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Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A girl blows soap bubbles during a soap bubble festival Dreamflash in Moscow on May 18, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER UTKIN
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Indian men sleep on wooden boats tied together and moored to one of the ghats on the Ganges river in Varanasi in May 18, 2014. The Ganges river is considered sacred in the Hindu religion and is revered as a goddess. AFP PHOTO/ROBERTO SCHMIDT
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A woman holds a sign to call for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants on May 19, 2014 during a sit-in organised by Human Rights organisations in Abidjan. The "#bringbackourgirls" slogan has become a huge global phenomenon following the abductions, albeit controversial, as world and opinion leaders get involved under its banner on social media to aggitate for the release of the girl-students by the islamist militants who continued their rampage by razing two schools in Bauchi state, northern Nigeria, where Boko Haram gunmen previously attacked a girls' school. AFP PHOTO/ SIA KAMBOU
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Canadian actress Sarah Gadon poses during a photocall for the film "Maps to the Stars" at the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A Palestinian youth points a small toy handgun towards Israeli soldiers during clashes in Kafr Aqab, following an Israeli army incursion into the town near the West Bank city of Ramallah in which several youth were reportedly injured on May 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Malawian workers prepare tobacco leaves to be packed and stored ahead of an auction at a tobacco farm on May 20, 2014 in Zomba Municipality, Malawi. Tobacco production in Malawi is one of the nation's largest sources of income. As of 2005, Malawi was the 12th largest producer of tobacco leaves and the 7th largest global supporter of tobacco leaves. Malawians will go to the polls for the tripartite elections on the 20th of May. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Israeli soldiers of the Ultra-Orthodox battalion "Netzah Yehuda" take part in their annual unit training in the Israeli annexed Golan Heights, near the Syrian border on May 19, 2014. The Netzah Yehuda Battalion is a battalion in the Kfir Brigade of the Israel military which was created to allow religious Israelis to serve in the army in an atmosphere respecting their religious convictions. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Britain's Prince Harry visits Cassino's Commonwealth War Cemetery after a ceremony on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the WWII's Monte Cassino battle, on May 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO POOL / CIRO FUSCO
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A security person struggles with an umbrella as Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) walks out of a plane upon arriving for the fourth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) held in Shanghai on May 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / Ng Han Guan / Pool
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A Navajo man on a horse poses for tourists in front of the Merrick Butte in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal park, Utah, on May 12, 2014. Monument Valley has been featured in many Westerns since the 1930s, including director John Ford's best-known movies and has become the epitome of the American West. AFP PHOTO/MLADEN ANTONOV
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Kashmiri muslim women carry fodder for cattle near a gunbattle between Indian army soldiers and suspected armed rebels at Chadoora, on the outskirts of Srinagar on May 19, 2014. An Indian army soldier was killed and three others injured in an encounter with suspected rebels, an official said. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Aerial view shows the flooded town of Obrenovac, 40 kilometers west of Belgrade, on May 19, 2014. The Balkans braced for more misery as the death toll from the worst floods in a century rose to 47 and rising waters forced thousands more to flee their homes. Muddy waters from the Sava River have submerged houses, churches, mosques and roads in Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia after record rainfall wreaked havoc across the central European region. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO / ALEXA STANKOVIC
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
An officer checks the line of the Swiss honor guard prior to the arrival of Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on May 20, 2014 in Bern. Napolitano is on a two day state visit to Switzerland. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
World War II veterans Geoffrey Pattison (L) and Ronald Knight speak aboard HMS Belfast in central London, on May 20, 2014, during an event to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day. HMS Belfast was one of the first ships to open fire on German positions at 5.27am on June 6, 1944, and is one of only three remaining vessels in the world to have taken part in the bombardment fleet to support the Normandy Landings. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A steel worker attends a peace rally in "Azov steel" iron and steel works in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on May 20, 2014. Ukraine's richest man Rinat Akhmetov, an influential force in the country's unrest-hit east, on Tuesday called for a peace rally against the pro-Russian insurgency, just days ahead of a key presidential poll. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Kenyan riot police question students inside Nairobi University on May 20, 2014. The students were demonstrating against a controversial fee increment which ended in a riot with tear gas fired and riot police forcing their way inside the university to arrest students after rocks were thrown. AFP PHOTO/Carl de Souza
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Brazilian gospel singer and pastor Fernanda Brum, sings during the shooting of her music video clip at a road decolated for the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
US President Barack Obama (R) kisses First Lady Michelle Obama as he makes a surprise visit to the White House Talent Show, an event sponsored by The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH), at the White House in Washington, DC, May 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / Jim WATSON
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Cardinals and bishops protect themselves from the sun with umbrellas during the weekly general audience at St Peter's square on May 21, 2014 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A member of the Economic Freedom Fighters(EFF) take a photo of herself in front of the South African parliament before for the first session of the newly elected South African parliament, after the May 7 general elections, on May 21, 2014, in Cape Town. At this session MP's will be sworn in and a new president nominated. 25 EFF members were voted into parliament. The EFF members are mostly dressed in red overalls or maid's outfits to show solidarity with the workers. The EFF, known for it's radical statements, has declared, if it rules the country, will nationalise mines, and expropriate land without compensation, for the benefit of the poor. AFP PHOTO/ RODGER BOSCH
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Elephants are pictured on May 21, 2014 in their outdoor enclosure at the zoo in Magdeburg. AFP PHOTO / DPA /JENS WOLF GERMANY OUT
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A member of the Iraqi security forces stands outise a burnt house during fighting with anti-government fighters on May 21, 2014 in the city of Ramadi, west of the capital Baghdad in the Anbar province. For more than four months, anti-government fighters have held control over Fallujah, which lies just a short drive from Baghdad, and shifting parts of Anbar provincial capital Ramadi. AFP PHOTO / AZHAR SHALLAL
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A Palestinian boy helps his father to harvest corn to sell it at a market in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 21, 2014. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A man wearing a breathing mask takes part in a demonstration against the agreement between Argentine state-owned oil company YPF and US Chevron, in Buenos Aires on May 21, 2014. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO / JUAN MABROMATA
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A boy leans on a mural with the portraits of famous football players at Tavares Bastos shatytown (favela) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 21, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Maasai elder Jeremiah Saitabao talks with students during a tutorial for younger Maasai men at Suswa caves on May 22, 2014. Suswa is a sacred place for the Maasai community and is made up of an extinct volcano and cave systems . Maasai in Kenya believe that the inner crater is god's dwelling place. Maasai pray in the caves during ceremonies and for the sick, sometimes using burning olive tree branches if they do not have modern torches. Jeremiah now teaches Maasai youth about the area and traditions in the hope that they will keep practices, which alive. The spread of christianity and modern practices has changed maasai traditions like sacrifice of livestock. Suswa is not on the typical tourist trail and as such has suffered even more after recent insecurity in the country forced many International countries to issue travel advisories against parts of Kenya. AFP PHOTO/Carl de Souza
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A protester runs away as Turkish riot police use water cannons to disperse protesters during a demonstration against the recent mine accident in Soma, on May 22, 2014, in the Okmeydani district of Istanbul. One man was injured when Turkish riot police today fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse a group of Istanbul protesters hurling Molotov cocktails and stones. Tensions are high in Turkey with the approach of the first anniversary of deadly nationwide anti-government protests and in the wake of an unprecedented mine disaster that claimed 301 lives last week. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A man rides a bicycle as Ukrainian army soldiers stand guard atop Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) vehicles in the eastern Ukrainian town of Volnovakha on May 22, 2014. Rebels firing mortar shells and grenades killed 14 Ukrainian soldiers today, the blackest day for the military in its fight against a pro-Russian insurgency, dramatically heightening tensions just three days before a crunch election. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A picture taken with a tilt and shift lens shows French President Francois Hollande (L) waving his hand as he leaves after attending a military award ceremony on May 22, 2014 in the courtyard of the Invalides in Paris. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Victims of a bombing lie on a street near the site where attackers ploughed two vehicles into a market and threw explosives, killing at least 31 people, in Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang region on May 22, 2014. More than 90 people were also wounded when two off-road vehicles drove into a crowd in Urumqi, with one of them exploding, the regional government's Tianshan web portal said, in what authorities called the latest "severe terrorist incident" to hit the Muslim Uighur homeland. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO/STR
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
The players of the Afghan national wheelchair basketball team enjoy sunset at the Lido Degli Scacchi Cormacchio, near Bologna on May 21, 2014, on the eve of their match against the Italian national team. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO / MASSIMO PAOLONE
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man walks in an alley near the Cenacle, or Upper Room on Mount Zion just outside the Old City of Jerusalem on May 22, 2014. For Christians, it is the place where Jesus ate the Last Supper with his disciples before he was crucified. It is also the place where his followers were baptised by the Holy Spirit during the Feast of Weeks, known to Christians as Pentecost. Under Israeli law, Christians are only permitted to pray there twice a year. The site is on the upper floor of a building which is also considered holy to Jews and Muslims. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A private security guard takes part in a protest along a street after 22 days on strike, in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 22, 2014, Brazil. As the World Cup clock ticks down, Brazil has also faced a new flare-up of protests against the more than $11 billion being spent on the tournament, which demonstrators say would have been better used on education, health care and transport. AFP PHOTO/CHRISTOPHE SIMON
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Lawyers and students protest in Caracas on May 21, 2014. At least 18 public and private universities in Venezuela began on Thursday a 24-hour strike to demand the release of more than a hundred students arrested during the three months of anti-government protests, which left 42 dead. AFP PHOTO/JUAN BARRETO
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
An Indian Nihang - religious Sikh warrior - shows off his skills in the Sikh martial art known as 'Gatka' during a procession from the Sikh Shrine Gurudwara Lohgarh Sahib to Gurudwara San Sahib at village Basarke, about 13 kms from Amritsar on May 23, 2014, on the occasion of the 535th birth anniversary of Guru Amardas, the third master of the Sikhs. Guru Amardas lived from May 5, 1479 to September 1, 1574 and was the third of the 10 Gurus of Sikhism and was given the title of Sikh Guru on March 26, 1552. AFP PHOTO/NARINDER NANU
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
US actress Sharon Stone arrives on May 22, 2014 for the amfAR 21st Annual Cinema Against AIDS during the 67th Cannes Film Festival at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, southern France. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A solider from the 3rd US Infantry Regiment, 'The Old Guard,' places flags at grave sites during the 'Flags-In' ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on May 22, 2014. A small US flag was placed one foot in front of more than 220,000 graves in the cemetery to mark Memorial Day. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Spain's tennis player Rafael Nadal (L) and US tennis player Serena Williams pose for photographers on a tennis court built in front of the Eiffel tower ahead of the 2014 French Open in Paris on May 22, 2014. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Members of social movements and students take part in a demonstration called "World Cup Without the People, I'm in the Street Again" against the upcoming FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014, in Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 22, 2014. As the FIFA World Cup clock ticks down, Brazil is facing a new flare-up of protests against the more than $11 billion being spent on the tournament, which demonstrators say would have been better used on education, health care and transport. AFP PHOTO/NELSON ALMEIDA
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
An Indian Sikh devotee takes a dip in the sarover (water tank) at the Sikh Shrine Golden temple in Amritsar on May 23, 2014, on the occasion of the 535th birth anniversary of Guru Amardas, the third master of the Sikhs. Guru Amardas lived from May 5, 1479 to September 1, 1574 and was the third of the 10 Gurus of Sikhism and was given the title of Sikh Guru on March 26, 1552. AFP PHOTO/NARINDER NANU
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Children look at dolphins in the dolphinarium in Nuremberg on May 22, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DPA / DANIEL KARMANN /GERMANY OUT
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A boy lays flowers to a memorial in honor of dead militants in front of the city hall seized by the pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk on May 21, 2014.A little more than one month after Kiev launched its "counter-terrorism" operation against the insurgents in eastern Ukraine, signs of war are everywhere in Slavyansk, a town of 110,000 people that has become the epicentre of the conflict. .AFP PHOTO/ VIKTOR DRACHEV
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A man sits near graves during the funeral of a miner who died in a fire at a coal mine, at a cemetery in Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa May 14, 2014. Hopes faded of finding more survivors in a coal mine in western Turkey on Wednesday, where 245 workers were confirmed killed and around 120 still feared to be trapped in what is likely to prove the nation's worst ever industrial disaster. REUTERS/Yasin Akgul/Depo Photos (
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Bosnian workers inspect the damage on heavy machinery after devastating flooding at a coal mine in the village of Sikulje near the Bosnian town of Lukavac 140 km north of Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, on Thursday, May 22, 2014. Thousands have been evacuated in Serbia and Bosnia as the emergency services fight with worst floods in a century.(AP Photo/Amel Emric)
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Biologist Rodrigo Cerqueira holds an armadillo, named Ana Botafogo in honor of the Brazilian dancer, at the Rio Zoo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. The three-banded armadillo is in danger of extinction, largely because of deforestation and hunting in its habitat in the shrub lands of northeastern Brazil. Those risks in large part are why the armadillo was chosen as the World Cup mascot. Another is that when it's frightened, it rolls up into a ball small enough to fit into one hand, looking like a tan soccer ball. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Nigel Farage, leader of Britain's United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) poses of the media after voting for the European Parliament in Cudham , England, Thursday May 22, 2014. Farage's party could be on track to win the biggest share of British votes in elections for the European Parliament _ a parliament Farage wants to abolish, along with the entire 28-nation EU bloc. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Two Northrop F-5E Tiger II airplanes of the Swiss Patrol fly close together during an aerobatic performance at the ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. The Berlin Air Show takes place from May 20 until May 25, 2014 . (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Leucanthemum photographed in a meadow near the village of Jacobsdorf, eastern Germany, Tuesday May 20, 2014. Weather forecasts predicts warm and sunny weather. (AP Photo/dpa, Patrick Pleul)
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Relatives of a victim of the mine accident stand next to the grave of their loved one, in Soma, Turkey, Saturday, May 17, 2014. An explosion and fire at a coal mine in Soma, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Istanbul, killed hundreds of workers in one of the worst mining disasters in Turkish history. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A soldier walks past barefoot Buddhist monks begging for alms outside a temple near Government House in Bangkok May 23, 2014. Thai army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha summoned ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to a meeting on Friday, a day after he seized power in a bloodless coup, saying he wanted to restore order following months of turmoil in the polarised country. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
A boy smiles as he looks up to the camera, in the Tatuyo indigenous community near Manaus, Brazil, Monday, May 19, 2014. Manaus is one of the host cities for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Syrian groom Waref Hameedo and his Palestinian bride Maha Abo-Alkas pose for a picture with the pre-Baath Syrian flag, now used by the Syrian opposition, during their wedding in Gaza City on May 23, 2014. Waref, who now works as a chef in a restaurant after leaving his war-torn country nearly two years ago, met his Palestinian bride Maha Abo-Alkas, who is a journalist, as she was covering events in the strip. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Afghan schoolgirls holds balloons and flags as they attend an election rally by presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah in Gardez, capital of eastern Paktia province on May 24, 2014. Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani will compete in the run-off on June 14 to determine who leads Afghanistan into a new era without the assistance of NATO combat troops to help fight the Taliban insurgency. AFP PHOTO/ Wakil KOHSAR
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Pope Francis arrives at Marka International Airport in the Jordanian capital, Amman on May 24, 2014. Pope Francis arrived in Jordan for the first leg of a Middle East tour aimed at bettering relations with Jews and Muslims as well as easing an ancient rift within Christianity. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ANDREW MEDICHINI
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Italian cyclist Enrico Battaglin celebrates his victory as he crosses the finish line of the 14th stage (164 km) of the 97th Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy, cycling race from Aglie to Oropa (Biella) on May 24, 2014 in Oropa (Biella). AFP PHOTO / LUK BENIES
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Indian relatives react as they stand near to the bodies of labourers recovered from the rubble of a construction site in Secunderabad on May 24, 2014. Two construction laourers died and one was injured when the wall of an under-construction building collapsed. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Mercedes' German driver Nico Rosberg (L) celebrates in the parc ferme of the Monaco street circuit after taking the pole position in the qualifying session of the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix in Monte Carlo on May 24, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
US actress Uma Thurman (L) and US director Quentin Tarantino dance as they arrive for the Closing Ceremony of the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 24, 2014. AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan poses with the Palme d'Or for the film "Winter Sleep" during a photocall after the Closing Ceremony of the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 24, 2014. AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Surviving cattle look for a dry spot among cars and tractors near a flooded farm in the village of Domaljevac, near Orasje, northern-Bosnia, on May 23, 2014. Vast tracts of farmland are still under water in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia after the worst floods in more than a century, large areas are without power and many towns and villages remain deluged and difficult to access. Authorities have warned of a risk of epidemics as drowned farm animals rot, and efforts by health experts and the army to recover the bloated carcasses have been hampered. AFP PHOTO / ELVIS BARUKCIC
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Bahraini photographers cover clashes between protesters and riot police following the funeral of Sayed Mahmood Sayed Mohsin in the village of Sitra, south of the capital Manama, on May 24, 2014. Mohsin, 15, was reportedly shot dead by security forces during an opposition protest three days ago. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Malawi's United Democratic Front (UDF) party supporters sing and dance on May 24, 2014 near the Mount Soche Hotel in Blantyre to support their party's President. Malawi's President Joyce Banda on May 24 declared this week's chaotic election "null and void" and called for a fresh vote, throwing the impoverished nation into crisis. AFP PHOTO/AMOS GUMULIRA
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Real Madrid's goalkeeper Iker Casillas (C) and teammates celebratre with the trophy at the end of the UEFA Champions League Final Real Madrid vs Atletico de Madrid at Luz stadium in Lisbon, on May 24, 2014. Real Madrid won 4-1. AFP PHOTO/ FRANCK FIFE
Week in pictures May 19 - May 25
Women take part in the Marcha das Vadias (Slutwalk) march protesting against sex violence and discrimination against women in Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 24, 2014. AFP PHOTO/NELSON ALMEIDA
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Postcard-like winter views from Turkey's Bitlis
