• Sun rises behind a lake near the town of Vileika, Belarus. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
    Sun rises behind a lake near the town of Vileika, Belarus. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
  • Buddhist monks collect alms one day before Vesak day in Magelang. Buddhists in Indonesia mark Vesak Day on May 29 to celebrate the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha. Rafi Akhdantyo / AFP
    Buddhist monks collect alms one day before Vesak day in Magelang. Buddhists in Indonesia mark Vesak Day on May 29 to celebrate the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha. Rafi Akhdantyo / AFP
  • Palestinian Waleed el-Hattab cooks and distributes a soup to the needy during the holy month of Ramadan, in Gaza City. Mahmud Hams / AFP
    Palestinian Waleed el-Hattab cooks and distributes a soup to the needy during the holy month of Ramadan, in Gaza City. Mahmud Hams / AFP
  • A person enters a building during the first round matches of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France. Alessandra Tarantino / AP Photo
    A person enters a building during the first round matches of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France. Alessandra Tarantino / AP Photo
  • A man takes photos of the Place Jean Rey in front of the EU Council covered by 4,500 empty pairs of shoes to memorialize every person killed in the Israel over the last decade, in Brussels, Belgium. The installation greeted European Foreign Ministers as they entered a one day meeting to discuss the ongoing Gaza crisis and other international topics. Stephanie Lecocq / EPA
    A man takes photos of the Place Jean Rey in front of the EU Council covered by 4,500 empty pairs of shoes to memorialize every person killed in the Israel over the last decade, in Brussels, Belgium. The installation greeted European Foreign Ministers as they entered a one day meeting to discuss the ongoing Gaza crisis and other international topics. Stephanie Lecocq / EPA
  • Participants release lighted balloons during the event of the Thousand Lanterns Night linked with International Missing Children's Day at the Eszterhazy Square in Eger, 127 kms northeast of Budapest, Hungary. The Thousand Lantern Night Civil Initiative was launched in 2011 with the aim of drawing the attention on child abduction worldwide. Peter Komka / EPA
    Participants release lighted balloons during the event of the Thousand Lanterns Night linked with International Missing Children's Day at the Eszterhazy Square in Eger, 127 kms northeast of Budapest, Hungary. The Thousand Lantern Night Civil Initiative was launched in 2011 with the aim of drawing the attention on child abduction worldwide. Peter Komka / EPA
  • Deep-sea explorer and Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Cameron sits in a scale model of the Deepsea Challenger's pilot chamber at an exhibition about his history-making deep-sea expeditions in Sydney. James Cameron will officially open a new exhibition "James Cameron - Challenging the Deep" at the Australian National Maritime Museum starting on May 29. Saeed Khan / AFP
    Deep-sea explorer and Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Cameron sits in a scale model of the Deepsea Challenger's pilot chamber at an exhibition about his history-making deep-sea expeditions in Sydney. James Cameron will officially open a new exhibition "James Cameron - Challenging the Deep" at the Australian National Maritime Museum starting on May 29. Saeed Khan / AFP
  • The Acadie-Bathurst Titan team poses with the Memorial Cup as they celebrate defeating the Regina Pats 3-0 in the Memorial Cup hockey final, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Jonathan Hayward / AP Photo
    The Acadie-Bathurst Titan team poses with the Memorial Cup as they celebrate defeating the Regina Pats 3-0 in the Memorial Cup hockey final, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Jonathan Hayward / AP Photo

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