A group of Sri Lankan drummers and dancers watch as amateur dancers, unseen, perform for the first time in public in line with traditional dancing practice and rituals at a Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP
A vendor covers his head with a basket from the sunlight in Bangkok, Thailand. Sakchai Lalit/AP
A man walks on a giant jigsaw showing an Albrecht Duerer painting 'Self-portrait in fur coat' in Nuremberg, Germany. The jigsaw, made of 1023 parts on 300 square meters, is supposed to be built by citizens at the red square in Moscow to open the German year in Russia on June 20, 2012. Timm Schamberger/AP
Buffaloes walk past a mini truck carrying crates of eggs for distribution to shops in Allahabad, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP
Researchers carry a cage as they transfer giant panda Tao Tao to a new living environment at the Hetaoping Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve. Tao Tao and its mother are being reintroduced to the wild. Researchers wear panda costumes to ensure that the cub's environment is devoid of human influence, according to local media. Reuters
A gang member and inmate poses for a photograph inside the jail in Quetzaltepeque May 2, 2012. Rival Salvadoran gangs announced an expansion of the terms of a truce as the Central American country grapples with a plague of violent crime that threatens to sweep the nation. Ulises Rodriguez/Reuters
Indian President Pratibha Patil attends the unveiling of a bust of the late Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi at Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg. Patil is on an official state visit to the country. Denis Farrell/AP
A protester flashes the victory sign to fellow protesters standing on a wall, during a demonstration demanding a trial for Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa. Khaled Abdullah /Reuters
A person uses a mobile phone to photograph workers constructing a wall along the Israel- Lebanon border. Israel is fortifying a fence along its volatile border with Lebanon, reinforcing an especially dangerous section susceptible to sniper fire and other threats, military officials said. To avoid friction, construction was coordinated with the Lebanese army and the UN peacekeepers. Ariel Schalit/AP
Supporters of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko read newspapers as they sit in a tent camp in central Kiev. Led by Germany, leaders of several European Union countries have called off scheduled visits to Ukraine during the Euro 2012 in protest against the treatment of imprisoned former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Gleb Garanich/Reuters
Kite surfers ride the waves during the Kitesurfin Tour Europe on Neusiedlersee in Podersdorf, Austria. Ronald Zak/AP
China's goalkeeper Wang Mengyu (l.) saves a shot from Britain's Sarah Thomas during the women's International Invitational Hockey Tournament at the Riverbank Arena on the Olympic Park in London. Eddie Keogh /Reuters
A man fixes a model of the water plane Junkers Ju 90 (originally built in 1937) in a glass case at the new permanent aviation exhibition at the Dresden Transport Museum in Dresden, eastern Germany. The exhibition provides an overview of ballooning, airshipping, and 100 years of engine-powered aviation. Jens Meyer/AP
International Space Station (ISS) crew member US astronaut Joseph Acaba is seen inside the Soyuz spacecraft as he goes through training and acquaintance procedures at the Baikonur cosmodrome. Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin are scheduled to leave for the International Space Station on May 15. Sergei Remezov/Reuters
Seagulls fly above the baseball glove display at AT&T Park after a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Miami Marlins in San Francisco, May 2, 2012. The Marlins won 3-2 in 10 innings. Jeff Chiu/AP
Secondary school graduates celebrate their last day of school in Kiev. Students on Thursday celebrated the end of the academic year traditionally called the 'last bell.' Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters
A motorcyclists and passenger (l.) cruise around the crowd in Pittsburgh's Market Square as temperatures climb during the lunch hour. Weather forecasters predict the temperature will reach the high 80's. Keith Srakocic/AP
A baker poses with a marzipan mosaic of Britain's Queen Elizabeth at Konditor and Cook in the City of London. The mosaic is a template for a 94 square foot cake, made of 3120 small cakes, which will be displayed at the Diamond Jubilee Festival on June 3, in Battersea Park, London. Olivia Harris/Reuters
A Nepalese boy stands near the wheels of a chariot during the Rato Machhendranath chariot festival in Lalitpur, Nepal. The chariot festival of Rato Machhendranath, regarded as the rain God, is one of the oldest and longest festivals celebrated in the Katmandu valley. Niranjan Shrestha/AP
Beverly Kummerling takes part in a National Day of Prayer event on Independence Mall in Philadelphia. Matt Rourke/AP
Members of the special police take their positions and keep watch over flowers and candles placed after a commemoration in Dobrovoljacka street in Sarajevo. About 100 Serbs travelled by buses to lay flowers and light candles in the city center at the spot of an attack on a retreating column of the Yugoslav Army (JA) in May 1992. The commemoration sparked anger and shock among residents. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
A protester rests on a barbed wire fence in Cairo. Nearly a dozen people were killed in clashes that broke out when apparent supporters of the ruling military council attacked a mostly Islamist crowd staging a sit-in outside the Ministry of Defense in Cairo to call for an end to the generals' rule. Mohammed Asad/AP
A man carries sunglasses for sale along a pathway in Kabul, Afghanistan. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
A model wearing designs by Jenny Lee stands in a display during Australian Fashion Week in Sydney, Australia. Lee used natural props including leaves and branches from native Australian trees such as Gum Trees. Rob Griffith/AP
A worker goes down stairs in front of bags of voting papers in Athens' municipality's warehouse, before delivering them to the polling stations around Athens. Greeks head to the polls in early general elections on May 6. Petros Giannakouris/AP
A Spanish flag is seen in the Andalusian capital of Seville. Spain's borrowing costs are set to rise by more than a percentage point at an auction of three- and five-year bonds on Thursday, with markets watching for signs that its troubled banks are losing their appetite for the country's debt. Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters
Romice Alves supplies water for his cattle in Bomfim de Feira in Bahia state, northeast Brazil, May 2. While a swath of the Brazilian Amazon is under a state of emergency as rivers overflow in one of the worst floods ever, the country's northeastern region faces its worst drought in the last 30 years. Ricardo Moraes/Reuters
Freedom for Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni was a cause célèbre among dissidents and human rights groups critical of the Chávez regime. Venezuela conditionally released her after three years in detention.
Jailed Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni, often referred to as “Hugo Chávez’s political prisoner,” was freed on Friday after spending more than three years in detention. Following petitions from international bodies and human rights groups, the court decision immediately ignited social media networks, with many celebrating the release as a victory for human rights and Venezuela's political opposition.
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