• A man makes giant bubbles at the Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro. Pilar Olivares / Reuters
    A man makes giant bubbles at the Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro. Pilar Olivares / Reuters
  • Kentucky’s Matt Reida slides into home and scores as the ball gets away from Alabama’s Wade Wass (10) during the fourth inning of a Southeastern Conference NCAA college baseball tournament game in Hoover, Ala. Butch Dill / AP
    Kentucky’s Matt Reida slides into home and scores as the ball gets away from Alabama’s Wade Wass (10) during the fourth inning of a Southeastern Conference NCAA college baseball tournament game in Hoover, Ala. Butch Dill / AP
  • Actor/Comedian Tommy Davidson (L) and former professional boxer Mike Tyson attend the B. Riley & Co. and Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation’s 5th Annual “Big Fighters, Big Cause” Charity Boxing Night at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California. Mark Davis / Getty
    Actor/Comedian Tommy Davidson (L) and former professional boxer Mike Tyson attend the B. Riley & Co. and Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation’s 5th Annual “Big Fighters, Big Cause” Charity Boxing Night at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California. Mark Davis / Getty
  • Giant pandas from China, Feng Yi (female) and Fu Wa (male) arrive inside their cages at the MASkargo Complex in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur. According to local media, an agreement was signed between Malaysia and China over the 10-year loan of the two giant pandas. Samsul Sai / Reuters
    Giant pandas from China, Feng Yi (female) and Fu Wa (male) arrive inside their cages at the MASkargo Complex in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur. According to local media, an agreement was signed between Malaysia and China over the 10-year loan of the two giant pandas. Samsul Sai / Reuters
  • A man training at an open-air gym with rusted rims and other pieces salvaged from workshops or garages, in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. The gym was founded in 1989 and many of the equipment they use is made from scrap metal. Tiago Petinga / EPA
    A man training at an open-air gym with rusted rims and other pieces salvaged from workshops or garages, in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. The gym was founded in 1989 and many of the equipment they use is made from scrap metal. Tiago Petinga / EPA
  • Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone gestures as he arrives for another day of his trial at the regional court in Munich, southern Germany. Michaela Rehle / AFP
    Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone gestures as he arrives for another day of his trial at the regional court in Munich, southern Germany. Michaela Rehle / AFP
  • Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) personnel ride on a tank after recapturing the Daldako area, outside the military headquarters in Kadogli. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah / Reuters
    Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) personnel ride on a tank after recapturing the Daldako area, outside the military headquarters in Kadogli. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah / Reuters
  • Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, walks away after shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before the opening ceremony in the Expo Center at the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit in Shanghai. Aly Song / AP
    Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, walks away after shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before the opening ceremony in the Expo Center at the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit in Shanghai. Aly Song / AP
  • Students of the Krasnoyarsk choreographic college stretch backstage before a dress rehearsal of a performance by graduates of the college at the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters
    Students of the Krasnoyarsk choreographic college stretch backstage before a dress rehearsal of a performance by graduates of the college at the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters
  • Two Northrop F-5E Tiger II airplanes of the Swiss Patrol fly close together during an aerobatic performance at the ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin, Germany. Michael Sohn / AP
    Two Northrop F-5E Tiger II airplanes of the Swiss Patrol fly close together during an aerobatic performance at the ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin, Germany. Michael Sohn / AP

Best photography from around the world, May 21

Rob Gurdebeke

May 21, 2014

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