The National View’s photo editors pick the best images of the day from around the world
Updated: May 24, 2014, 12:00 AM
Best photography from around the world, May 24
A boy examines holes from shrapnels on a building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk, Donetsk region. Viktor Drachev / AFP
Replicas of the Brazilian national football team jerseys are displayed for sale on a street in Brasilia. Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters
US director Quentin Tarantino dances as he arrives with US actress Uma Thurman for the screening of the film “Sils Maria” at the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. Alberto Pizzoli / AFP PHOTO
An Egyptian man is seen at the top of one of the Gaza pyramids, south of Cairo. Mahmoud Khaled / AFP
A bolt of lightning hits the antenna on top of One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, New York, USA, as an electrical storm moves over New York. Gary Hershorn / EPA
Youth play football in an empty lot that was turned into a playing field by residents on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba. Brazil will host the World Cup football tournament starting in June. Ramon Espinosa / AP
A policewoman looks on during a protest against military rule in Bangkok. Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was in a “safe place” on Saturday, an aide said, after being held by Thailand’s army following its seizure of power this week, as opposition to the coup grew among her supporters and pro-democracy activists. Damir Sagol / Reuters