this week in Pictures

Bloomberg’s Week in Pictures

Catalan separatist leaders emerge from jail to take their seats in Spain’s parliament; riots erupt in Jakarta following announcement of the official presidential vote tally; and the trade war between the U.S. and China heats up.

A visitor descends the Million Dollar Staircase at the New York State Capitol building in Albany, New York, on May 22. New York State moved a step closer to being able to hand President Donald Trump's state tax returns to Congress after the legislature approving a bill to create an exemption authorizing the state Commissioner of Taxation and Finance to share state tax returns upon request from several tax committees in Washington.