Students in Sanaa, Yemen, perform morning exercises before attending a lecture on the impact of terrorism. Yemeni schools launched an awareness campaign this week against terrorism. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
The judicial Law Lords in their traditional ceremonial robes wait for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II to read the Queen's Speech to lawmakers in London. The Queen said that Britain's government plans to finally reform the centuries-old House of Lords and introduce direct elections for members. Planned laws would introduce a smaller, mainly upper elected chamber. Alastair Grant/Pool/AP
A blacksmith works inside his workshop in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
Pakistani brothers (from r.) Harith, Farouq, Ishaq and Mohammed Khan arrange bricks in a factory where they work on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
A couple dances in Gorky Park in Moscow. Denis Sinyakov/Reuters
Plainclothes soldiers arrive for a security task ahead of an official welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Jason Lee/Reuters
Three men push a car past workers waiting in line for public transport in Old Havana, Cuba. Javier Galeano/AP
Men strike a pose during a national bodybuilding competition in Kabul, Afghanistan. Hundreds of competitors entered the annual competition, organized by Afghanistan's national Olympic organization, to vie for the title of Mr. Afghanistan. Omar Sobhani/Reuters
A World War II veteran looks on during a Victory Day celebration in Gorky Park in Moscow. Russia celebrated the 67th anniversary of its victory over Nazi Germany. Denis Sinyakov/Reuters
Children play on the monument to the Heroes of the Great Patriotic War in Kiev, Ukraine. Reuters
Visitors view the creation of contemporary artist Daniel Buren in the Grand Palais during the opening of the ground-breaking Monumenta exhibit in Paris. Monumenta, the hugely-popular annual installation project that's in its fifth year, dares an artist of international stature to 'move into' the nave of one of the French capital's most monumental buildings and own it. Francois Mori/AP
Los Angeles county firefighters battle a wall of fire, a result of a brush fire, in Acton, Calif. According to the LA Fire Department, 200 firefighters were called in to fight the blaze that burned 126 acres on Tuesday, including three small structures. No injuries were reported. The cause is under investigation. Gene Blevins/Reuters
Astana's riders cycle to third place during the team time trial 33.2-km fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia in Verona, Italy. Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters
Cabin crew serve passengers during a flight over Jakarta, Indonesia. The Russian-made Sukhoi jet plane with 50 people on board, including eight Russians and an American, has gone missing during the second demonstration flight of the day near Jakarta, Indonesian government officials said. Sergey Dolya/AP
A Buddhist monk carries a bag with badges of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her brother, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, outside the Criminal Court in Bangkok. Sukree Sukplang/Reuters
Rubin Kazan players celebrate their victory in the Cup of Russia final between Dinamo Moscow and Rubin Kazan in Yekaterinbug, Russia. Alexei Vladykin/AP
Visitors resting outside the Hong Kong Cultural Centre are seen through a rolled steel sculpture entitled 'Three Indeterminate Lines' by French artist Bernar Venet. Bobby Yip/Reuters
Syrian army soldiers are seen through a damaged military truck window which was attacked by a roadside bomb in Daraa city, southern Syria. The explosion targeted the Syrian military truck just seconds after a team of UN observers passed by. The U.N. convoy was not hit. Muzaffar Salman/AP
Palestinian children take part in a rally in Gaza City ahead of Nakba. On May 15 Palestinians will mark Nakba, or catastrophe, of Israel's founding in a 1948 war, when hundreds of thousands of their brethren fled or were forced to leave their homes. Suhaib Salem/Reuters
An Athletic Bilbao supporter has a flag in his team's colors painted on his forehead in Bucharest, Romania. Bilbao will play Atletico Madrid in the Europa League final soccer match in the National Arena in Bucharest today. Darko Vojinovic/AP
An elderly woman clears bricks as she searches for her belongings in the rubble where her house used to stand in a slum settlement near the bank of the Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal. About 1000 people who were living in the slum are now homeless and living in a nearby park after 250 illegally-built squatter homes were demolished yesterday. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
Egyptian journalists demonstrate against the ruling military council during a protest in front of the Journalists Syndicate in Cairo. Journalists wore black T-shirts and shaved their heads and chanted slogans denouncing the assault and arrest of several journalists during the army operation that dispersed a protest in front of the Ministry of Defense. They claim that they were mistreated and shaved during their detention, a common treatment given to outlaws to label them with shame among their community. Nasser Nasser/AP
Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another is held by foreman Benjamin Perez as the horse gets a bath at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. Patrick Smith/Reuters
Oregon State University students Chad Howard (l.) and Max Haney practice log rolling on the Memorial Union Quad as part of Ag Day at OSU in Corvallis, Ore. Andy Cripe/The Corvallis Gazette-Times/AP
A commuter drives as a United States flag is reflected on his windshield in Newark, N.J. Julio Cortez/AP
Riot police advanced on protesters in Istanbul's Taksim Square shortly after Prime Minister Erdogan warned the peaceful demonstrators to clear out or be forcibly removed.
Riot police fired water cannons and tear gas on protesters in Istanbul's Taksim Square and neighboring Gezi Park on Saturday, an intervention that came shortly after the prime minister warned that security forces "know how to clear" the area.
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