• A North Korean fishes on the Yalu River in Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, Liaoning province. Picture taken from China’s side of the Yalu. Jacky Chen / Reuters
    A North Korean fishes on the Yalu River in Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, Liaoning province. Picture taken from China’s side of the Yalu. Jacky Chen / Reuters
  • Portland Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard (0) drives past Golden State Warriors’ Harrison Barnes, bottom left, and Shaun Livingston (34) during the second half of Game 1 in a second-round NBA basketball playoff series, in Oakland, Calif. Golden State won 118-106. Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP
    Portland Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard (0) drives past Golden State Warriors’ Harrison Barnes, bottom left, and Shaun Livingston (34) during the second half of Game 1 in a second-round NBA basketball playoff series, in Oakland, Calif. Golden State won 118-106. Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP
  • Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team’s German driver Nico Rosberg celebrates with the team’s crew after winning the Formula One Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom circuit. Alexander Nemenov / AFP
    Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team’s German driver Nico Rosberg celebrates with the team’s crew after winning the Formula One Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom circuit. Alexander Nemenov / AFP
  • Adam Duvall #23 of the Cincinnati Reds collides with the wall after missing a ball hit by Sean Rodriguez #3 of the Pittsburgh Pirates during the seventh inning at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Joe Sargent / Getty Images / AFP
    Adam Duvall #23 of the Cincinnati Reds collides with the wall after missing a ball hit by Sean Rodriguez #3 of the Pittsburgh Pirates during the seventh inning at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Joe Sargent / Getty Images / AFP
  • Workers inspect rows of tulips at the Degenhardt-Sellmann Spezialkulturen tulip fields near Magdeburg in Schwaneberg, Germany. The company cultivates up to 10 different strains of tulips on 40 hectares of land to harvest not the flowers but the bulbs. Sean Gallup / Getty Images
    Workers inspect rows of tulips at the Degenhardt-Sellmann Spezialkulturen tulip fields near Magdeburg in Schwaneberg, Germany. The company cultivates up to 10 different strains of tulips on 40 hectares of land to harvest not the flowers but the bulbs. Sean Gallup / Getty Images
  • Chris Buescher, driver of the #34 Love’s Travel Stops/CSX-Play it Safe Ford, has an on track incident during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. Jerry Markland / Getty Images / AFP
    Chris Buescher, driver of the #34 Love’s Travel Stops/CSX-Play it Safe Ford, has an on track incident during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. Jerry Markland / Getty Images / AFP
  • Demonstrators light flares during a rally commemorating May Day in Santiago, Chile. Ivan Alvarado / Reuters
    Demonstrators light flares during a rally commemorating May Day in Santiago, Chile. Ivan Alvarado / Reuters
  • A mass gathering of guitarists attempt to beat the Guinness record for ensemble guitar playing in Wroclaw, Poland. According to media reports 7,356 musicians gathered in Wroclaw Market Square to play Jimi Hendrix’s hit Hey Joe. Maciej Kulczynski / EPA
    A mass gathering of guitarists attempt to beat the Guinness record for ensemble guitar playing in Wroclaw, Poland. According to media reports 7,356 musicians gathered in Wroclaw Market Square to play Jimi Hendrix’s hit Hey Joe. Maciej Kulczynski / EPA

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World in focus — best photos for May 2, 2016

Rob Gurdebeke

May 02, 2016

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A look at the best photos from around the world today.

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