• Former Seleka soldiers drive to a village, where residents say was attacked and a mosque burnt the night before by anti-Balaka militiamen, about 25 kilometres (16 miles) from Bambari. Siegfried Modola / Reuters
    Former Seleka soldiers drive to a village, where residents say was attacked and a mosque burnt the night before by anti-Balaka militiamen, about 25 kilometres (16 miles) from Bambari. Siegfried Modola / Reuters
  • An Indian labourer and the rising sun are reflected in water as arrives to work on a salt pan on the outskirts of Mumbai. Vast tracts of over 3,000 acres of “salt pan” lands in Mumbai might disappear soon as a proposal to convert them to housing projects for displaced squatters is in the offing. Indranil Mukherjee / AFP
    An Indian labourer and the rising sun are reflected in water as arrives to work on a salt pan on the outskirts of Mumbai. Vast tracts of over 3,000 acres of “salt pan” lands in Mumbai might disappear soon as a proposal to convert them to housing projects for displaced squatters is in the offing. Indranil Mukherjee / AFP
  • A masked man awaits the start of the parade of the 9th International Festival of the Iberian Mask in Lisbon. The festival runs until next Sunday and about 450 masked people from Spain, Portugal and Italy are participating. Rafael Marchante / Reuters
    A masked man awaits the start of the parade of the 9th International Festival of the Iberian Mask in Lisbon. The festival runs until next Sunday and about 450 masked people from Spain, Portugal and Italy are participating. Rafael Marchante / Reuters
  • A participant takes part in the Zinneke Parade in Brussels, Belgium. About 2,000 people took part in the urban parade event, that invites residents from the different neighbourhoods of Brussels to participate in this social and artistic project that runs every two years. Julien Warnand / EPA
    A participant takes part in the Zinneke Parade in Brussels, Belgium. About 2,000 people took part in the urban parade event, that invites residents from the different neighbourhoods of Brussels to participate in this social and artistic project that runs every two years. Julien Warnand / EPA
  • People view Kara Walker’s “A Subtlety,” a seventy-five and a half feet long and thirty-five and a half feet tall sphinx made in part of bleached sugar at the former Domino Sugar Refinery. Andrew Burton / Getty Images
    People view Kara Walker’s “A Subtlety,” a seventy-five and a half feet long and thirty-five and a half feet tall sphinx made in part of bleached sugar at the former Domino Sugar Refinery. Andrew Burton / Getty Images
  • Yasothon resident look on as huge, handmade rockets are launched into the air during the Bun Bang Fai festival in Yasothon, Thailand. Taylor Weidman / Getty
    Yasothon resident look on as huge, handmade rockets are launched into the air during the Bun Bang Fai festival in Yasothon, Thailand. Taylor Weidman / Getty
  • A participant operates the “Flying Dim Sum”, a self-made flying machine, during the Red Bull Flugtag (Flight Day) event at Hong Kong’s financial Central district. Tyrone Siu / Reuters
    A participant operates the “Flying Dim Sum”, a self-made flying machine, during the Red Bull Flugtag (Flight Day) event at Hong Kong’s financial Central district. Tyrone Siu / Reuters
  • Gareth Widdop of the Dragons is tacked by Josh Reynolds of the Bulldogs (L) and Sam Perrett of the Bulldogs during the round nine NRL match between the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia. Cameron Spencer / Getty
    Gareth Widdop of the Dragons is tacked by Josh Reynolds of the Bulldogs (L) and Sam Perrett of the Bulldogs during the round nine NRL match between the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia. Cameron Spencer / Getty
  • Children play in the rubble of a former home next to construction in the Manguinhos ‘favela’ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mario Tama / Getty Images
    Children play in the rubble of a former home next to construction in the Manguinhos ‘favela’ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mario Tama / Getty Images

Best photography from around the world, May 11

May 11, 2014

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