Maggio 01, 2015
1 A man shakes hands with a National Guard soldier outside City Hall in Baltimore, Maryland. State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby announced criminal charges Friday, against all six officers suspended after Freddie Gray suffered a fatal spinal injury in police custody.
2 A woman looks out of her damaged house following Saturday's earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal.
3 A child sits on steps at the Pashupathinath temple as funeral pyres burn six days after a massive earthquake struck Kathmandu, Nepal.
4 People wave a second Spanish Republic flag (C) and Communist flags during a May Day rally in Malaga, Spain. International Workers' Day, also known as Labor Day or May Day, commemorates the struggle of workers in industrialized countries in the 19th century for better working conditions.
5 Cars are set on fire by protesters during a rally against Expo 2015 in Milan, Italy. Italy opened the Expo on Friday, torn between hopes that the showcase of global culture and technology will cheer up a gloomy national mood and fears that it will be overshadowed by scandal, delays and street protests.
6 People throw smoke grenades during the annual Labor Day protest in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan. Thousands of people marched to demand higher wages and labor rights. The head banner reads: "shorten working hours; no overfatigue."
7 A man holds a Cuban flag after a May Day parade in Havana.
8 A man lies on the ground as Turkish police use a water cannon to disperse protestors during a May Day rally near Taksim Square in Istanbul.
9 Workers display a banner calling to "Save Mary Jane Veloso," a Filipina migrant convicted of drug smuggling, who is due to be executed in Indonesia and other anti-government banners while marching towards the presidential palace in Manila. Veloso, 30, was spared from the firing squad after officials in Manila asked Indonesian President Jokowi Widodo to allow her to give evidence to an investigation into the network that allegedly recruited her.
10 Fans watch a race before the 141th running of the Kentucky Oaks horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The famed Kentucky Derby race runs on Saturday.
11 The pavilion of United Arab Emirates is seen at Expo 2015 in Milan, Italy. Italy opened the Milan Expo on Friday among street protests.
12 Members of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Rhythm Section, with the Algiers Warriors and Golden Comanche Mardi Gras Indians, march in a second line parade at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana.
13 Belarussian children perform during the opening ceremony of the 31st European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Minsk, Belarus.
14 Palestinians dressed as clowns pose for a picture during an event for children organized by the Pink Panther group to mark the day of the Palestinian clown, at the seaport in Gaza City.
Maggio 03, 2015
1 A Buddhist monk takes part in the traditional "hi-watari", or fire-walking ritual, at Shiofune-kannonji temple in Ome City, Tokyo.
2 Visitors stroll through a garden with colorful azalea bushes in full bloom at Shiofune-kannonji temple in Ome City, Tokyo.
3 A sculptor makes a sand sculpture devoted to the WW II victory in Minsk. Belarus will celebrate the end of WW II on May 9.
4 A bird in a cage is hung on a branch along a roadside near the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
5 Russia's Aleksandra Soldatova performs in the individual final program at the 31st European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Minsk, Belarus.
6 People pose with a dog covered in color powder during the first color run called "Alwan LB" in Beirut.
7 Russia's Margarita Mamun performs in the individual final program at the 31st European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Minsk, Belarus.
8 The baby daughter of Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, sleeps as she is carried in a car seat from the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital, in London, Britain, May 2, 2015.
9 Flowers are placed at the memorial dedicated to Associated Press Television News producer Kerem Lawton, on World Press Freedom Day, in Vitina, Kosovo.
10 Floyd Mayweather, Jr. of the U.S. stands up on the ropes in his corner after defeating Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines in their welterweight WBO, WBC and WBA (Super) title fight in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 2, 2015.
11 An Emirati girl wears a traditional outfit, worn in her village by elderly women, during the al-Gharbia Watersports festival poses near al-Mirfa beach, outside Abu Dhabi, May 2, 2015.
12 Journalists with tape on their mouths gather on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, Bujumbura, Burundi.
13 A North Korean boy plays with a toy pistol as elderly people gather around a gazebo at the Moranbong, or Moran Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Maggio 04, 2015
1 Pedestrians pass before Storm Troopers at a toy shop in Tokyo. May 4th is called the "Star Wars Day" among Star Wars fans as the famous phrase "May the Force be with you" in the movie sounds like "May the 4th be with you."
2 A young Indian Buddhist monk opens the petals of a lotus flower as he sits with others while offering prayers on the occasion of Buddha Purnima in Bangalore, during the 2559th Buddha Jayanthi or birth celebrations of Buddha.
3 Men duck for cover as shots are fired in Bujumbura, Burundi.
4 A competitor goes down steps of an alley during the Favelas Mountain Bike circuit at Turano shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 3, 2015.
5 Nepalese Buddhists light incense sticks at the Boudhanath Stupa during Buddha Jayanti, or Buddha Purnima, festival in Kathmandu.
6 Israeli security forces scuffle with a demonstrater during a protest called by members of the Ethiopian community against alleged police brutality and institutionalized discrimination in Tel Aviv, May 03, 2015.
7 A group of 1000 customers receive a facial massage at a sports center in Jinan, Shandong province, China.
8 A member of Afghan security force inspects the site of a suicide attack in Kabul.
9 Wax statues at the Workhouse Prison Museum in Lorton, Virginia, show the 1917 force-feeding of Lucy Burns, an American suffragist and women's rights advocate who was on a hunger strike. (Photo by Diaa Bekheet)
10 A Chinese girl looks up while playing in a bed of blooming flowers at the Fragrant Hills Park in suburban Beijing.
11 A woman walks along the rows of small stone statues of "jizo" representing the unborn children at Zojoji Buddhist temple in Tokyo. Jizo, which is one of the most beloved figures of Japanese Buddhism, are believed to protect deceased children.
12 A worker of the recently closed Swan garments factory covers her face with a scarf to shelter herself from the sun as she participates in a protest outside the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Export Association (BGMEA) office in Dhaka.
Maggio 05, 2015
1 A protester wears a mask made from a leaf in the Cibitoke neighborhood of Bujumbura, Burundi. Protesters dismissed a constitutional court ruling that cleared President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a controversial third term, as the government offered to release activists if deadly demonstrations stopped.
2 Earthquake survivors search for their belongings from collapsed houses in Sankhu, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal.
3 Students protest against the Italian government’s “Good School” reform bill showing their hands colored with paint in front of the Democratic Party (PD) in Rome.
4 Airport officials look at the wreckage of a military transport aircraft destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes, at the Sanaa International Airport, in Yemen. A Saudi-led coalition continues to bomb Shiite rebels also known as Houthis and allied forces across the country.
5 Tourists make their way along the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. Britain will go to the polls in a national election on May 7.
6 Technician Pascal Duteil changes one of the sodium golden light bulbs on the Eiffel tower in Paris. The task to change and clean the 425 golden light bulbs starts today and is done every four years.
7 Military cadets rest on part of the WWII memorial sculpture as they prepare for a parade of military schools to celebrate Victory Day in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukraine marks Victory Day on May 9.
8 An Indian farmer holds a bow and an arrow as he attends a gathering near parliament for a protest against the Land Acquisition Bill, in New Delhi. Farmers protested against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s bill, calling it anti-farmer in a country where agriculture is the main livelihood for more than 60 percent of the 1.2 billion people.
9 An elderly man dances with a girl dressed in a military uniform during a street performance to commemorate veterans of World War II ahead of Victory Day in the center of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Russia will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II on May 9.
10 A visitor looks at "The Key in the Hand" a piece of art by Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota presented at Japan's pavilion during the 56th International Art Exhibition (Biennale d'Arte) titled "All the World’s Futures," in Venice, Italy.
11 Cistercian monks chant during a vesper at the chapel of the Abbey Stift Heiligenkreuz, Austria. The monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz launched a compact disc with ancient plainchants containing Old Testament texts sung by Jewish singer Timna Brauer and invited the media to visit the monastery.
12 A white peacock opens its plumage at the Nogeyama zoo in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo.
13 Members of Japan's avant-garde dance group "Dairakudakan" perform in Tokyo. Vacationers enjoy the Ginza Yanagi festival including street performances and dances by Geisha girls to mark Japan's week-long Golden Week holidays.
14 A man sunbathes on the banks of the Ada Ciganlija Lake in Belgrade, Serbia. Hot weather has set in with temperatures rising up to 32 Celsius (90 Fahrenheit) in Belgrade.
Maggio 06, 2015
1 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ruler of Dubai (C) takes part in a ceremony to unveil UAE's Mars Mission in Dubai.
2 Boys sit in a tree under a partly cloudy sky in an open field in Karachi, Pakistan.
3 People walk through the garden of Changgyeonggung Palace in Seoul.
4 A boy jumps into the Ganges river to cool himself off on a hot summer day in Kolkata, India. Temperature in Kolkata is expected to reach 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
5 A couple uses a smartphone as they wait for the start of a shadow play performance at Changgyeonggung Palace in Seoul.
6 A man drives the "Iris viseo", an electric surveillance vehicle with a telescopic cockpit designed and manufactured in France at the car park of a shopping center in Noyelles-Godault.
7 A Buddhist monk catches an aerial view of Kathmandu from the damaged Swayambhunath Stupa premises in Kathmandu, Nepal.
8 A woman sits underneath a sculpture at a financial district in Beijing, China, May 5, 2015.
9 A view of the Great Falls of the Potomac River on the Virginia side of the river, about 25 km upstream from Washington, D.C. (photo by Diaa Bekheet)
10 The unmanned SpaceX Crew Dragon lifts off from launch pad 40 during a Pad Abort Test at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
11 Fabio Fognini from Italy serves during his Madrid Open tennis tournament match against Grigor Dimitrov from Bulgaria in Madrid, Spain.
12 Kaydann Marshall runs through a park fountain in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 5, 2015.Temperatures rose past 80 degrees Fahrenheit for the second consecutive day as warmer weather settled into the region.
13 View of the Villarrica volcano, one of Chile's most active, picture taken from Pucon, some 800 km south of Santiago.
Maggio 07, 2015
1 School girls perform a song during an accordion class in Pyongyang, North Korea.
2 A man walks on a street filled with rocks and stones left behind by protesters who were dispersed by police in Soweto, South Africa.
3 The Gyalwang Drukpa, a Buddhist leader, blesses a mural of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland.
4 Southern Popular Resistance fighters react as one of their tanks fire at a Houthi position during fighting in Yemen's southern city of Aden.
5 A couple walk past an illuminated pagoda as the gate of the Gyeongbokgung Palace is reflected in water in Seoul, South Korea.
6 Portraits by contemporary artist JR, collected during the month of March 2014, are displayed under the dome of the Pantheon in Paris.
7 Russian navy sailors take part in a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia.
8 Britain's Prince Harry, left, talks with Australian war veteran Daphne Dunne during a visit to the Sydney Opera House in Sydney.
9 People look through rubble in an area damaged by severe weather on May 6, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
10 Luiz Fernadez, 15, poses with an image of Barcelona's Neymar shaved on his head before the Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match between Barcelona and Bayern Munich, at a barbershop run by hair artist and barber Nariko in Sao Vicente, near Santos, in Sao Paulo state, May 6, 2015.
Maggio 08, 2015
1 Refugees gather to watch the arrival of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres at the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. The camp currently houses some 350,000 people and for more than 20 years has been home to generations of Somalis who have fled their homeland wracked by conflicts. Kenya's government has asked UNHCR to close the camp after an attack on Kenya’s Garissa University by Somalia-based al-Shabab gunmen in April, whom are suspected to have planned and launched their attack from the camp.
2 A worker installs a wreath of poppies on top of the 102-meter Motherland Monument in Kyiv, Ukraine to mark the anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in WWII. Ukraine is for the first time this year marking two holidays for the victory anniversary, with a day of remembrance on May 8 and Victory Day on May 9.
3 World War II reenactors salute while the National Anthem plays during ceremony commemorating 70th Anniversary of VE Day at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
4 A family works to rebuild their damaged house in Lalitpur, Nepal. The April 25 earthquake killed thousands and injured many more as it flattened mountain villages and destroyed buildings and archaeological sites in Kathmandu.
5 A police officer keeps an eye on demonstrators as a water canon clears barricades in the Nyakabyga district of Bujumbura, Burundi. Days of deadly clashes have rocked Burundi since the ruling party nominated President Pierre Nkurunziza to stand for reelection on April 25 for a potential third term in office.
6 Supporters of religious parties rally to support the Saudi Arabian government in Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistani parliamentarians agreed to support Saudi Arabia in case of any threat to its territorial integrity. However, the legislators were not in favor of sending troops to Yemen to fight the Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, officials said.
7 Paperboard caskets are on display in front of the chancellery during protest of the civil society group 'Campact' against European refugee policy in Berlin, Germany. The main banner reads: 'European borders kill.'
8 A statue of the Buddha is seen in the Gangaramaya Buddhist Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
9 An aerial view of sailboats in Lake Starnberg where water is covered with pollen, near Starnberg, southern Germany.
10 The results of exit polls are projected on to the side of Broadcasting House, the headquarters of the BBC, after voting closed in Britain's general election, in central London.
11 A participant in the Mud Day event throws a bucket of mud at a friend during the Mud Day run in Beynes, west of Paris. Thousands of runners competed in a circuit of approximately 13 kilometers (8 miles) with over 20 obstacles, most of them set in mud.
12 An Egyptian family spends time at Al-Azhar Park, one of the bustling city's few public parks as the sun sets in Cairo, Egypt.
Maggio 10, 2015
1 Children cheer while watching a magic show at a Mother's Day-themed disco dance party for children in Beijing, China.
2 Novice exile Tibetan monks wait with ceremonial scarves to welcome their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama before he arrives to give a religious talk at the Gyuto Monastery in Dharmsala, India.
3 He Peiqi, lies as he poses for photographs next to a replica of Chongqing city that he made out of coins in Chongqing municipality, China.
4 Ethnic Rohingya women and children whose boats were washed ashore on Sumatra Island board a military truck to be taken to a temporary shelter in Seunuddon, Aceh province, Indonesia.
5 Earth’s cloudy nature is unmistakable in this global cloud fraction map, based on data collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite seen in this image released May 8, 2015 by NASA.
6 An Asiatic lion walks at its enclosure at the Kamala Nehru Zoological Garden in Ahmadabad, India.
7 Fireworks explode above Moscow's Red Square on May 9, 2015 during the Victory Day celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the 1945 victory over Nazi Germany.
8 Armed Yemeni children sit in the back of a pick up truck with fighters loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi in the Dar saad neighborhood of the southern Yemeni city of Aden as they continue to battle Shiite Huth.
9 A woman peels sugarcanes on a railway track to sell it to sugarcane juice vendors at a slum area in Kolkata, India.
10 Mothers bare their bellies with messages calling for the repeal of an ordinance banning childbirth at home in the Manila suburb of Quezon City, Philippines. Demonstrators on Mother's Day protested against the policy, which affects poor mothers giving birth under the care of informal midwives or herbalists and punishable with a fine of 5,000 pesos.
11 Residents along Manila Bay play in the waves created by nearby Typhoon Noul as it approaches the northern Philippines.
12 A child drives an electric toy car on a walkway connecting sections of the Floating Island, or Some Sevit in Seoul, South Korea.
13 Greek "Evzones" Presidential guards stand at attention during a weekly ceremony at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in front of the Parliament building in Athens.
14 A public bus crammed with commuters is seen on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt.
Maggio 11, 2015
1 A Palestinian boy plays amid the rubble of his familiy's former house which was destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants in the summer of 2014, in the Eastern Gaza City Shujaiya neighborhood.
2 A protester wears grass around his face to obscure his identity during a protest against President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term, in Bujumbura, Burundi.
3 An Afghan health worker administers the polio vaccine to a child during a campaign at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province. Polio, once a worldwide scourge, is endemic in just three countries now: Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.
4 A family of ducks crossing the street near Constitution Ave. in downtown Washington, D.C. (Diaa Bekheet/VOA)
5 A Nepalese woman carrying her child outside her house damaged in last month’s earthquake on the outskirts of Lalitpur, Nepal.
6 Smoke billows following an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition targeting an arms depot in the Mount Noqum area on the eastern outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen.
7 Pope Francis arrives for an audience with a group of children in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican.
8 A paratrooper of the 173rd Airborne Brigade comes in to land during an official opening ceremony of the joint U.S.-Georgian exercises named Noble Partner 2015 at the Vaziani training ground outside Tbilisi.
9 A pack of riders competes during the 177 km (109 mile) second stage of the 98th Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy ) cycling race from Albenga to Genoa, Italy, May 10, 2015.
10 A police officer with a bag depicting the image of US President Barack Obama, on patrol as protesters march through the Musaga district of Bujumbura in Burundi.
11 A girl walks past a destroyed mosque in the town of Mararaba, after the Nigerian military recaptured it from Boko Haram, in Adamawa state, May 10, 2015.
12 Children play as their mother collects water at a train station in Yangon, Myanmar.
13 A Jaysh al-Islam (Army of Islam) rebel fighter walks through a hole in the wall, a position which they said was taken from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad at the Tal-Kurdi frontline in the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus, May 10, 2015.
Maggio 12, 2015
1 People walk past a collapsed building after a fresh 7.3 earthquake struck, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
2 Internally displaced people with luggage ride in a van as they flee from an airstrike on an army weapons depot in Yemen's capital Sana'a.
3 A worker walks up a pile of sacks of rice at a warehouse of the Philippines National Food Authority in Manila.
4 The top half of Alberto Giacometti's "L'homme Au Doigt" (Pointing Man) sculpture is pictured at Christie's Auction House in the Manhattan borough of New York, May 11, 2015. The Giacometti sculpture set a world record price of $141.3 million.
5 A display of long-root plants that feed us at the National Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C. aims to educate visitors and field-trip students on how roots grow underground and feed the soil and billions of micro-organisms, May 09, 2015. (Diaa Bekheet/VOA)
6 Migrants believed to be Rohingya take their breakfast inside a shelter after being rescued from boats at Lhoksukon, in Indonesia's Aceh Province.
7 A child, believed to be Rohingya, eats inside a shelter after he was rescued along with hundreds of others on Sunday from boats in Lhoksukon, Indonesia's Aceh Province.
8 Yang Shijun, 45-year-old manager of a construction materials company, flies his homemade plane during a test run in Changchun, Jilin province, China, May 9, 2015.
9 An aerial view taken from a sea plane shows Swiss pilot and original Jetman Yves Rossy (f) and Vince Reffett flying over Dubai's Palm Island, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
10 Musician Kanye West (R) receives an honorary doctorate degree from School of the Art Institute of Chicago President Walter Massey during their annual commencement ceremony in Chicago, Illinois, May 11, 2015.
11 A kneeling monkey god statue of Hanuman is displayed at the Council of Ministers in Phnom Penh. Looted some 33 years ago from a Cambodian temple, the 10th century statue was returned during an official handover ceremony on Tuesday from the Cleveland Museum of Art in the U.S.
12 Alleged members of the Barrio 18 gang are detained by members of the National Civil Police during an operation in San Salvador, May 11, 2015.
13 Photo shows the result of heavy storms that triggered a flood in southwest China's Yunnan province; flood waters washed cars onto a wall, May 11, 2015.
Maggio 13, 2015
1 Britain's Prince Harry receives a "hongi", traditional Maori greeting, from a member of the Kairanga Kapa Haka group during a visit to Linton Military Camp in Linton, near Palmerston North, New Zealand.
2 Emergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly train derailment in Philadelphia. The Amtrak train, headed to New York City, derailed and crashed in Philadelphia, killing at least six people and injuring more than 200.
3 Paramilitary policemen jump during a training session in muddy water at a military base in Chuzhou, Anhui province, China.
4 Chavalit Chookajorn, permanent secretary of the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, dressed in a traditional costume, throws rice grains during the annual royal plowing ceremony in central Bangkok, Thailand. The ancient ceremony overseen by Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, marks the end of the dry season and is meant to herald an auspicious start for the rice-planting season.
5 A detained demonstrator cries during a protest against President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term in Bujumbura, Burundi.
6 Vehicles drive past walls of snow on the Zojila Pass road, about 110 kilometers (68 miles) north of Srinagar, India.
7 Faithful throw in the air a jersey and two hats as Pope Francis leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
8 An airstrike hits a military site controlled by the Houthi group in Yemen's capital Sana'a, May 12, 2015.
9 A butterfly sits on a flower in a garden in Pakistan's capital Islamabad.
10 A student of the Krasnoyarsk choreographic college prepares backstage before a dress rehearsal of a performance by graduates of the college at the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, May 12, 2015.
11 X-Files actor David Duchovny is joined by actress Gillian Anderson for a surprise performance of Neil Young's Helpless at The Cutting Room in New York, May 12, 2015. Duchovny performed songs from his debut album Hell Or Highwater.
12 Women cover themselves as they walk on the banks of the river Ganges during a dust storm in Allahabad, India, May 12, 2015.
13 Israeli socialite and TV host Hofit Golan poses as she arrives for the opening ceremony of the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southeastern France.
Maggio 14, 2015
1 A man drives a motor cart at dawn as he takes passengers into town from the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
2 A child has his head shaved by Buddhist monks during a ceremony entitled 'Children Becoming Buddhist Monks', at the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea.
3 Of course, it's "Learning by Moving" (Photo taken by Maung Maung Myint/Oslo, Norway)
4 Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah, with rider Jorge Alvarez aboard, gallops at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The Preakness Stakes horse race is scheduled to take place May 16.
5 Rohingya migrants pass food supplies dropped by a Thai army helicopter to others aboard a boat drifting in Thai waters off the southern island of Koh Lipe in the Andaman sea. A boat crammed with scores of Rohingya migrants - including many young children - was found drifting in Thai waters with passengers saying several people had died over the last few days.
6 An arson investigator talks on a two-way radio inside a gutted slipper factory in Valenzuela, Metro Manila, the Philippines. A fire at the factory killed 31 workers and dozens were missing and feared dead, officials said.
7 An egret feeds its young on a tree on the banks of the River Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India.
8 Israeli border policemen detain a wounded Palestinian protester who witnesses said was shot by the troops during clashes following a rally ahead of the Nakba day in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
9 Tourists from India take part in a pillow fight in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
10 A woman reads a holy book as she sits in the remains of a temple after the earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal.
11 Brazil's Corinthians fans cheer their team during Copa Libertadores soccer match against Paraguay's Guarani in Sao Paulo, May 13, 2015.
Maggio 15, 2015
1 US actresses Parker Posey (L) and Emma Stone pose during a photocall for the film "Irrational Man" at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southeastern France.
2 Models present creations by Belarusian studio Iteyra during the international festival A Mill of Fashion in Minsk, May 14, 2015.
3 A boy rides on a carabao during the annual Carabao Festival in Pulilan, Bulacan in northern Philippines, May 14, 2015.
4 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes a selfie using a cell phone with perfomers of the Taiji and Yoga event at the Temple of Heaven park in Beijing, China.
5 Students clash with riot police during a demonstration demanding that the government improve the quality of public education in Santiago, Chile, May 14, 2015.
6 British singer and former member of the band Spice Girls Geri Halliwell arrives for her wedding with Formula One motor racing business owner Christian Horner at St. Mary's Church at Woburn in southern England.
7 Britain's Prince Harry (L) exchanges a hongi (traditional Maori greeting) with a staff member at the Southern Cross Campus School in Auckland, New Zealand.
8 A woman carries an umbrella as she walks along "The alley of flying umbrellas" art installation in central St. Petersburg, Russia.
9 Skyscrapers Shanghai World Financial Center (R) and Jin Mao Tower are seen during heavy rain at the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, China.
10 Buyan, a 15-year-old male Siberian brown bear, plays with a tire inside an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
Maggio 17, 2015
1 Brazil's Filipe Toledo surfs to win the final of the World Surf League (WSL) Rio Pro championship in Rio de Janeiro. Toledo defeated Australia's Bede Durbidge and won the championship.
2 A woman raises a sign reading "resignation" during an anti-government demonstration in Skopje, Macedonia. Thousands of anti-government protesters rallied in Macedonia, demanding Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski resign over wire-tap revelations that have plunged the Balkan country into its worst political crisis since flirting with civil war in 2001.
3 U.S. forces and Afghan security inspect damages at the site of a suicide bombing attack near Kabul's international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near the airport, wounding at least 16 civilians.
4 Protesters raise placards during a rally at a baseball stadium in the prefectural capital Naha on Japan's southern island of Okinawa to oppose the transfer of a key U.S. military base within the prefecture, in this photo taken by Kyodo.
5 Smoke rises after what activists said was due to airstrikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Erbeen in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta.
6 Spanish Moto 3 rider Joreg Navarro falls down during the France Motorcycle Grand Prix race at the Bugatti race track in Le Mans, western France.
7 Ed Carpenter hits the wall in the second turn during practice before qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
8 Teenagers dressed in bridal white surrounded by flowers, take part in the pilgrimage "The Hundred Maidens", in Sorzano, northern Spain.
9 Lava flows out of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano as it erupts on the French island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean.
Maggio 18, 2015
1 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, holds 8-month-old Andrew Belz as he poses for photos with the children of U.S. troops and U.S. Embassy personnel at Collier Field House at Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, South Korea.
2 A three-story 'nail house', the last building in the area, with a Chinese national flag on its rooftop is seen in the middle of a newly-built road in Luoyang, Henan province, China. According to local media, the house owner did not agree with government's compensation plan for relocation and refused to move out.
3 Burundian refugees gather on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Kagunga village in Kigoma region in western Tanzania, as they wait for MV Liemba to transport them to Kigoma township, May 17, 2015.
4 Two men walk past pagodas at Ngwe Saung beach, Pathein township, about 145 miles from Yangon, Myanmar.
5 A disabled Palestinian passes by an artificial limb before the start of a local wheelchair basketball championship in Gaza City.
6 A rocket is fired during joint Jordan-U.S. maneuvers as they take part in the "Eager Lion" military exercises in Mudawwara, near the border with Saudi Arabia.
7 A model shows nail art during a hairstyling and make-up competition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
8 Hindu devotees gather on the banks of the River Ganges to take holy dips on the auspicious occasion of Somvati Amavasya in Haridwar, India.
9 Singer Taylor Swift poses with her awards for Top Artist, Billboard Chart Achievement Award, Top Female Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Digital Songs Artist, Top Streaming Song (Video) for "Shake it Off" and Top Billboard 200 Album for "1989" during the 2015 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 17, 2015.
10 A handout photo received from Red Bull shows Artem Silchenko of Russia diving from the 27.5-meter platform on the Saint Nicolas Tower during the second stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at La Rochelle, France.
Maggio 19, 2015
1 A police officer and a fire fighter help a child victim of an apartment building fire in Baku, Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani officials say 16 people have died and more than 50 have been injured in a fire at an apartment building in the captital Baku.
2 AVAAZ environmental activists wear masks depicting leaders of the member countries of the G7, (L-R) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Barack Obama, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a rally in front of the Brandenburg Gate near the venue where the Petersberg Climate Dialogue takes place in Berlin, Germany.
3 An Afghan security guard looks out of the window of Kabul Bank after a suicide car bombing attack in Kabul. A large suicide car bomb went off downtown, apparently targeting Justice Ministry employees and killing several people, an official said.
4 A paramedic holds a baby wrapped in a blanket as migrants arrive at Pozzallo's harbor near Ragusa, Sicily, Italy.
5 A girl bathes to cool herself off with water that is leaking from a broken pipe valve on a hot summer day on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, May 18, 2015.
6 A mockingbird (L) attacks a hawk sitting on a ledge of the White House in Washington, D.C.
7 People queue to receive food and aid after the Nepal earthquake at a relief camp in Kathmandu. Nearly 8,500 people have now been confirmed dead in the disaster, which destroyed more than half a million homes and left huge numbers of people without shelter.
8 Demonstrators show bullet casings in Bujumbura, Burundi. During a protest against Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza and his bid for a third term in office, police fire tear gas and beat protesters in a resurgence of unrest that has stoked fears of ethnic conflict in Africa's Great Lakes.
9 The Villarrica Volcano is seen partially covered by clouds at Pucon, Chile, May 18, 2015.
Maggio 20, 2015
1 A woman reads through names of fallen soldiers on a memorial for those who died in the decades-long conflict against the Tamil Tigers during National War Hero's Day in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2 A man uses a mobile phone while riding a camel through a traffic jam in downtown Cairo, Egypt.
3 A man travels down a flooded alley on a styrofoam board after heavy rainfall in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
4 An Iraqi Sunni displaced woman, carrying her child, flees the violence in the city of Ramadi, May 19, 2015. Iraqi security forces deployed tanks and artillery around Ramadi to confront Islamic State fighters who have captured the city in a major defeat for the Baghdad government and its Western backers.
5 SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule is seen docked to the Earth facing port of the International Space Stations's Harmony module. SpaceX’s sixth commercial resupply flight to the ISS launched on April 14 and arrived three days later. It will depart with over 3,100 pounds of research samples and equipment and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on May 21.
6 Students shout slogans during a protest demanding change in the education system, near the Senate headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
7 A rescued migrant weeps upon arrival Simpang Tiga, Aceh province, Indonesia. Hundreds of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants stranded at sea for months were rescued and taken to Indonesia, officials said.
8 The Indonesian navy scuttles foreign fishing vessels caught fishing illegally in Indonesian waters near Bitung, North Sulawesi. A total of 19 foreign boats from Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines and one from China were destroyed near Bitung as part of an ongoing crackdown by the Indonesian government on illegal fishing.
9 A koala feeds on eucalyptus leaves in its new enclosure at the Singapore Zoo.
10 Yeomen of the Guard march during a garden party on the grounds of Buckingham Palace in central London.
Maggio 21, 2015
1 Young novice Buddhist monks wait to ride a roller coaster as they visit the Everland amusement park during their training program entitled 'Children Becoming Buddhist Monks' in Yongin, south of Seoul, South Korea.
2 Shannon Day of Boston, a volunteer with Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund, replaces flags in the fund's flag garden on Boston Common in Boston, ahead of Memorial Day. Each of the approximately 37,000 flags represents a Massachusetts military member who died in service from the Revolutionary War to the present.
3 Pilgrims push a carriage as they cross the Quema River on their way to the shrine of El Rocio in Aznalcazar, southern Spain.
4 Farmers hold seedbeds of rice over their heads as they shout slogans during a rally to protest the government's planned rice imports for meals that they fear will lead to a fall in the price of the locally produced rice in Seoul, South Korea.
5 A member of the media stands on the Sky Portal, a 14-foot-wide disc that delivers high-def footage from the street below at the One World Observatory in New York.
6 People catch a fish with a traffic cone on a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Dongguan, Guangzhou province, China, May 20, 2015.
7 A destroyed tank in the Mastouma military base in Idlib, Syria, after the rebel fighters seized it, May 20, 2015
8 Uruguayans display pictures of their relatives who "disappeared" during the rule of the military regime (1973-1985), at an annual demonstration in Montevideo, May 20, 2015. Thousands of Uruguayans marched along 18 de Julio, the main avenue of the city, demanding to know about the more than 150 missing Uruguayans that they said were kidnapped by military forces.
9 A bystander looks at a part of a bronze statue of Lachit Borphukan, which is set to be installed in the middle of the River Brahmaputra in Guwahati, India. Lachit Borphukan was a commander in the Ahom kingdom known for his leadership in the 1671 Battle of Saraighat that thwarted the last major attempt by Mughal forces to extend their empire into Assam.
10 A man rides on his bicycle in front of a building covered with climbing, colored sculptures, named "flossies", made by artist Rosalie, at the media port in Düsseldorf, Germany.
11 William McConnaughey, 56, who drove from San Diego to help shovel oil off the beach, stands in an oil slick in bare feet along the coast of Refugio State Beach in Goleta, California, May 20, 2015. A pipeline ruptured along the scenic California coastline, spilling some 21,000 gallons (79,000 liters) of oil into the ocean and on beaches, a U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman said.
Maggio 22, 2015
1 A Rohingya migrant child, who recently arrived in Indonesia by boat, cries as a volunteer cuts his hair inside a temporary compound for refugees in Aceh Timur regency, Indonesia's Aceh Province.
The group was in Singapore as part of a series of vibrant arts and engagement programs celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and Singapore.
3 Students watch a presentation as they sit in cocoons representing a uterus during a visit to the "Gallery of Humankind: Our Evolution, Our Body" exhibition at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Brussels, Belgium.
4 A family member of a slain victim mourns after arriving at the Imam Ali mosque, the site of a suicide bomb attack in the village of al-Qadeeh in the eastern province of Gatif, Saudi Arabia.
5 A protester prepares to throw a stone at a policeman during a protest against Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza and his bid for a third term, Bujumbura, May 21, 2015.
6 Astana rider Fabio Aru of Italy, is all smiles as he receives kisses on the podium, wears the leader's pink jersey after the 147 Km ( 91 miles) 13th stage of the 98th Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) cycling race from Montecchio Maggiore to Jesolo, Italy, May 22, 2015.
7 A Palestinian boy rests on an old armchair in front of a dilapidated house in Gaza City.
8 A guest wearing fancy glasses poses on the red carpet as he arrives for the screening of the film, "The Assassin" (Nie yin niang), in competition at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, May 21, 2015.
9 A woman gathers dried stalks of sugarcane to fuel a fire to prepare jaggery on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India,.
10 Nina Sublatti, representing Georgia, performs the song 'Warrior' during a dress rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Austria's capital Vienna.
11 A rescued cat is pictured at the Animal Rescue Asis in San Rafael de Heredia, Costa Rica, May 21, 2015.
Maggio 24, 2015
1 Mans Zelmerlow representing Sweden celebrates kissing the trophy after winning the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Austria's capital Vienna.
2 Mans Zelmerlow representing Sweden performs the song 'Heroes' during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Austria's capital Vienna, May 23, 2015.
3 Yokozuna Hakuho of Mongolia (L) is pushed out by his compatriot and yokozuna rival Harumafuji (R) on the final day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, Japan.
4 This handout photograph released by the Nepal Army shows an area in Nepal's mountainous northwest Myagdi district affected by a landslide. The landslide sent mud and rocks tumbling into the Kali Gandaki river in Myagdi district, causing water levels to rise by 150 meters (490 feet), said a local official.
5 Luc Valvona sings as he plays the ukulele while sitting on a couch made of sand along the south bank of the River Thames in London, May 23, 2015.
6 Spectators in terraces watch drivers racing along Monaco's harbor at the Monaco street circuit in Monte-Carlo during the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix.
7 A couple dressed in costumes sit inside a hut during the 2015 Midburn festival in the Negev Desert near the Israeli kibbutz of Sde Boker.
8 A woman carries a fuschia plant on the final day of the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show in London, Britain, May 23, 2015.
9 A participant runs through colored powder as she takes part in the color run in Prague, Czech Republic, May 23, 2015.
Maggio 25, 2015
1 A man wearing a traditional firefighter costume performs acrobatic stunts atop a bamboo ladder following a memorial service for firefighters at Sensoji temple in Tokyo's downtown of Asakusa, Japan.
2 Hundreds of students of the school of nursing take part in an open-air examination at a playground of an vocational college in Baoji, Shaanxi province, China.
3 A soldier fires an AK-47 rifle during a protest against President Pierre Nkurunziza and his bid for a third term, in Bujumbura, Burundi.
4 Residents stand outside their homes as damaged cars are seen after a tornado hit the town of Ciudad Acuna, state of Coahuila, Mexico.
5 England's Ben Stokes is watched by Stuart Broad during the fifth day of the first Test match between England and New Zealand at Lord's cricket ground in London.
6 The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument aboard NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) images the solar atmosphere in multiple wavelengths to link changes in the surface to interior changes. The magnetic field can be readily visualized through the bright, thin strands that are called "coronal loops".
7 Pilgrims crowd around the Virgin of El Rocio during a procession around the shrine of El Rocio in Almonte, southern Spain.
8 A combination photo shows a newborn giraffe being attacked by a goose at Pairi Daiza wildlife park in Brugelette, Belgium.
9 Vickie Hunt sits next to the grave of her late husband, Vietnam veteran Cpl. Timothy Hunt, at Georgia National Cemetery on Memorial Day in Canton, Georgia, USA.
10 Robert Ritchie, left, and Nigel MacDonald, right, march with the St. Andrews Pipe Band of Miami during a Memorial Day event in North Miami Beach, Floria, USA.
11 A boy jumps into the Ranbir water canal to cool on a hot summer day in Jammu, India.
12 French "Rejoneadora" Lea Vicens is tossed by fighting bull Bohorquez during the Pentecost feria Bullfight in Nimes, southern France.
13 The Liver Building in Liverpool is illuminated during a light show as part of the 175th anniversary celebrations of the Cunard Line.
Maggio 26, 2015
1 Policemen use their shields during the demolition of an informal settler community in Manila, Philippines, to redevelop the area into a business district in a joint venture with a private firm. Some 500 families were affected by the demolition.
2 A masked opposition protester points a stick to which knives are tied with a cloth, in the direction of police in the Buyenzi district of the capital Bujumbura, Burundi. Demonstrators said they will continue until President Pierre Nkurunziza steps down at the end of his second term.
3 Hair stylist Caryn Mitman (L) and stylist Clare Galvin pose with the wax figure of British Prime Minister David Cameron at Madame Tussauds in central London.
4 A man walks along the Blanco River where sweeping floodwaters overturned vehicles and knocked down Cypress trees in Wimberley, Texas, USA.
5 Rescued baby iguanas are seen in a cardboard box in an office of the Ministry of Environment in San Jose, May 25, 2015. Officers from the national police force of Costa Rica rescued 81 iguanas that had been confined to a box at a hotel in San Jose.
6 A clown marches to celebrate the Peruvian clown day in Lima, Peru, May 25, 2015.
7 A fisherman collects spilled crude oil at the Pantai Teluk Penyu in Cilacap, Indonesia's Central Java province, May 25, 2015 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Damage to PT Pertamina crude oil unloading facility at 16 nautical miles south of Cilacap's shore caused 14,000 liters of crude oil to leak and pollute the coastal waters, according to Antara.
8 An art student lies on a giant canvas as she paints with her limbs at an exhibition of the faculty of the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China.
9 The Wolf volcano spews smoke and lava on Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park, May 25, 2015. (Photo provided by provided by the Galapagos National Park)
10 Christian Jacobs, 4, of Hertford, North Carolina, lies on the grave of his father, Christian James Jacob, during Memorial Day celebrations at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, May 25, 2015.
11 German chancellor Angela Merkel eats a pickled herring after the name giving ceremony for the fish trawler ROS 777 of the Warnemuender fishery in Sassnitz, eastern Germany.
12 A father and his children walk over the cracked soil of a 1.5 hectare dried up area in the Novaleta town in Cavite province, south of Manila, the Philippines.
13 A dinghy overcrowded with Afghan and other immigrants is towed by a Greek coast guard patrol boat into the port on the Greek island of Kos following a rescue operation in a part of the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece.
14 A man wearing a headpiece made of watermelon peel stands next to a watermelon sculpture during an annual watermelon festival in Daxing district, Beijing, China, May 25, 2015.
15 Colorado Rockies' third baseman Nolan Arenado falls into the stands after catching a foul ball off the bat of Cincinnati Reds' Zack Cozart during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, May 25, 2015. The Rockies won 5-4.
16 A participant of the traditional dirty pig festival wearing a Homer Spimpson mask wallows in a slough near Hergisdorf, Germany, May 25, 2015.
Maggio 27, 2015
1 Activists of the international campaigning and advocacy organization ONE installed balloons with portraits of the G7 heads of state in front of the Frauenkirche cathedral (Church of Our Lady) prior to the G7 Finance Ministers meeting in Dresden, Germany.
2 Members of a music band smoke cigarettes on a bench as they take a break, in Kunming, Yunnan province, China. China is set to raise the wholesale tax rate for cigarettes to 11 percent from 5 percent, the Ministry of Finance said in early May, in a move to deter smokers in the world's biggest maker and consumer of tobacco.
3 Indonesian policeman extinguish a burning effigy of a Buddhist monk during a protest in support of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar by hardline Muslim group Front Pembela Islam (FPI) or the Islamic Defender Front together with Forum Umat Islam (FUI) outside the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta.
4 A human jaw is photographed near an unmarked grave in Wang Burma at the Malaysia-Thailand border outside Wang Kelian, Malaysia, May 26, 2015.
5 An Iraqi vendor sells watermelon slices on a hot day in Baghdad.
6 Children play in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India.
7 The Spartacus statue installed in front of Spartak Moscow soccer club's Otkrytie Arena stadium which will host some 2018 World Cup matches in Moscow, Russia. FIFA was rocked by the massive U.S. federal corruption indictment against current and former top officials as well as the announcement of a separate investigation by Swiss authorities into allegations connected to the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
8 A Great Blue Heron spotted in the shallow fresh water of Lake Ridge, Virginia, USA. The 4-foot-tall lightweight bird (about 5 lbs) has a wingspan of about 6 feet, (Diaa Bekheet/VOA).
9 A Syrian refugee woman talks a 'selfie' picture as she walks on the beach after arriving on the Greek island of Kos with her family on a dinghy boat, after crossing part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece, May 26, 2015.
10 Chickens are hung on for sale at a stall in the Central Market in downtown Lima, May 26, 2015.
11 Traditonally dressed Australian Aboriginal performers hold gum-tree leaves as they dance on Sydney's Coogee Beach as they participate in a 'Corroboree' showcasing traditional dance during an event to mark National Reconciliation Week.
12 Britain's Queen Elizabeth proceeds through the Royal Gallery before the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords, at the Palace of Westminster in London.
13 Children play in a water fountain just outside Jerusalem's Old City. A heatwave settled over Israel with temperatures reaching near 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit), according to Israel's Metereological Service.
Maggio 28, 2015
1 Students graduating from the School of Law cheer as they receive their degrees during the 364th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
2 Graduating Air Force Academy cadets assemble in unison for their graduation ceremony for the class of 2015, at the U.S. Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
3 U.S. player Serena Williams celebrates after winning her match against Germany's Anna-Lena Friedsam during the women's second round of the Roland Garros 2015 French Tennis Open in Paris. Williams won the match 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.
4 Sophia Han, 14, of Tianjin, China, thinks how to spell her word "vermicide" during the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Maryland, USA.
5 An Indian policeman uses a baton to disperse a protest during a demonstration in Srinagar. Indian police detained dozens of protesting government employees in Srinagar as they attempted to reach the civil secretariat, which houses the office of Kashmir's chief minister and his colleagues, to demand their long pending arrears and a regularization of temporary jobs, according to protesters.
6 Simone Arrigoni of Italy attempts to set a free diving record, while being pushed by a dolphin, in Torvaianica near Rome, Italy.
7 Students take cover as a jet of water is released from a riot police water cannon during a demonstration to demand changes in the education system in Santiago, Chile.
8 New Orleans Saints safety Pierre Warren hits a pylon during an NFL football organized team activity in Metairie, Louisana, USA..
9 A damaged Eurofighter fighter jet is transported by truck on German highway 9 near Plech, southern Germany.
10 A Navajo man on a horse poses in front of the Merrick Butte in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah, USA.
11 French bullfighter Sebastian Castella is carried and greeted by supporters as he leaves the bullring after an extraordinary performance during a bullfight of the San Isidro fair in Madrid, Spain, May 27, 2015.
Maggio 29, 2015
1 A family sleeps on the roof of a house to beat the heat in New Delhi, India. In neighborhoods with irregular electric supply and sometimes to escape the heat that gets trapped in concrete houses people often sleep outside at night.
2 A man wearing a mask depicting FIFA President Sepp Blatter holding Swiss Francs is seen during a protest held in front of the Hallenstadium, where the 65th FIFA Congress took place in Zurich. Blatter was re-elected Friday to a fifth term amid global corruption investigations into the football governing body.
3 The remains of a dinghy, used by immigrants, is seen during a storm in Kos island, Greece. According to local media, an average of over 200 immigrants have arrived in Kos every day in the last two months.
4 Supporters of new Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, celebrate after his inauguration in Abuja. Nigerians celebrated their newly reinforced democracy, dancing and singing songs and praises of Buhari, the first candidate to beat a sitting president at the polls.
5 Visitors take photos at the newly opened One World Observatory in New York. Taking up parts of the 100th, 101st, and 102nd floor of the One World Trade Center building, the Observatory opened to the public Friday for the first time.
6 People file past a statue of B.B. King's guitar Lucille as they attend a public viewing of his coffin at the B.B. King Museum in Indianola, Mississippi. Known worldwide as "King of the Blues, King died May 14 at age 89 at his home in Las Vegas.
7 Volunteers collect fuel oil from rocks at the "Muelle Viejo" beach in Gran Canaria in Spain's Canary Islands. A Russian ship, carrying 1,409 tons of fuel oil, caught fire in Las Palmas port and authorities towed it out to sea where it sank offshore April 14 around 15 nautical miles south of Gran Canaria. The Development Ministry says they continue to take protective measures to avoid slicks spotted off beaches in the area.
8 The pack of riders climb during the 236 km 98th Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) cycling race from Gravellona Toce to Cervinia, Italy.
9 Students gather as a jet of water is released from a riot police vehicle during a demonstration to demand changes in the education system, in Santiago, Chile.
10 A street painting, suggesting a 3D portal, by German street artist called 1010, is seen near the Paris bypass, France. 1010 has similar spray paintings in different cities around the world.
11 An activist displays a poster witih a portrait of Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest demanding an end to the violence against ethnic Rohingyas in Rakhine State, outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Jakarta, Indonesia.
12 A woman poses for photographers behind a model of the The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, made with 10,000 Lego bricks in 90 hours, in Waterloo, Belgium. The exhibition, which used around 1 million Lego bricks, is being held as part of commemorations of the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo.
13 North Korean defectors wearing North Korean military uniforms dance in Gwanghwamun square during a 'unification expo' in central Seoul, South Korea. The expo aims to raise awareness about inter-Korean unification.
14 An Afghan youth flies a kite, a weekly Friday pastime, on the Nadir Khan hilltop overlooking Kabul.
Maggio 31, 2015
1 Dominika and Bartek Mieczkowski, A recently-married couple from Poland, embrace near grills covered with "love locks" on a walkway which leads to the Pont de Arts over the River Seine in Paris, France.
2 A girl cools off herself in the waters of the river Ganges on a hot summer morning in Allahabad, India.
3 This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image presents the Arches Cluster, the densest known star cluster in the Milky Way. It is located about 25 000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer), close to the heart of our galaxy, the Milky Way.
4 A Syrian man raeacts over the body of his son following reported shelling by rebel fighters in Aleppo's Jamilia district.
5 Umbrellas of various colors decorate a street near St. Sophia Cathedral to mark the Day of the City in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, May 30, 2015.
6 Haydar Ozay puts finishing touches on his artwork in Istanbul, Turkey. The artist unveiled a two-story-high mural featuring those killed in protests two years ago over an Istanbul park that spiralled into nationwide demonstrations against the leadership of Tayyip Erdogan.
7 Hunters rehearse before the 17th European Championship of Stag Callers in the forest of Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park near the village of Kamenyuki, southwest from Minsk, Belarus, May 30, 2015.
8 A boat carrying a ratatouille figure, made out of daffodil flowers, takes part in a parade at the Narzissenfest (Daffodil Festival) along Grundlsee lake in the village of Bad Aussee, Austria.
9 The wind pulls at the umbrella of a spectator as weather conditions suspended the fourth round match between France's Alize Cornet and Ukraine's Elina Svitolina at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France.
10 A baby held by a student sumo wrestler cries during the "Baby-cry Sumo" competition at the Sensoji temple in Tokyo, Japan, May 30, 2015.
11 People attend the Ducasse - Doudou folkloric festival in Mons, Belgium. The Doudou feast compromises two parts, a procession with the shrine of Waltrude and the fight between Saint George and the dragon.
12 A wild rabbit runs on the track during the qualifying session for the Italian Grand Prix at the Mugello circuit, Italy, May 30, 2015.
13 Participants of an anti-tobacco awareness campaign pose before the start of their event to mark "World No Tobacco Day" in Kolkata, India.
14 VFL Wolfsburg's Marcel Schaefer is showered with beer during celebrations after winning the German soccer Cup (DFB Pokal) in Wolfsburg, Germany.
