1.
Nepalese police personnel carry earthquake survivor Pemba Tamang (C) on
a stretcher after his rescue from a destroyed hotel building in
Kathmandu. Rescuers pulled the 15-year-old boy alive from the rubble,
bringing a rare moment of joy to the ruined capital city, five days
after the disaster which killed nearly 6,000 people.
2
Vietnamese veterans gather for a parade celebrating the 40th
anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War which is also remembered as
the fall of Saigon, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
3
Members of the National Guard patrol along Baltimore's Inner Harbor
area in the aftermath of rioting following Monday's funeral for Freddie
Gray, who died in police custody in the Maryland city.
4
Books about Pakistan's Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who
survived a Taliban attack, are displayed at a bookstore in Islamabad. A
Pakistani court on Thursday sentenced 10 militants to life in prison
for their involvement in the 2012 attack on the teenage activist, a
public prosecutor said.
5
Two men carry a suitcase past a burning barricade in Bujumbura,
Burundi, after the government issued and ordered all university campuses
to close down. Bujumbura has been hit by street protests since Sunday
as security forces confront demonstrators who say a third term for
President Pierre Nkurunziza would violate the country's constitution.
6
A woman walks through the Munich Documentation Center for the History
of National Socialism, in Munich, Germany. The official inauguration of
the visitor center marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of
Munich by U.S. troops.
7
Russian soldiers march during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military
parade which will take place at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square on May 9 to
celebrate 70 years after the victory in WWII, in St. Petersburg.
8
Demonstrators wearing dark hoods, light flares during a demonstration
in downtown Milan, to protest against the World Exposition Milano 2015
(Universal Exposition) saying that the massively indebted Italian state
should not be ploughing money into an ephemeral event at a time of
economic hardship for many Italians. The Expo will run from May 1-Oct.
31, with the theme Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life.
9
A 2km-long rosary, which is said to be the longest rosary in the world,
hangs around the Marian shrine at Our Lady of Lebanon religious site in
Harissa, northeast of Beirut, Lebanon. By tradition, May is the month
of devotion to the Virgin Mary for the Catholic Church.
10
View of the Calbuco volcano from Puerto Montt, southern Chile. The
volcano erupted again Thursday, releasing a large column of ash into the
air just over a week after it spectacularly roared to life following
half a century of inactivity.
11
A woman takes an early morning walk past painted blue, yellow and red
front doors - the colors of the current three main political parties in
the U.K., Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Labour respectively - in
Isleworth, west London, Britain. Britain goes to the polls in a national
election on May 7.
12
Visitors walk through the Swarowski Crystal World museum on its
reopening day following renovation, in the western Austrian village of
Wattens.
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