5 maj, 2015

A protester wears a mask made from a leaf in the Cibitoke neighborhood of Bujumbura, Burundi. Protesters dismissed a constitutional court ruling that cleared President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a controversial third term, as the government offered to release activists if deadly demonstrations stopped.

Earthquake survivors search for their belongings from collapsed houses in Sankhu, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal.

Students protest against the Italian government’s “Good School” reform bill showing their hands colored with paint in front of the Democratic Party (PD) in Rome.

Airport officials look at the wreckage of a military transport aircraft destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes, at the Sanaa International Airport, in Yemen. A Saudi-led coalition continues to bomb Shiite rebels also known as Houthis and allied forces across the country.

Tourists make their way along the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. Britain will go to the polls in a national election on May 7.

Technician Pascal Duteil changes one of the sodium golden light bulbs on the Eiffel tower in Paris. The task to change and clean the 425 golden light bulbs starts today and is done every four years.

Military cadets rest on part of the WWII memorial sculpture as they prepare for a parade of military schools  to celebrate Victory Day in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukraine marks Victory Day on May 9.

An Indian farmer holds a bow and an arrow as he attends a gathering near parliament for a protest against the Land Acquisition Bill, in New Delhi. Farmers protested against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s bill, calling it anti-farmer in a country where agriculture is the main livelihood for more than 60 percent of the 1.2 billion people.

An elderly man dances with a girl dressed in a military uniform during a street performance to commemorate veterans of World War II ahead of Victory Day in the center of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.  Russia will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II on May 9.

A visitor looks at "The Key in the Hand" a piece of art by Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota presented at Japan's pavilion during the 56th International Art Exhibition (Biennale d'Arte) titled "All the World’s Futures," in Venice, Italy.

A Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighter reacts as he mourns near the body of his brother, who was an FSA fighter and died during an offensive against Islamic State fighters to take control of Qabasin town, on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of al-Bab.

President Barack Obama walks on stage with first lady Michelle Obama, daughter Malia, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden after his farewell address at McCormick Place in Chicago, Jan. 10, 2017.

Members of Japan's avant-garde dance group "Dairakudakan" perform in Tokyo. Vacationers enjoy the Ginza Yanagi festival including street performances and dances by Geisha girls to mark Japan's week-long Golden Week holidays.

This celestial object called IRAS 14348-1447 is actually a combination of two gas-rich spiral galaxies. It is located over a billion light-years away from us. It is one of the most gas-rich examples known of an ultraluminous infrared galaxy, a class of cosmic objects that shine characteristically — and incredibly — brightly in the infrared part of the spectrum. The image was taken by Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys.