• A cat waits pensively as a Thai veterinarian injects another cat with a rabies vaccination during a cat show event in Bangkok. Narong Sangnak / EPA
    A cat waits pensively as a Thai veterinarian injects another cat with a rabies vaccination during a cat show event in Bangkok. Narong Sangnak / EPA
  • A lorry crosses the Normandy Bridge over the River Seine at Le Havre, northwestern France. Charly Triballeau / AFP Photo
    A lorry crosses the Normandy Bridge over the River Seine at Le Havre, northwestern France. Charly Triballeau / AFP Photo
  • Employees work to assemble computed tomography (CT) scanners in Liaoning, Shenyang province, China. Stringer / Reuters
    Employees work to assemble computed tomography (CT) scanners in Liaoning, Shenyang province, China. Stringer / Reuters
  • Kashmiri villagers cross a temporary bridge made by lining up boats to make way for people to cross a river to attend funeral of Shabir Ahmad, a suspected rebel killed in Awantipora, 30 kilometres (18 miles) south of Srinagar. Dar Yasin / AP Photo
    Kashmiri villagers cross a temporary bridge made by lining up boats to make way for people to cross a river to attend funeral of Shabir Ahmad, a suspected rebel killed in Awantipora, 30 kilometres (18 miles) south of Srinagar. Dar Yasin / AP Photo
  • Workers clean the snow from the roof of the newly build Glass Crust dome at the Zaryadye park outside the Kremlin in Moscow. Mladen Antonov / AFP Photo
    Workers clean the snow from the roof of the newly build Glass Crust dome at the Zaryadye park outside the Kremlin in Moscow. Mladen Antonov / AFP Photo
  • Philippine National Police Director General Ronald Dela Rosa talks to three police officers accused of raping a woman during an anti-drug operation in Bulacan Province, north of Manila. Rolex dela Pena / EPA
    Philippine National Police Director General Ronald Dela Rosa talks to three police officers accused of raping a woman during an anti-drug operation in Bulacan Province, north of Manila. Rolex dela Pena / EPA
  • A woman dresses her daughter for school at a slum in Kolkata. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    A woman dresses her daughter for school at a slum in Kolkata. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
  • Thembelani Bholi of the Bulls packs down in the side of the scrum during the Super Rugby match between the Waikato Chiefs of New Zealand and the Northern Bulls of South Africa. Michael Bradley / AFP
    Thembelani Bholi of the Bulls packs down in the side of the scrum during the Super Rugby match between the Waikato Chiefs of New Zealand and the Northern Bulls of South Africa. Michael Bradley / AFP
  • Colin Cooper, coach of the Chiefs, is pictured prior to the start of the Super Rugby match between the Waikato Chiefs of New Zealand and the Northern Bulls of South Africa at FMG Stadium in Hamilton on March 16, 2018. Michael Bradley / AFP
    Colin Cooper, coach of the Chiefs, is pictured prior to the start of the Super Rugby match between the Waikato Chiefs of New Zealand and the Northern Bulls of South Africa at FMG Stadium in Hamilton on March 16, 2018. Michael Bradley / AFP
  • Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, speaks with other participants during the international meeting on Syria in Astana, Kazakhstan on March 16, 2018. Mukhtar Kholdorbekov / Reuters
    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, speaks with other participants during the international meeting on Syria in Astana, Kazakhstan on March 16, 2018. Mukhtar Kholdorbekov / Reuters
  • People are shopping at a Coles supermarket in the central business district of Sydney. William WEST / AFP
    People are shopping at a Coles supermarket in the central business district of Sydney. William WEST / AFP
  • Lee Won-hee, president of Hyundai Motor Co., speaks during the annual shareholders meeting at the company's headquarters in Seoul. SeongJoon Cho / Bloomberg
    Lee Won-hee, president of Hyundai Motor Co., speaks during the annual shareholders meeting at the company's headquarters in Seoul. SeongJoon Cho / Bloomberg
  • Workers hang lanterns for upcoming celebration of Buddha's birthday on May 22 at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea. Ahn Young-joon / AP Photo
    Workers hang lanterns for upcoming celebration of Buddha's birthday on May 22 at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea. Ahn Young-joon / AP Photo

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