• Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Alberta (RCMP) officers continuing search and rescue, and evacuation efforts. The wildfire, which has destroyed Fort McMurray, could double in size as the fire is being fanned by winds and could threaten the neighbouring Province of Saskatchewan. Fort McMurray and a number of other communities are under mandatory evacuation orders. A provincial state of emergency has been declared. RCMP Alberta / EPA
    Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Alberta (RCMP) officers continuing search and rescue, and evacuation efforts. The wildfire, which has destroyed Fort McMurray, could double in size as the fire is being fanned by winds and could threaten the neighbouring Province of Saskatchewan. Fort McMurray and a number of other communities are under mandatory evacuation orders. A provincial state of emergency has been declared. RCMP Alberta / EPA
  • A man walks along a street as a smoke bomb is thrown during clashes between ‘No border’ activists andItalian police at the Brenner train station during demonstrations against Austria’s possible decision to close the border with Italy. Vienna is threatening to resume checks on the Brenner Pass between the two countries as part of a package of anti-migrant measures if Italy does not do more to reduce the number of new arrivals heading to Austria. Giuseppe Cacace / AFP
    A man walks along a street as a smoke bomb is thrown during clashes between ‘No border’ activists andItalian police at the Brenner train station during demonstrations against Austria’s possible decision to close the border with Italy. Vienna is threatening to resume checks on the Brenner Pass between the two countries as part of a package of anti-migrant measures if Italy does not do more to reduce the number of new arrivals heading to Austria. Giuseppe Cacace / AFP
  • The art installation ‘Wahnheit’ by Polish-German artist couple Katarzyna and Olaf Prusik-Lutz illuminates the walls of the Kaiserburg (Imperial Castle) during the ‘Blue Night’ in Nuremberg, Germany. Nicolas Armer / EPA
    The art installation ‘Wahnheit’ by Polish-German artist couple Katarzyna and Olaf Prusik-Lutz illuminates the walls of the Kaiserburg (Imperial Castle) during the ‘Blue Night’ in Nuremberg, Germany. Nicolas Armer / EPA
  • Tyson Frizell of Country is tackled during the NSW Origin match between City and Country at Scully Park in Tamworth, Australia. Mark Kolbe / Getty Images
    Tyson Frizell of Country is tackled during the NSW Origin match between City and Country at Scully Park in Tamworth, Australia. Mark Kolbe / Getty Images
  • A paddle boarder is seen as Boeing 767 airplane arrives the Enniscrone estuary after it was tugged from Shannon airport out to sea around the west coast of Ireland. It is destined for local funeral director David McGowan’s proposed Glamping Village to be used as accommodation in Sligo, Ireland. Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters
    A paddle boarder is seen as Boeing 767 airplane arrives the Enniscrone estuary after it was tugged from Shannon airport out to sea around the west coast of Ireland. It is destined for local funeral director David McGowan’s proposed Glamping Village to be used as accommodation in Sligo, Ireland. Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters
  • A woman is dwarfed as she walks past giant portraits of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed his country’s recent nuclear test to uproarious applause as he convened the first full congress of its ruling party since 1980, an event intended to showcase the North’s stability and unity in the face of tough international sanctions and deepening isolation. Wong Maye-E / AP Photo
    A woman is dwarfed as she walks past giant portraits of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed his country’s recent nuclear test to uproarious applause as he convened the first full congress of its ruling party since 1980, an event intended to showcase the North’s stability and unity in the face of tough international sanctions and deepening isolation. Wong Maye-E / AP Photo
  • Canelo Alvarez, left, watches after knocking down Amir Khan during their WBC middleweight title fight in Las Vegas. John Locher / AP Photo
    Canelo Alvarez, left, watches after knocking down Amir Khan during their WBC middleweight title fight in Las Vegas. John Locher / AP Photo
  • People look on as warplanes carry out bombing nearby in Kilis. One person was killed and seven more wounded when rockets fired from Syria slammed into the Turkish border region of Kilis, which has been regularly targeted by jihadists this year, the Dogan news agency said. Ilyas Akengin / AFP
    People look on as warplanes carry out bombing nearby in Kilis. One person was killed and seven more wounded when rockets fired from Syria slammed into the Turkish border region of Kilis, which has been regularly targeted by jihadists this year, the Dogan news agency said. Ilyas Akengin / AFP

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World in focus — best photos for May 8, 2016

Rob Gurdebeke

May 08, 2016

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A look at the best photos from around the world for Sunday, May 8.

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