The National View’s photo editors pick the best of the day from around the world.
Updated: May 20, 2014, 12:00 AM
Best photography from around the world, May 20
The pockmarked tarmac following a mortar shell explosion on a road near Andriyivka village outside Slaviansk. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered all troops stationed along the border with Ukraine to withdraw, the Kremlin said. Maxim Shipenkov / EPA
A Palestinian protester, holding the Palestinian flag, uses a toy gun during clashes with Israeli troops over the controversial Israeli barrier in Kfar Aqab near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Mohamad Torokman / Reuters
A Lockheed Martin F-16 of the Turkish Air Force performs during an acceptance flight at the upcoming ILA Berlin Air Show in Selchow near Schoenefeld south of Berlin. Tobias Schwarz / Reuters
Indian men sleep on wooden boats tied together and moored to one of the ghats on the Ganges river in Varanasi. The Ganges river is considered sacred in the Hindu religion and is revered as a goddess. Roberto Schmidt / AFP
Attorney General Eric Holder is seen in a TV cameraman’s viewfinder as he announces a federal indictment against five Chinese military officials for cyber espionage at the Justice Department in Washington, DC, USA. Jim Scalzo / EPA
Ukrainian riot policemen fight with “ rioters” as they take part in exercises for mass disturbances suppression in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa. Alexey Kravtsov / AFP
A man lies for fun on a layer of hail in a street after a hailstorm in the Aclimacao neighbourhood in Sao Paulo, Brazil. After the severe overnight hailstorm a layer of hailstones as deep as 20 centimetres covered streets and parks, drawing people to make snowmen and play in the ice, an unusual scene to the city. Nelson Almedia / AFP
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II looks at a display during a visit to the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Britain. The flower exhibition will run from 20 to 24 May. Stefan Wermuth / EPA
Helicopter pilots check a map of the flooded town of Obrenovac, 40 kilometres west of Belgrade. The Balkans braced for more misery as the death toll from the worst floods in a century rose to 47 and rising waters forced thousands more to flee their homes. Alexa Stankovis / AFP
A long exposure shows lightning in the sky with reflection in the water on the floor of a building under construction during an evening thunderstorm in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. Hector Retamal / AFP
A boy smiles as he looks up to the camera, in the Tatuyo indigenous community near Manaus, Brazil. Manaus is one of the host cities for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Felipe Dana / AP
Dominik Stroh — Engel (L) and Benjamin Gorka (C) of Darmstadt celebrate while a Bielefeld player looks dejected after the Second Bundesliga Playoff Second Leg match between Armenia Bielefeld and Darmstadt 98 at Schueco Arena in Bielefeld, Germany. Thomas Starke / Getty Images