos of a car fire on May 13. The officers tore the photographer’s shirt, forcibly took his mobile phone and challenged him to a fight. Photo: Jason Borg

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat hugs former MEP candidate Cyrus Engerer during a PL activity in Mqabba on May 9. Mr Engerer withdrew his candidature after he was found guilty by the courts of distributing pornography and was given a two-year suspended jail term. Photo: Jason BorgPrime Minister Joseph Muscat hugs former MEP candidate Cyrus Engerer during a PL activity in Mqabba on May 9. Mr Engerer withdrew his candidature after he was found guilty by the courts of distributing pornography and was given a two-year suspended jail term. Photo: Jason Borg

3874 Labour Party supporters applaud as Prime Minister Joseph Muscat greets the party’s new “soldier of steel” at a party activity in Mqabba on May 9. Cyrus Engerer was bestowed with the title after the court found him guilty of distributing pornography and gave him a two-year suspended jail term. Photo: Jason Borg3874 Labour Party supporters applaud as Prime Minister Joseph Muscat greets the party’s new “soldier of steel” at a party activity in Mqabba on May 9. Cyrus Engerer was bestowed with the title after the court found him guilty of distributing pornography and gave him a two-year suspended jail term. Photo: Jason Borg

Martin Schulz, the European Socialists’ candidate for President of the European Commission, wipes his brow after speaking at a Labour Party activity in Paola on May 10. Photo: Darrin Zammit LupiMartin Schulz, the European Socialists’ candidate for President of the European Commission, wipes his brow after speaking at a Labour Party activity in Paola on May 10. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat takes part in a joint press conference with Martin Schulz at Auberge de Castille on 10 May. Photo: Chris Sant FournierPrime Minister Joseph Muscat takes part in a joint press conference with Martin Schulz at Auberge de Castille on 10 May. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

Opposition leader Simon Busuttil greets supporters who turned up for a Nationalist Party activity in Rabat as part of the MEP election campaign on May 11. Photo: Jason BorgOpposition leader Simon Busuttil greets supporters who turned up for a Nationalist Party activity in Rabat as part of the MEP election campaign on May 11. Photo: Jason Borg

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat addresses a Labour Party activity in Xewxija, Gozo, on May 8. Photo: Mark Zammit CordinaPrime Minister Joseph Muscat addresses a Labour Party activity in Xewxija, Gozo, on May 8. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina

Labour Party supporters attend a party activity in Xewxija, Gozo, on May 8. Photo: Mark Zammit CordinaLabour Party supporters attend a party activity in Xewxija, Gozo, on May 8. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina

Labour Party employees invite Nationalist MPs Beppe Fenech Adami and Claudette Buttigieg to refreshments after they held a press conference outside the Labour headquarters in Hamrun on May 10. Photo: Darrin Zammit LupiLabour Party employees invite Nationalist MPs Beppe Fenech Adami and Claudette Buttigieg to refreshments after they held a press conference outside the Labour headquarters in Hamrun on May 10. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

An AFM rescuer signals to a helicopter before a young woman is airlifted after she was injured in a fall at Ghajn Tuffieha, in the area known as Tat-Tarag behind the old Riviera Martinique on May 11. The police said the woman, 21, broke a leg. Photo: Mark Zammit CordinaAn AFM rescuer signals to a helicopter before a young woman is airlifted after she was injured in a fall at Ghajn Tuffieha, in the area known as Tat-Tarag behind the old Riviera Martinique on May 11. The police said the woman, 21, broke a leg. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina

A young woman is airlifted to an AFM helicopter after she was injured in a fall at Ghajn Tuffieha, in the area known as Tat-Tarag behind the old Riviera Martinique on May 11. The police said the woman, 21, broke a leg. Photo: Mark Zammit CordinaA young woman is airlifted to an AFM helicopter after she was injured in a fall at Ghajn Tuffieha, in the area known as Tat-Tarag behind the old Riviera Martinique on May 11. The police said the woman, 21, broke a leg. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina

A young woman is airlifted to an AFM helicopter after she was injured in a fall at Ghajn Tuffieha, in the area known as Tat-Tarag behind the old Riviera Martinique on May 11. The police said the woman, 21, broke a leg. Photo: Mark Zammit CordinaA young woman is airlifted to an AFM helicopter after she was injured in a fall at Ghajn Tuffieha, in the area known as Tat-Tarag behind the old Riviera Martinique on May 11. The police said the woman, 21, broke a leg. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina

Civil Liberties Minister Helena Dalli and Swedish Integration Minister Erik Ullenhag take part in the Idaho 2014 forum at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta on May 13. Photo: Darrin Zammit LupiCivil Liberties Minister Helena Dalli and Swedish Integration Minister Erik Ullenhag take part in the Idaho 2014 forum at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta on May 13. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

Workers pick the dead flowers from colourful petunias and pansies before they are transported to Valletta from ELC in Attard on May 8. The plants were used in a display covering 400 square meters. Photo: Matthew MirabelliWorkers pick the dead flowers from colourful petunias and pansies before they are transported to Valletta from ELC in Attard on May 8. The plants were used in a display covering 400 square meters. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

A worker checks potted plants of colourful petunias and pansies before they are transported to Valletta from ELC in Attard on May 8. The plants were grown three months in advance so that they would bloom in time to be used for the Valletta Green Festival. Photo: Matthew MirabelliA worker checks potted plants of colourful petunias and pansies before they are transported to Valletta from ELC in Attard on May 8. The plants were grown three months in advance so that they would bloom in time to be used for the Valletta Green Festival. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

An ELC employee checks potted plants before they are transported to Valletta from ELC in Attard on May 8 to be used in a display covering 400 square meters. Photo: Matthew MirabelliAn ELC employee checks potted plants before they are transported to Valletta from ELC in Attard on May 8 to be used in a display covering 400 square meters. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

An ELC employee does the final checks on trays of colourful petunias and pansies before they are transported to Valletta to be used in the first Valletta Green Festival on May 8. Photo: Matthew MirabelliAn ELC employee does the final checks on trays of colourful petunias and pansies before they are transported to Valletta to be used in the first Valletta Green Festival on May 8. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

80,000 potted plants of colourful petunias and pansies are ready to be transported to Valletta from ELC in Attard on May 8 to be displayed in St George’s Square. The plants were arranged into the shape of a Maltese tile. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli80,000 potted plants of colourful petunias and pansies are ready to be transported to Valletta from ELC in Attard on May 8 to be displayed in St George’s Square. The plants were arranged into the shape of a Maltese tile. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

A 400-square-metre infiorata, a carpet of flowers made up of some 80,000 potted plants, is seen at St George's Square in Valletta on May 4. The Valletta 2018 Foundation held the first edition of the Valletta Green Festival, an event intended to raise environmental consciousness as part of Valletta's development toward becoming the European Capital of Culture in 2018. Photo: Darrin Zammit LupiA 400-square-metre infiorata, a carpet of flowers made up of some 80,000 potted plants, is seen at St George's Square in Valletta on May 4. The Valletta 2018 Foundation held the first edition of the Valletta Green Festival, an event intended to raise environmental consciousness as part of Valletta's development toward becoming the European Capital of Culture in 2018. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

A man takes pictures of a 400-square-metre infiorata, a carpet of flowers made up of some 80,000 potted plants, at St George's Square in Valletta on May 9. Photo: Darrin Zammit LupiA man takes pictures of a 400-square-metre infiorata, a carpet of flowers made up of some 80,000 potted plants, at St George's Square in Valletta on May 9. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

German national Petra Nemet, accompanied by a TV crew from German TV station RTL, turns up at her former partner’s Zabbar home demanding to see her son on May 10. In 2013, after Ms Nemet had abducted the child, the Maltese courts upheld a request by her former partner, granting him the care and custody of the child. Photo: Mark Zammit CordinaGerman national Petra Nemet, accompanied by a TV crew from German TV station RTL, turns up at her former partner’s Zabbar home demanding to see her son on May 10. In 2013, after Ms Nemet had abducted the child, the Maltese courts upheld a request by her former partner, granting him the care and custody of the child. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina

German national Petra Nemet is arrested by police officers after turning up at her former partner’s Zabbar home demanding to see her son on May 10. In 2013, after Ms Nemet had abducted the child, the Maltese courts upheld a request by her former partner, granting him the care and custody of the child. Photo: Mark Zammit CordinaGerman national Petra Nemet is arrested by police officers after turning up at her former partner’s Zabbar home demanding to see her son on May 10. In 2013, after Ms Nemet had abducted the child, the Maltese courts upheld a request by her former partner, granting him the care and custody of the child. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina

German national Petra Nemet is driven away by police officers after turning up at her former partner’s Zabbar home demanding to see her son on May 10. In 2013, after Ms Nemet had abducted the child, the Maltese courts upheld a request by her former partner, granting him the care and custody of the child. Photo: Mark Zammit CordinaGerman national Petra Nemet is driven away by police officers after turning up at her former partner’s Zabbar home demanding to see her son on May 10. In 2013, after Ms Nemet had abducted the child, the Maltese courts upheld a request by her former partner, granting him the care and custody of the child. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina

Claudio Grech, accompanied by PN deputy leader Mario De Marco and David Agius present a motion to Speaker Anglu Farrugia at the Palace in Valletta on May 13. The motion calls for patients stuck on a state hospital waiting list to be given an option to receive treatment in a private hospital in Malta. Photo: Matthew MirabelliClaudio Grech, accompanied by PN deputy leader Mario De Marco and David Agius present a motion to Speaker Anglu Farrugia at the Palace in Valletta on May 13. The motion calls for patients stuck on a state hospital waiting list to be given an option to receive treatment in a private hospital in Malta. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

A man was injured when his mechanical shovel overturned in Selmun on 14 May. The man had to be assisted out of the machine by members of the Civil Protection Department. Photo: Chris Sant FournierA man was injured when his mechanical shovel overturned in Selmun on 14 May. The man had to be assisted out of the machine by members of the Civil Protection Department. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

A resident of Funny Farm gets to know its new home after the horse-rescue organisation moved to abandoned stables at an old airfield in Siggiewi on May 13. Photo: Mark Zammit CordinaA resident of Funny Farm gets to know its new home after the horse-rescue organisation moved to abandoned stables at an old airfield in Siggiewi on May 13. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina

A beautiful corsair inspired yacht, Nero, graces the waters of the Grand Harbour on 12 May. Nero was built in China for a British owner in 2007. With a length of 90 meters, it is one of the largest classic yachts in the world. Photo: Chris Sant FournierA beautiful corsair inspired yacht, Nero, graces the waters of the Grand Harbour on 12 May. Nero was built in China for a British owner in 2007. With a length of 90 meters, it is one of the largest classic yachts in the world. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

Id-Dar tal-Kleru, Birkirkara opened its doors to visitors on May 11 to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The home for the clergy serves as a retreat house and residence for priests, especially elderly clergymen. Photo: Matthew MirabelliId-Dar tal-Kleru, Birkirkara opened its doors to visitors on May 11 to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The home for the clergy serves as a retreat house and residence for priests, especially elderly clergymen. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Two ladies enter Id-Dar tal-Kleru in Birkirkara during an open day on May 11. Photo: Matthew MirabelliTwo ladies enter Id-Dar tal-Kleru in Birkirkara during an open day on May 11. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

A dancer performs in the dress rehearsal of the contemporary dance production 'Bla Konfini/Borderless' by international choreographer and dance artist Mavin Khoo at Pjazza Teatru Rjal in Valletta on May 9, as part of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Malta’s accession to the European Union. Photo: Darrin Zammit LupiA dancer performs in the dress rehearsal of the contemporary dance production 'Bla Konfini/Borderless' by international choreographer and dance artist Mavin Khoo at Pjazza Teatru Rjal in Valletta on May 9, as part of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Malta’s accession to the European Union. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

Dancers perform in the dress rehearsal of the contemporary dance production 'Bla Konfini/Borderless' by international choreographer and dance artist Mavin Khoo at Pjazza Teatru Rjal in Valletta on May 9, as part of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Malta’s accession to the European Union. Photo: Darrin Zammit LupiDancers perform in the dress rehearsal of the contemporary dance production 'Bla Konfini/Borderless' by international choreographer and dance artist Mavin Khoo at Pjazza Teatru Rjal in Valletta on May 9, as part of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Malta’s accession to the European Union. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

Dancers perform in the dress rehearsal of the contemporary dance production 'Bla Konfini/Borderless' by international choreographer and dance artist Mavin Khoo at Pjazza Teatru Rjal in Valletta on May 9, as part of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Malta’s accession to the European Union. Photo: Darrin Zammit LupiDancers perform in the dress rehearsal of the contemporary dance production 'Bla Konfini/Borderless' by international choreographer and dance artist Mavin Khoo at Pjazza Teatru Rjal in Valletta on May 9, as part of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Malta’s accession to the European Union. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

A dancer performs in the dress rehearsal of the contemporary dance production 'Bla Konfini/Borderless' by international choreographer and dance artist Mavin Khoo at Pjazza Teatru Rjal in Valletta on May 9, as part of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Malta’s accession to the European Union. Photo: Darrin Zammit LupiA dancer performs in the dress rehearsal of the contemporary dance production 'Bla Konfini/Borderless' by international choreographer and dance artist Mavin Khoo at Pjazza Teatru Rjal in Valletta on May 9, as part of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Malta’s accession to the European Union. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

Players jump for the ball during the UEFA Under-17 European Championship match between Malta and England at the National Stadium in Ta’ Qali on 9 May. England won 3-0. Photo: Chris Sant FournierPlayers jump for the ball during the UEFA Under-17 European Championship match between Malta and England at the National Stadium in Ta’ Qali on 9 May. England won 3-0. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

Malta’s Kai Dowling (right) reacts after a British player tried to obstruct his penalty shoot during their European U-19 Championship waterpolo match at the National Pool in Msida on May 8. Malta and Great Britain drew 6-6. Photo: Darrin Zammit LupiMalta’s Kai Dowling (right) reacts after a British player tried to obstruct his penalty shoot during their European U-19 Championship waterpolo match at the National Pool in Msida on May 8. Malta and Great Britain drew 6-6. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

A Greek national team player holds his hands above the water during the U19 European Junior Championship qualification tournament at the National Pool, Tal Qroqq on May 11. Photo: Matthew MirabelliA Greek national team player holds his hands above the water during the U19 European Junior Championship qualification tournament at the National Pool, Tal Qroqq on May 11. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

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