• People watch as ash erupts from the Halemaumau crater near the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii, US. Terray Sylvester / Reuters
    People watch as ash erupts from the Halemaumau crater near the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii, US. Terray Sylvester / Reuters
  • An Iranian girl stands next to her mother as they take part during an anti-US and Israeli protest inside the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran, on May 16, 2018. Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA
    An Iranian girl stands next to her mother as they take part during an anti-US and Israeli protest inside the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran, on May 16, 2018. Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA
  • Kosovo Albanian labourers work on the construction of a new mosque near Pristina, Kosovo, on May 16, 2018, during the first day of the Islamic month of Ramadan. Armend Nimani / AFP Photo
    Kosovo Albanian labourers work on the construction of a new mosque near Pristina, Kosovo, on May 16, 2018, during the first day of the Islamic month of Ramadan. Armend Nimani / AFP Photo
  • Children play with soap bubbles created by a street performer at Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines, on May 16, 2018. Romeo Ranoco / Reuters
    Children play with soap bubbles created by a street performer at Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines, on May 16, 2018. Romeo Ranoco / Reuters
  • Pope Francis leaves St. Peter's Square after his weekly general audience at the Vatican on May 16, 2018. Alessandra Tarantino / AP Photo
    Pope Francis leaves St. Peter's Square after his weekly general audience at the Vatican on May 16, 2018. Alessandra Tarantino / AP Photo
  • A worker lifts a shared bicycle from a stack of bicycles in the back of a cart along a street in Beijing, China, on May 16, 2018. Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo
    A worker lifts a shared bicycle from a stack of bicycles in the back of a cart along a street in Beijing, China, on May 16, 2018. Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo
  • Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during a press conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on May 16, 2018. Vincent Thian / Ap Photo
    Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during a press conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on May 16, 2018. Vincent Thian / Ap Photo
  • A model walks the runway wearing creations by Acler during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia in Sydney, Australia, on May 16, 2018. Dan Himbrechts / EPA
    A model walks the runway wearing creations by Acler during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia in Sydney, Australia, on May 16, 2018. Dan Himbrechts / EPA

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