• A woman walks near a damaged vehicle at the scene of a twin explosion at the Gikomba open-air market for second-hand clothes in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Thomas Mukoya / Reuters
    A woman walks near a damaged vehicle at the scene of a twin explosion at the Gikomba open-air market for second-hand clothes in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Thomas Mukoya / Reuters
  • A game of basketball is played on Brighton beach in southern England. Luke MacGregor / Reuters
    A game of basketball is played on Brighton beach in southern England. Luke MacGregor / Reuters
  • Akin Celik, the operating manager of the Soma Coal Mining Company, stands as a map of the mine where an explosion killed at least 284 workers two days ago is projected on wall, during a press conference Soma, Turkey. Bulent Kilic / AFP Photo
    Akin Celik, the operating manager of the Soma Coal Mining Company, stands as a map of the mine where an explosion killed at least 284 workers two days ago is projected on wall, during a press conference Soma, Turkey. Bulent Kilic / AFP Photo
  • Indian Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters in large numbers attend a rally by Chief Minister of western Gujarat state and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad. Sam Panthaky / AFP Photo
    Indian Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters in large numbers attend a rally by Chief Minister of western Gujarat state and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad. Sam Panthaky / AFP Photo
  • A longtime exposure shows smolderings remains of overnight fires on the hillsides of San Marcos, San Diego county, California. Stuart Palley / EPA
    A longtime exposure shows smolderings remains of overnight fires on the hillsides of San Marcos, San Diego county, California. Stuart Palley / EPA
  • A handout photograph made available by the British Ministry of Defence shows the air around the British military base, Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, eerily still as a tidal wave of sand and dust approaches from the west. EPA
    A handout photograph made available by the British Ministry of Defence shows the air around the British military base, Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, eerily still as a tidal wave of sand and dust approaches from the west. EPA
  • South Korean policemen detain a protester during a rally against the Japanese government in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Jeon Heon-Kyun / EPA
    South Korean policemen detain a protester during a rally against the Japanese government in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Jeon Heon-Kyun / EPA
  • Army soldiers listen to instructions during the operation named ‘Agata’ near the town of Oiapoque, on the border with French Guiana. Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters
    Army soldiers listen to instructions during the operation named ‘Agata’ near the town of Oiapoque, on the border with French Guiana. Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters
  • Girls play in a park in the eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk. Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP Photo
    Girls play in a park in the eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk. Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP Photo

Best photography from around the world May 16

Robert Mickelson

May 16, 2014

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The National View’s photo editors pick the best images of the day from around the world.

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