Maggio 01, 2016
1 A police officer yells at his colleagues during a clash with protesters when they tried to force their way closer to the gates of the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines, to mark the International Labor Day.
2 Some of the 33 lions rescued from circuses in Peru and Columbia fight after being released at their final destination at the Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary, outside Vaalwater in South Africa's northern Limpopo province.
3 Mercedes F1 driver Nico Rosberg of Germany celebrates a victory with team members after the Russian Grand Prix.
4 A clay pot full of water is thrown from a balcony during the Greek Orthodox Easter tradition of "Botides" on Holy Saturday marking the so-called "First Resurrection", on the island of Corfu, Greece, April 30, 2016.
5 Police stand in formation as they clash with protesters at a traditional May Day demonstration in Paris, France.
6 Kindergarten workers hit kitchenware and shout anti-government slogans during a protest demanding an increase in their monthly wages on the occasion of May Day in Chandigarh, India.
7 Orthodox Christian worshipper at the Tomb of Christ as the miracle of the Holy Fire occurs in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel, 30 April 2016.
8 Leicester City fans celebrate after their team scores against Manchester United while watching the game on a big screen, in Bangkok, Thailand.
9 Vehicles pass through a snow bound Zojila pass, 108 kilometers (67 miles) east of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 30 April 2016.
10 A mass gathering of guitarists attempt to beat the Guinness record for ensemble guitar playing in Wroclaw, Poland. According to media reports 7,356 musicians gathered in Wroclaw Market Square to play Jimi Hendrix's hit 'Hey Joe'.
11 Indian villagers take part in community fishing in Mayong village in Morigaon district of Assam state.
12 Several cars remain overturned after a CSX freight train derailed near a Metro stop in Washington, D.C.
13 Firemen stand by as pyres of ivory are set on fire in Nairobi National Park, Kenya, April 30, 2016.
Maggio 02, 2016
1 Two boys laughs at each other after shaving their heads during a service to celebrate Buddha's upcoming 2,560th birthday on May 14, at Jogye Temple in Seoul, South Korea.
2 People celebrate Clean Monday (or Wet Monday) in Lviv, western Ukraine. Clean Monday is a Ukrainian Christian tradition celebrated on the first day after Orthodox Easter.
3 American slackliner Heather Larsen crosses a high wire between two towers at the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem's Old City. Wearing a harness attached to the line, Larsen walked across a 35-meter span and then a 20-meter line inside the courtyard of the ancient museum of Jerusalem's Tower of David, named after the Biblical king.
4 A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man covers his face as an earthen pot with burning "Upale" (or dried cow dung cakes) on his head during a prayer ceremony at the Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain, India.
5 Cubans watch as the first U.S.-to-Cuba cruise ship glides into the port of Havana.
6 Newlywed couples attend a mass wedding ceremony in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China.
7 Scrapped vehicles covered with vegetation are seen in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China.
8 Police officers detain a protester during anti-capitalist protests following May Day marches in Seattle, Washington, USA, May 1, 2016.
9 A man walks away after drawing a spiral in exposed sand next to the River Thames during low tide, near the South Bank in London, Britain.
10 A woman dries fish near Ngapali beach in Thandwe township of Rakhine State, western Myanmar, May 1, 2016.
11 Workers select tulips on a field of the Spezialkulturen near Blumenberg, Germany.
12 A man feeds birds in St Jame's Park in London, Britain.
Maggio 03, 2016
1 A boy swims in a dirty pond on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India.
2 Shi'ite pilgrims carry a symbolic coffin at the holy Muslim Shi'ite shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim as pilgrims gather to commemorate his death at the northern neighborhood of Kadhimiyah in Baghdad, Iraq.
3 Brazilian canoeist Rubens Pompeu carries the Olympic flame during a tour through Paranoa lake in Brasilia, Brazil. The Olympic flame arrived to Brazil kicking off a three-month torch relay throughout the country that will finish at the Maracana stadium on Aug. 5, 2016, with the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
4 A man takes a selfie at the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Japan.
5 An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man harvests wheat ahead of the holiday of Shavuot, in a field outside the Israeli community of Mevo Horon.
6 A Kashmiri woman carries pottery items in a basket to sell in the market on the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir.
7 A Pakistani owner waits for customers for a horse ride at Clifton beach in Karachi.
8 A woman and her dogs stop and look at a store mannequin wearing a dog's head mask outside a fashion shop in Nice, France.
9 Singer-songwriter Katy Perry arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala (Met Gala) to celebrate the opening of "Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology" in the Manhattan borough of New York, May 2, 2016.
10 Two five-meter-tall Ultraman models are displayed in a shopping mall in Shanghai, China, as part of an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of Ultraman.
11 Workers decorate window on a high rise building of a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand.
Maggio 04, 2016
1 A tourist takes pictures of Buddha statues at a temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2 A member of the NATO parachute demonstration team lands during a change of command ceremony at NATO military headquarters in Mons, southern Belgium.
3 Farmers work in a field of blossoming tulips in Den Helder, northern Netherlands.
4 Afghan burqa-clad women sit after they received ration aid in Kandahar.
5 A woman passes by a mural in Beirut, Lebanon.
6 Italian pilgrims attend the weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City.
7 The 1,109-carat "Lesedi La Rona" diamond is displayed in a case at Sotheby's in the Manhattan borough of New York, USA.
8 Athlete Kamukaika Lappa of the Yawalapiti ethnic group takes part in the Olympic Flame torch relay in Brasilia, Brazil, May 3, 2016.
9 A woman with a physical disability is hoisted up a pedestrian bridge by fellow protesters during a rally demanding the government provide a monthly subsidy, in La Paz, Bolivia, May 3, 2016.
10 Sydney's central business district lights up after sunset as Australia's largest city experiences unseasonably warm temperatures.
11 People stand on balconies to watch a fashion show by German designer Karl Lagerfeld as part of his latest inter-seasonal Cruise collection for fashion house Chanel at the Paseo del Prado street in Havana, Cuba, May 3, 2016.
12 Models present creations by French fashion house Chanel in Havana, Cuba, May 3, 2016.
13 Britain's Kate, Duchess of Cambridge views one of the installations during a tour and official opening of the new Magic Garden at Hampton Court Palace in London.
14 A Star Wars fan, dressed as R2D2 robot, arrives during the annual Star Wars Day in Taipei, Taiwan.
Maggio 05, 2016
1 A horse is ridden to the track for a workout at Churchill Downs on in Louisville, Ky.
2 A representative of Britain's Conservative party sits outside a Polling Station in Barnes, south-west London.
3 A North Korean traffic police woman directs vehicles at a street junction while behind her the sidewalk is decorated with flags of the ruling party, the Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea.
4 Israelis stand still next to their cars as a siren sounds in memory of victims of the Holocaust in Tel Aviv, Israel.
5 Russian military helicopters fly over Ivan the Great bell-tower and Moscow's Kremlin during a general rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade which will take place at Moscow's Red Square on May 9 to celebrate 71 years after the victory in WWII in Moscow, Russia,
6 Villagers from various Indian states shout slogans during a protest demonstration to highlight the water shortage across the country in New Delhi, India.
7 The Viking Sea cruise ship is guided by tug boats along the River Thames towards Greenwhich Pier in east London ahead of its official naming ceremony later today.
8 Hanser Alberto #2 of the Texas Rangers blows a large bubble as it bursts during MLB game action against the Toronto Blue Jays on May 4, 2016 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
9 American reality-show star Kim Kardashian takes a selfie as she rides on a classic car next to her husband, rap singer Kanye West in Havana, Cuba on May 4, 2016.
10 Evacuees from the Fort McMurray wildfires look through donated goods and clothing at the "Bold Center" in Lac la Biche, Alberta, Canada.
11 A member of the Star Wars fan club, dressed as a Stormtrooper, talks to a girl outside a hospital's emergency ward during Star Wars Day celebrations in Monterrey, Mexico on May 4, 2016.
Maggio 06, 2016
1 Haitian students walk as they head to a security zone during an Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency drill in the city of Cap-Haitien. An estimated 4,500 people participated in the activities during the exercise.
2 Journalists look on as smoke rises from wildfires south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
3 New recruits of the Vatican's elite Swiss Guard stand in the courtyard prior to a swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican.
4 People walk by a poster showing a World War II-era photo of people listening to news, and installed in preparation for Victory Day celebration just off Red Square in Moscow. Victory Day commemorates the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
5 LED lights attached to pigeons leave light trails in the sky while they fly as part of the "Fly By Night" art installation by Duke Riley above the Brooklyn borough of New York, May 5, 2016.
6 A duck paddles past three dancers from The Australian Ballet, dressed in white swan tutus pose for photos on floating barge in Penrith Lake in Sydney. The Australian Ballet announced it will perform on an open-air stage on Lake Penrith in November.
7 A devotee washes himself at Matathirtha to commemorate his departed mother during Mother's Day in Kathmandu, Nepal.
8 Laborers thrash paddy crop in a field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India.
9 Chinese tourists taste Samgyetang, Korean traditional ginseng chicken soup, at a massive outdoor party in Seoul, South Korea.
10 An egret flaps its wings on a tree on the banks of river Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India. During this time of the year, hundreds of egrets build their nests in thickly populated trees along the Brahmaputra.
11 Kentucky Derby entrant Danzing Candy gets a bath after a workout at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 7.
12 Villagers take part in a ritual celebrating the pagan god Yurya and pray for plentiful future harvests in the village of Pogost, Belarus.
13 Members of the Prizma Ensemble wearing full solid-colored bodysuits take part in the 6th Jane's walk Jerusalem in Jerusalem, Israel.
14 A Lebanese fisherman casts his fishing pole from a rocky coastal area along the Beirut coastline. The coastline has been for thousands of years a vital source of sustenance for local residents, but privatization and pollution have now made it increasingly difficult to scrape by on catches from the Mediterranean Sea.
Maggio 08, 2016
1 A Filipino Muslim mother cuddles her baby as she checks her name and polling precinct a day before the country's presidential elections in the front-running presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte's hometown of Davao city in southern Philippines.
2 A handout picture provided by the Tzu Chi Foundation shows members of the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation celebrating the birthday of the Buddha in Hualien City, Taiwan.
3 Smoke and flames from the wildfires erupt behind a car on the highway near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, May 7, 2016.
4 The wildfires glow underneath the Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, May 7, 2016.
5 A burqa-clad mother and her daughter begs for alms on a road in Peshawar, Pakistan.
6 A competitor walks on tightrope during a performance in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, China, May 7, 2016.
7 Masked penitents hold their crosses as they arrive at Roncesvalles Church during spring "Romeria Cruceros de Arce", in northern Spain.
8 A woman sits with her child after migrants and refugees tried to open the border fence at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, April 7, 2016.
9 An aerial view shows buildings at a hydroelectric power station under construction are hit by landslide in Sanming, Fujian Province, China.
10 Mist covers meadows near Nesutychi village at sunrise, 140 kms (88 miles) west of Minsk, Belarus.
11 A flotilla of small water craft form a blockade preventing shipping access to Australia's largest coal port in Newcastle, north of Sydney.
12 A firework display is set off during the annual 'Rhein in Flammen' (Rhine in Flames) event in Bonn, Germany, 07 May 2016.
13 Pedestrians take over the Champs Elysees as part of a new program to ban traffic from the famous Paris avenue once a month. The initiative, for what is usually one of the busiest roads in the French capital, was launched by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and is aimed at reducing pollution in the city.
Maggio 09, 2016
1 Russian servicemen take part in the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in Moscow. Russia marks the 71st anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
2 Children enjoy a rocked themed merry-go-around during government organised visit for foreign reporters to the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang textile mill in Pyongyang, North Korea.
3 Britain's Prince Harry (L) and U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama take part in the opening ceremonies of the Invictus Games in Orlando, Florida, U.S., on May 8, 2016.
4 A Russian fan supports his team during the 2016 IIHF World Championship, Group A - Latvia vs Russia Ice Hockey game in Moscow.
5 Young Afghans trapped in Greece sit in front of the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple on the Athenian Acropolis.
6 The sun rises over the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J.
7 Belarusian cadets march past Brest Fortress monument during a Victory Day rally marking 71 years after the victory in WWII in the town of Brest, 360 kilometers (223 miles) southwest of Minsk, Belarus.
8 Boys, who are experiencing the lives of Buddhist monks by staying in a temple for two weeks as novice monks, look at a carousel at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea.
9 An American flag is silhouetted as the planet Mercury is seen, lower left quadrant, transiting across the face of the sun in Las Vegas, Nevada.
10 Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
11 A Bernie Sanders supporter wears a campaign sticker atop his campaign themed t-shirt during a campaign rally at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sanders is campaigning in New Jersey ahead of the state's primary on June 7.
Maggio 10, 2016
1 A two-week old pygmy hippopotamus undergoes a routine medical check in its enclosure in Szeged Nature Reserve southeast of Budapest, Hungary.
2 A Pakistani bride attends a mass wedding ceremony in Karachi, Pakistan.
3 Switzerland's Sascia Kraus performs during the Solo Free Synchronized Swimming final during the European Aquatics Championships at the London Aquatics Centre in London.
4 A Syrian woman cooks at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece.
5 Israeli scouts light torches during a Memorial Day ceremony commemorating fallen soldiers at the Mount Hertzl military cemetery in Jerusalem
6 An Estoril Praia soccer team fan cheers for his team in the beginning of a Portuguese First League Soccer match at António Coimbra da Mota Stadium, Estoril, Portugal.
7 A protestor uses a water gun to spray with colored paint on the Public Revenue Office building during an anti-government protest in downtown Skopje, Macedonia.
Maggio 11, 2016
1 A man looks at a memorial panel for the victims of the March 22 attacks at the entrance of the Maelbeek-Maalbeek subway station in Brussels, Belgium.
2 Participants of ''Bread Procession of the Saint'' take part in a ceremony to honor Domingo de La Calzada Saint (1019-1109), who helped poor people and pilgrims, in Santo Domingo de La Calzada, northern Spain.
3 Children with shaved heads watch rays at the Lotte World Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea. Ten children get to experience a monk's life for two weeks to celebrate Buddha's upcoming 2,560th birthday on May 14.
4 Firefighters extinguish a blaze at a burning storage hall at the Dong Xuan Center, a huge Asia market, in Berlin, Germany.
5 Indian father Mohinder Singh Gill, 79, and his wife Daljinder Kaur, 70, hold their newborn baby boy, Arman, at their home in Amritsar. Daljinder Kaur gave birth to a boy last month following two years of IVF treatment with her husband at a fertility clinic in the northern state of Haryana.
6 Fireworks explode over participants in a mass dance in the capital's main ceremonial square, a day after the ruling Workers' Party of Korea party wrapped up its first congress in 36 years, in Pyongyang, North Korea, May 10, 2016.
7 A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man lies on the thorns of a Babul tree to beg for alms on the banks of Shipra river during Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain, India.
8 Tokyo Fire Department special rescue unit members wear special anti-NBC (Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical weapons) suits during an anti-terrorism drill in preparation for the upcoming Group of Seven Ise-Shima Summit at Shima Kanko hotel in Shima, Mie Prefecture, central Japan.
9 Indian activists from the right-wing organization Hindu Sena perform Hindu fire rituals in support of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in New Delhi.
Maggio 12, 2016
1 An Aerial view of the winding L401 country road past rapeseed fields near Nienstedt close to Bad Muender am Deister, central Germany.
2 People stranded at Pakistan-Afghanistan borders, also known as the Durand Line, wait for its opening in Toorkham, Afghanistan. Hundreds of people from across the borders were stranded on either sides after talks between Pakistani and Afghan officials failed to follow a disagreement over the installation of barbed wire and putting up fences in Pakistani territory.
3 'Artful Tax Dodgers' flash mob including a protester wearing a mask of Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, sing and dance at the entrance to Lancaster House, where the Anti-Corruption summit is taking place in London.
4 Two dogs walk on the tarmac of a former U.S. military airbase in Frankfurt, Germany.
5 Student clash with riot police during a demonstration to demand changes in the education system in Santiago, Chile, May 11, 2016.
6 (L-R) British human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, U.S. actor George Clooney, actress Julia Roberts and director Jodie Foster arrive for the screening of 'Money Monster' during the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France.
7 LAPD officers (R) climb two fire ladders to reach a man on the historic KTLA radio tower in Hollywood, California, May 11, 2016. For nearly three hours the man clutched the trestles of the 160-foot (53 meters) tower located at the Sunset Bronson Studios before being safely returned to the ground. He was taken into police custody for mental evaluation.
8 A laborer loads metal scrap onto a truck in an industrial area in Mumbai, India.
9 The smoke plume (bottom) from large wildfires in and around Ft McMurray, Alberta, Canada is seen in a picture taken by NASA astronaut Jeff Williams from the International Space Station.
10 People visit the artwork titled Seven Magic Mountains by artist Ugo Rondinone near Jean, Nevada, USA.
11 People watch the lighting ceremony at the Colosseum in Rome to mark the 150th anniversary of relations between Japan and Italy, 11 May 2016,
12 A Kashmiri man sleeps in a boat on the algae-covered Anchar Lake in Srinagar, India.
Maggio 13, 2016
1 Kashmiri Muslim protesters throw stones at Indian security personnel during a protest in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir.
2 U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama is seen through Gabriel Dawe's Plexus A1 at the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC.
3 Children of the Aleijadinho Foundation practice with trampoline during celebrations for the arrival of the Olympic torch in Ouro Preto historic city in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
4 Two hostesses kiss Dutch cyclist Tom Dumoulin of Giant - Alpecin team as he bears the leader's pink jersey on the podium in the 7th stage of 99th Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy, from Sulmona to Foligno in Foligno, Italy.
5 TV personality Elena Lenina poses on the red carpet as she arrives for the screening of the film "Ma loute" (Slack Bay) in competition at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.
6 An helicopter throws water over a fire at a tire dump near a residential development in Sesena, south of Madrid, Spain.
7 A South Korean worker attaches name cards with wishes of Buddhist followers to lotus lanterns ahead of the Buddha's birthday at Jogye temple in Seoul.
8 A man takes picture of a Sound Of Power speaker in the shape of a bust of Donald Trump is displayed at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) Asia 2016 in Shanghai, China.
9 An Egyptian pigeon fancierreaches for his bird in the Darb Shulan district in Cairo, Egypt.
10 An Indian labourer carries a load through a busy street on a hot afternoon in New Delhi, India.
11 A Naga sadhu, or naked Hindu holy man, rests inside his tent during the month long Kumbh festival at Ujjain in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
12 A dressed up person attends a so-called "Victorian Picnic" during the Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT) festival in Leipzig, eastern Germany.
Maggio 15, 2016
1 Young Israeli children play in a water fountain on a hot day near the Tower of David in the Old City of Jerusalem.
2 Oliver Vogt of Norway carves a wooden figure during the chain saw carving World Championship in Dorfchemnitz, eastern Germany.
3 Ukraine's Jamala reacts on winning the Eurovision Song Contest final at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, May 14, 2016.
4 A man and a woman struggle to hold their umbrellas due to high wind and rain in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
5 Pilgrims from Hungary and the neighboring countries attend a mass during the traditional Roman Catholic Pentecostal festival in Sumuleu, or Csiksomlyo in Hungarian, near Mihaileni, Romania, May 14, 2016.
6 A woman walks across a blossoming field outside Almaty, Kazakhstan.
7 A holidaymaker barbeques under an umbrella during a rainy day at the lake in Ignalina region, some 106 km (66 miles) north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania.
8 A model slips on the runway while parading an outfit by Australian designer Toni Maticevski at Fashion Week Australia in Sydney.
9 Indian villagers catch fish in Goalpara district of Assam state, India.
10 A 8,000 square meter poster is pictured on the Plainpalais square in Geneva, Switzerland May 14, 2016.
Maggio 16, 2016
1 Katinka Hosszu of Hungary competes in one of the women's 200m Backstroke heats at the LEN European Aquatics Championships 2016 in London, Britain.
2 A Kenyan riot policeman repeatedly kicks a protester who tripped during a protest in downtown Nairobi. Police tear-gassed and beat opposition supporters during a demonstration to demand the disbandment of the electoral authority over alleged bias and corruption.
3 Pedestrians look at a new mural depicting Britain's Queen Elizabeth II that is spray-painted onto the external wall of a house in south-east London.
4 A Sadhu or Hindu holy man combs his beard after taking a dip in the waters of Shipra River during Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain, India.
5 Paramilitary policemen take part in a training exercise in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
6 A fisherman sits in his boat on a dried up pond in the drought-hit Kandal province, Cambodia.
7 Pilgrims gather around a statue of the Virgin Mary during a procession in the village of El Rocio, southern Spain.
8 A squirrel carries a walnut at the Schoenbrunn Palace Park, in Vienna, Austria.
9 Fisherman Joaquin Martinez walks on a beach blanketed with dead sardines in Tolten, Temuco, Chile, May 15, 2016. The government has declared an emergency zone along Chile's south as it deals with the algae bloom known as red tide, which kills fish with a toxin that paralyzes the central nervous system.
10 The nose of the Ukraine-built Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world's largest aircraft, is raised up after it touched down at Perth Airport, Australia, May 15, 2016. The six-engine aircraft, built to transport the Soviet space shuttle the Buran, is now used for cargo. It carried a large generator purchased by a Western Australian resources company to Perth.
Maggio 17, 2016
1 A handout photograph made available by the police in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, shows two endangered common marmosets seized from a South Korean smuggler.
2 A NASA super-pressure balloon is prepared for launch at Wanaka Airport on New Zealand's South Island in this image provided by NASA.
3 Party leader Julius Malema and members of his Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) clash with Parliamentary security as they are evicted from the chamber in Cape Town, South Africa.
4 People play on a flooded road after they were forced out of their homes in Biyagama, Sri Lanka.
5 The rings on the fingers of cast member Rossy De Palma are prominent as she attends a news conference for the film Julieta at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.
6 Participants watch virtual reality movie Born into Exile, about two pregnant women who are due to deliver in a Za'atari refugee camp, Jordan, during Women Deliver, a major women's health and rights conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
7 Protesters clash with riot police during a demonstration against labor law reforms in Paris, France.
8 A staff member walks past robots serving at a nursery home in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
9 Performers rehearse ahead of the First World Conference on Tourism for Development to be held this week in Beijing, China.
10 An astronaut took this broad, short-lens photograph of Earth’s night lights and Milky Way while looking out over the remote reaches of the central equatorial Pacific Ocean in this image acquired on August 9, 2015.
11 A gull rests on a driftwood on a pond at a forest near the village of Svisloch, 30 km (19 miles) east of Belarus capital Minsk.
Maggio 18, 2016
1 Members of the #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) campaign embrace each other in Abuja, Nigeria. A teenager kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago has been rescued, the first of more than 200 girls seized in a raid on their school in Chibok town to return from captivity in the insurgents' forest lair, officials said.
2 Sri Lanka Armed Forces personnel engage in a rescue operation at the landslide area where 16 people have been reported missing at Kalupahanawatte in Bulathkohupitiya, 97 kms from the capital, Colombo.
3 Britain's Queen Elizabeth is seen on a TV monitor as she delivers her speech during the opening of Parliament in the House of Lords, at the Palace of Westminster in London.
4 Policemen clash with demonstrators protesting against new emergency powers decreed this week by President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela.
5 An overloaded car travels through the Assaga refugee camp in Diffa near the Niger-Nigeria border, May 17, 2016.
6 Members of the honor guard stand at attention during a welcoming ceremony for visiting Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.
7 German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the European Astronaut Center of the European Space Agency, in Cologne.
8 A man tries to pull out a fire on a police car during during a demonstration against police violence and against a labor reform in Paris, France.
9 Chicks dyed red are up for sale at a small poultry market in Jakarta, Indonesia.
10 A paddle boarder makes his way to the water as the space shuttle fuel tank ET-94 arrives by barge for its eventual placement at the California Science Center in Marina del Rey, California, USA.
11 A life-size model of a diplodocus is on display in a park of prehistoric animal models at the Veszprem Zoo in Veszprem, 108 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary. Thirty models of various types of dinosaurs are displayed in the two-hectare park, home of the largest exhibition of prehistoric animals in the country.
12 A security guard walks around the Temple of Debod at sunset in Madrid, Spain, May 17, 2016.
13 The new E version of the Swedish JAS 39 Gripen multirole fighter is rolled out at the SAAB in Linkoping, Sweden.
14 The peloton is on the way during the 11th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race over 227km from Modena to Asolo, Italy.
Maggio 19, 2016
1 A Buddhist monk cleans the statue of Lord Buddha ahead of his birth anniversary, in a monastery in Bhopal, India.
2 Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari, second right, receives Amina Ali, the rescued Chibok school girl, at the Presidential palace in Abuja. The first Chibok teenager to escape from Boko Haram's Sambisa Forest stronghold was flown to the capital and met with the president, even though her freedom puts pressure on the government to do more to rescue 218 other missing girls.
3 French riot police officers detain a man during a demonstration against a labor law bill, in Paris.
4 A man covered in face paint waits to see U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders during a campaign event in Vallejo, California, May 18, 2016.
5 A two-kilometer long Neapolitan pizza — made to break a Guinness World Record for the longest pizza ever made — is seen stretching along the city waterfront, in Naples, Italy, May 18, 2016.
6 Board Director of Product Division for SoftBank Robotics Kazutaka Hasumi (R) performs with SoftBank's emotion-reading robot Pepper during a demonstration to show its compatibility with Google's Android software, at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.
7 A Belgian F16 fighter jet soars during a visit by Belgian King Philippe and Jordan's King Abdullah II, at Florennes Military Airbase in Florennes, Belgium, May 18, 2016.
8 Supporters of Trinamool Congress (TMC) celebrate after learning the initial poll results of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata, India.
9 Residential buildings are seen after rain in Huangshan, Anhui province, China.
Maggio 20, 2016
1 A model presents a creation from the fashion label Kakopieros during Australian Fashion week in Sydney.
2 Dancers dressed as Chinese gods perform during the inauguration ceremony of Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei.
3 Volunteers of the Azov Civil Corps hold flares during rally at the Ukrainian Parliament against holding local elections in the occupied eastern territories of Ukraine.
4 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova dances ‘Kalinka’, one of the most well-known Russian folk songs, during a reception for journalists at the ASEAN - Russia summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, May 19, 2016.
5 Prime Minister David Cameron with former Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell try to recreate for the media the famous Beatles album cover during their visit to Abbey Road recording studios in north London where they met with representatives of the creative industries to discuss a letter that called for the Britain to remain in the EU .
6 A poached de-horned rhinoceros, left to die by poachers, walks with bandage and stitches after being treated by South African veterinarians on a ranch in Bela Bela some 150 KM north of Johannesburg in Bela Bela district .
7 A collection of tear gas canisters thrown by Macedonian police (back, R) against refugees in Idomeni in April 2016 and antique tear bottles (back, L), used to collect the tears of mourners, an installation by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, are presented next to ancient Kouros figures (F) during his exhibition entitled 'Ai Weiwei at Cycladic' at Athens Cycladic Museum in Athens.
8 People walk in front of the Louvre Pyramid covered with a giant photograph of the museum by French artist and photographer JR, on May 19, 2016 in Paris.
9 Performers re-enact the 1947 massacre of Taiwanese intellectuals by mainland China's Nationalists troops during the inauguration ceremony of Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei.
10 A chariot carrying a golden urn makes its way during a procession in Oudong, Kandal province, northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Maggio 22, 2016
1 Lotus-shaped illuminated lanterns float during Vesak celebrations on Beira Lake in Colombo, Sri Lanka, to mark the birth, enlightenment and demise of Buddha.
2 A boy attempts to move a coin into his mouth during a celebration of the patron saint Santa Rita de Cascia in Baclaran, Paranaque city, metro Manila, Philippines.
3 Police cadets throw their white hats into the air after taking their oaths at the 56th Hesse Day in Herborn, Germany.
4 A horse moves along a muddy track after rain ahead of the 141st Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 21, 2016.
5 A cargo plane flies overhead as the last remaining space shuttle external propellant tank is moved across the 405 freeway in Los Angeles, California, USA, May 21, 2016. The ET-94 will be displayed with the retired space shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center.
6 A Bangladeshi boy carry empty bottles on a street in Dhaka, May 21, 2016.
7 A resident participates in the Zinneke Parade in Brussels, Belgium, 21 May 2016. Thousands of people took part in the biennial urban parade event that invites residents from the different neighborhoods of Brussels to participate in this social and artistic project.
8 People release lanterns to mark the Buddhist celebration of Vesak at Borobudur temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, May 21, 2016, in this photo taken by Antara Foto.
9 People carry Yemen's national flag during a ceremony marking the Reunification Day in Sana'a.
10 Moto2 rider Johann Zarco (Kalex), celebrates after winning the race as part of the Italian Moto Grand Prix at the racetrack in Mugello.
Maggio 23, 2016
1 A schoolgirl runs past a burning barricade in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, during a demonstration of opposition supporters protesting for a change of leadership ahead of next year's election.
2 People rappel from a bridge during a rescue training exercise in Chongqing, China, May 22, 2016.
3 Rare and protected wildlife products that have been confiscated, such as stuffed Sumatran tiger skins, are burned during a ceremony by government forestry and wildlife officials in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, in this photo taken by Antara Foto.
4 Britain's Queen Elizabeth is pictured through a gap in a floral exhibit by the New Covent Garden Flower Market at the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show in central London.
5 Fishermen are seen in polluted Guanabara Bay, where the Sailing competitions at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games will be held, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
6 Pink performs "Just Like Fire" at the 2016 Billboard Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, May 22, 2016.
7 Director Andrea Arnold (L), Jury Prize award winner for her film American Honey, reacts next to actress Sasha Lane (2ndL) during the closing ceremony of the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 22, 2016.
8 A worker walks through Mercedes cars at a shipping terminal in the harbor of Bremerhaven, Germany.
Maggio 24, 2016
1 People perform yoga at a tea plantation in Enshi, Hubei province, China.
2 Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa sings during a special ceremony at the National Assembly in Quito.
3 Iraqi federal police advance with Shi'ite fighters toward Falluja.
4 People dry fish on bamboo poles in Mumbai, India.
5 A three-day old female hippopotamus is seen with her mother in their enclosure at the Africarium in Zoo in Wroclaw, Poland.
6 A lightning bolt strikes over the German Chancellery in Berlin.
7 A farmer takes care of plants covered in volcanic ash in the Karo district, in North Sumatra province, after the eruption of Mount Sinabung, Indonesia.
8 Swiss mountain sports specialist Mammut created a new milestone in virtual mountaineering as two Nepalese Sherpa mountain guides Pemba Rinji Sherpa and Lakpa Sherpa, supported by Kusang Sherpa and Ang Kaji Sherpa, became the first men in the world to document the whole South route to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal with a 360°camera rig.
9 A boy collects metal and wire for recycling, at a dump site in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
10 A protester is targeted by a water cannon during clashes with riot police during a demonstration against new working regulations in Brussels, Belgium.
11 Refugees in the Mediterranean sea wait to be rescued by the crew of _Aquarius_, a former North Atlantic fisheries protection ship now used by humanitarian groups SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders), not far from the Libyan coast.
12 A U.S. M1A2 Abrams tank fires during a joint military exercise at Vaziani military base, outside Tbilisi, Georgia.
13 Refugees wait to be rescued during an operation at sea with the Aquarius, a former North Atlantic fisheries protection ship now used by humanitarians SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders), in the Mediterranean sea not far from the Libyan coast.
14 Barcelona soccer players and fans celebrate their last two title,s at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, May 23, 2016.
Maggio 25, 2016
1 This handout picture by the Italian Navy (Marina Militare) shows the shipwreck of an overcrowded boat of migrants off the Libyan coast. At least seven migrants have drowned after the overcrowded boat overturned, the Italian Navy said. Five hundred people were pulled to safety, but rescue operations were continuing and the death toll could rise, the navy said.
2 Activists, who typically entertain migrant children, greet migrants who are being evacuated from a camp near Idomeni, Greece.
3 A firefighter stands next to vehicles stuck in a chasm near Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy. A chasm measuring about 200 meters long and seven meters wide opened up in central Florence due to the rupture of a main water pipe, according to media reports.
4 A visitor to the Sydney Botanical Garden's inaugural contribution to the Vivid Sydney light festival takes a picture of the 'Cathedral of Light' during a preview of the annual interactive light installation and projection event around Sydney, Australia.
5 A bird hovers over her nest in the reeds on the lake near the village of Vyazyn, 65 km ( 40 miles ) north of the capital Minsk, Belarus.
6 A local woman reacts as she looks at her destroyed home after shelling in the pro-Russian rebel-controlled Staromykhaylivka village near Donetsk, Ukraine, 24 May 2016.
7 A giant display features a seated Buddha during the annual Vesak Buddhist Festival celebrations in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
8 South African school children from Chris Hani High dance during Africa Day celebrations at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town.
9 A tornado is seen South of Dodge City, Kansas, moving north of the city, May 24, 2016. About 30 tornadoes were reported in five different states from Michigan to Texas.
10 A staff member of the G-7 Network of Health-related NGOs in Japan adjusts cutout panels representing the leaders of the G7 countries as superheroes, at the G-7 NGO center in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
11 Plants growing in jeans are hung on the railings of a house in west London, Britain.
Maggio 26, 2016
1 Members of the 3rd U.S. Army Infantry Regiment known as the Old Guard prepare to place flags on every headstone of fallen soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, USA, ahead of Memorial Day.
2 Harvard graduates throw miniature globes in the air during Harvard University commencement ceremonies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
3 Lava flows during an eruption of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano on the French island of La Reunion.
4 Iraqi government forces fire an anti-tank cannon near al-Sejar village, northeast of Fallujah, as part of a major assault to retake the city from the Islamic State group, May 25, 2016.
5 A man walks his donkey and its load through the flooded streets of Beledweyne, north of Mogadishu, Somalia.
6 (L to R) Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Barack Obama, Japanes Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker participate in a tree-planting ceremony on the grounds at Ise-Jingu Shrine in the city of Ise in Mie prefecture on the first day of the G-7 leaders summit.
7 A light and music fountain in Vinnytsia, Ukraine
8 The damaged minaret of a mosque is seen in the rebel-held area of Deraa, Syria.
9 Actors perform on the beach in Dunkirk, France, during the filming of a scene for the film, Dunkirk.
10 A visitor walks past the painting "Various Flowers" by Pyotr Konchalovsky at the Museum of Russian Impressionism in Moscow, Russia.
11 A gallery assistant poses for a photograph with an art installation entitled "Chandelier of Grief", 2016, by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, at the Victoria Miro gallery in London.
12 Women in traditional costumes take part in the Eucharistic celebration on the occasion of the Feast of Corpus Christi in Appenzell, Switzerland.
13 Ferrari's Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen drives during the first practice session of the Monaco street circuit in Monaco, three days prior to the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix.
14 A worker checks a mask of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, at Jinhua Partytime Latex Art and Crafts factory in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China, May 25, 2016.
15 Fireworks explode around the Enchanted Storybook Castle at Shanghai Disneyland in Shanghai, China, 25 May 2016.
Maggio 27, 2016
1 U.S. President Barack Obama holds a baby during his visits at Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station, enroute to his Hiroshima trip in Iwakuni, Japan.
2 With the Washington Monument in the background, people visit the Vietnam Memorial in Washington on the start of the Memorial Day weekend.
3 An Iraqi girl drinks juice near al-Sejar village, in Iraq's Anbar province, after fleeing with her family the city of Fallujah during a major operation by Pro-government forces to retake the city of Fallujah, from the Islamic State (IS).
4 A woman looks through a window of rescue ship "Aquarius" as more the 380 migrants arrive in the port of Cagliari, Sardinia on May 26, 2016 two days after being rescued near the Libyan coasts.
5 A figure of a giant stands as revellers take part in the Patum in the Catalan village of Berga, Spain. The Patum of Berga is a popular festival whose origin can be traced to medieval festivities that is celebrated each year in the Catalan city of Berga during Corpus Christi.
6 Masked Kashmiri protesters throw stones towards Indian security personnel during a demonstration against the plan to resettle Hindus in the valley, according to local media, in Srinagar.
7 A U.S. park ranger looks towards the Statue of Liberty while in route to Ellis Island in New York City. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson visited the historic island to administer the oath of citizenship to immigrants from 39 countries.
8 U.S. Naval Academy graduates toss their hats in the air during graduation ceremonies at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
Maggio 29, 2016
1 Shi'ite fighters take a selfie while firing artillery towards Islamic State militants near Falluja, Iraq.
2 A huge banner promoting the minimum guaranteed income proposal ahead of its vote is seen near the Brandenburg gate in Berlin, Germany.
3 Thousands of motorcycle riders participating in the Rolling Thunder XXIX Ride For Freedom line up in the Pentagon parking lot before parading through Washington, DC, to raise awareness for American Prisoners of War and warriors currenly missing in action.
4 A Boy Scout salutes at the foot of a grave after volunteers placed flags at the Los Angeles National Cemetery, May 28, 2016, in preparation for Memorial Day.
5 A protester squirts a water gun at Catalan regional police in full riot gear during a protest over the eviction of squatters earlier in the week from "The Expropriated Bank", in Barcelona, Spain.
6 One of the 45 bodies of migrants whom were recovered by the Italian military ship Vega during its search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean sea, is being disembarked at the harbor of Reggio Calabria, Southern Italy.
7 Hail covers a road after heavy storms hit Eibenstock, Germany.
8 Player Sergio Ramos ties a Real Madrid flag around the neck of goddess Cibeles monument as the team arrives at Cibeles square after winning the Champions League final soccer match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, in Madrid, Spain.
9 Buildings of Wanda Mall in shapes of blue and white porcelain are seen in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China.
10 A wild horse herd runs near Duelmen, western Germany, during the Duelmen wild horse day, May 28, 2016.
11 A participant reacts as she runs through foam during the Love Foam Run race in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
12 Vehicles drive along the scenic Ou Kaapse Weg as seasonal fog covers the city in Cape Town, South Africa.
13 Festival-goers attend the music festival 'Rockavaria' in Munich, Germany.
Maggio 30, 2016
1 President Barack Obama speaks at the Memorial Amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery during a Memorial Day ceremony, in Arlington, Virginia.
2 Christian Jacobs, 5, of Hertford, North Carolina, dressed as a Marine, pauses at his father's gravestone, on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia.
3 A man walks through the American Military Cemetery in Falciani during a ceremony marking the U.S. Memorial Day, on the outskirts of Florence, Italy.
4 Newlyweds Tim Chambers, a U.S. Marine, and Lorraine Heist kiss as motorcycles drive past during the annual Rolling Thunder parade in Washington, D.C., May 29, 2016.
5 A fox cub and a dog playing in the garden of animal caretaker Reka Soter's house in Pomaz, Hungary, 29 May 2016.
6 A Sea-Watch humanitarian organization crew member holds a drowned migrant baby, during a rescue operation off the coasts of Libya. Survivor accounts have pushed to more than 700 the number of migrants feared dead in Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks over three days in the past week.
7 Syrian refugee children collect water at the Al-Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, near the border with Syria.
8 Cars and debris are seen in a flooded street in the town of Braunsbach, in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
9 Syrian civil defense volunteers help a boy out of the rubble following an attack, reportedly by Syrian government forces, in the Tariq al-Bab neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo.
10 Carlos Mario Oquendo of Colombia (2-L, up) falls alongside Jefferson Milano of Venezuela (2-R, bottom), during the finals of the elite men's World UCI BMX Championship in Medellin, Colombia, May 29, 2016.
11 Eula Ray of Hamilton, whose son is a curator for the zoo, reads a sympathy card beside a gorilla statue outside the Gorilla World exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 29, 2016. A special zoo response team shot and killed Harambe, a 17-year-old gorilla, that grabbed and dragged a 4-year-old boy who fell into the gorilla exhibit moat on May 28, 2016.
12 Competitors tumble down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a large wheel of Double Gloucester cheese, during an annual cheese-rolling competition near the village of Brockworth, Gloucester, in western England.
13 A model from the "Altyr" fashion theater, dressed in the Khakas national costume, climbs over a wooden fence during a photo session, as a part of the rehearsal for the Tun-Pairam traditional holiday (The Holiday of the First Milk) celebration at a museum preserve outside Kazanovka village near Abakan in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia.
Maggio 31, 2016
1 An Airbus A400M flies during the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) in Schoenefeld, Germany.
2 Indian police arrest activists from the Social Unity Centre of India (SUCI) organization as they block a road during a protest against a gang rape in Kolkata.
3 Afghan Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) play at a temporary shelter in Kabul.
4 Syrian Civil Defense members evacuate a toddler from the rubble of buildings destroyed following Russian air strikes on May 30, 2016, on the northwestern city of Idlib.
5 The Kirkwall Pipe Band play their instruments ahead of the National Commemoration of the centenary of the Battle of Jutland, at St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland.
6 A sedated tiger is stretchered as officials start moving tigers from Thailand's controversial Tiger Temple, a popular tourist destination which has come under fire in recent years over the welfare of its big cats in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok,
7 A soldier surrounded by smoke and dust sits on top of a Belarus army self-propelled artillery tank as they head to the rehearse for the Independence Day military parade in outskirts of Minsk.
8 Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko removes a poster with her portrait, from a rostrum at the Ukrainian Parliament in Kyiv.
9 This handout photo released by the World Surf League shows Courtney Conlogue in action during her quarter-final at the Fiji Women's Pro at Tavarua.
10 A dummy of a pig is placed by Kuomintang's legislators as they occupy the podium of the legislative chamber to block Premier Lin Chuan from delivering his first policy report, and oppose the imports of U.S. pork containing traces of the leanness-enhancing agent ractopamine at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan.
11 Local residents fill their empty containers with water from municipal corporation tanker on a hot summer day in Ahmedabad, India, May 30, 2016.
12 Students learn to perform a dragon dance in Chongqing, China, May 30, 2016.
13 A man takes a picture of the art installation 'Visitors' by artist Andre Tempel from Dresden at the Frommannsche Skulpturen garden in Jena, Germany.
