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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Must See Pic

MUST-SEE MAY 2013

Image: People wrapped in a white cloth take part in 'Divisor,' a performance-art piece by Brazilian artist Lygia Pape, in Hong Kong, on May 17 (© Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

Image: A boy watches jellyfish swim in a large tank at the Vancouver Aquarium in Vancouver, British Columbia, on May 16 (© Andy Clark/Reuters)

Image: An Afghan man directs his children away from the scene of a suicide car bomber attack on a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 16 (© Anja Niedringhaus/AP)

Image: A blue sky emerges from early morning clouds and fog as the Simpson Tacoma Kraft Company pulp & paper mill operates alongside cargo container cranes in Tacoma, Wash., on May 16 (© Ted S. Warren/AP)

Image: Students on a tour pet Greenpeace activists dressed in a polar bear costume during a demonstration on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on May 15 (© Chris Wattie/Reuters)

Image: Roma Hattu, a Rohingya Muslim woman who is nine months pregnant & displaced by ethnic violence, grimaces in labor pain on the bare floor of a former rubber factory now serving as her family's shelter near Sittwe, Myanmar, on April 28. (© Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

Image: A man wears an elaborate costume while greeting visitors at Sri Lanka's stand during the 2013 Arabian Travel Market exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on May 6 (© Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: Makiya Price, 6, glances up at the character Grover from the television show 'Sesame Street' in Nashville, Tenn., on May 14 (© Mark Humphrey/AP)

Image: A Free Syrian Army fighter sits on a sofa inside a house in Deir al-Zor, Syria, on May 13 (© Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)

Image: A worker adjusts light bulbs on a pandal, a colored structure that is illuminated with bulbs, in preparation for Vesak holiday in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 16 (© Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: Fans scatter as Tampa Bay Rays' Jose Molina's bat goes flying into the seats during the second inning of a baseball game between the Rays & the Boston Red Sox in St. Petersburg, Fla., on May 15 (© Chris O'Meara/AP)

Image: Chinese inventor Tao Xiangli tinkers with a robot he built out of discarded materials in Beijing on May 15 (© Suzie Wong/Reuters)

Image: A teacher looks at students during a lesson in Mihtarlam, Afghanistan, on May 15 (© Waseem Nikzad/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: A Palestinian protester kicks a burning tire toward Israeli security forces during clashes at demonstrations marking Nakba Day outside Ofer military prison in the West Bank on May 15 (© Issam Rimawi/APA Images/ZUMA)

Image: A Maserati Quattroporte is getting smashed with sledgehammers during the opening ceremony of the Qingdao International Auto Show in Qingdao, China, on May 14 (© ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)

Image: Refugee children play in front of their family home in Jabaliya Refugee camp in north Gaza Strip on May 14 (© Ali Ali/EPA/Landov)

Image: Secondary-school teachers rally in Athens, Greece, on May 13 (© Marcos Andronicou/Nur Photo/SIPA/Rex Features)

Image: A giant shoe is seen outside a life-size Barbie Dreamhouse of Mattel's Barbie dolls in Berlin on May 15 (© Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

Image: People ride in a trailer across a flooded area heading to a cemetery for All Souls Day near Khlupin, Belarus, on May 14 (© Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: Hand-balancer Danik Abishev performs at the LIMBO circus show at the London Wonderground festival in London on May 15 (© Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Image: Washington State Patrol troopers wait to compete in the 11th annual honor guard competition in Washington, DC, on May 14 (© Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: The Riace Head sculpture receives a gilded helmet at the exhibition 'Back to Classic: Ancient Greece Reconsidered' at the Liebig House in Frankfurt, Germany, on May 14 (© Nicolas Armer/dpa/Corbis)

Image: The Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft lands outside Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on May 14 (© NASA/Carla Cioffi/Rex Features)

Image: People walk along icy Lake Nam Co in Tibet on May 12 (© Chen Tianhu/Xinhua/Corbis)

Image: Andy Lewis carefully moves forward inch by inch across a thin wire in Brazil (© Scott Rogers/Caters News)

Image: Moon jellyfish in the Red Sea on May 13 (© Yuzuru Masuda/Solent News & Photo Agency)

Image: Pianist & singer Lewis Jordan Brown, aged 11, entertains devotees at the 50th Hemsby Rock 'n' Roll Weekender in Hemsby, England, on May 12 (© Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Image: Emilio Ramos, lead sales associate for the OC Goodwill Boutique, maneuvers mannequins as he prepares for the store's grand opening in Tustin, Calif., on May 13 (© Mindy Schauer/The Orange County Register/Zuma Press)

Image: A boy plays pool in Lahore, Pakistan, on May 12 (© Tyler Hicks/The New York Times/Redux)

Image: Jessica Mander walks around an installation titled 'Catafalque' by British artist Sean Henry on the grounds of Glyndebourne Opera House, in Lewes, England, on May 13 (© Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Image: Graffiti adds color & commentary to a street in Bogota, Colombia, on May 12 (© Leonardo Munoz/EFE/Zuma Press)

Image: A deflated rubber duck floats in Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong, on May 14

Image: A worker attaches to a lantern the name tag of a Buddhist who made a donation at the Jogye Temple, in Seoul, South Korea, on May 3 (© Ahn Young-joon/AP)

Image: A Harley-Davidson rider takes a break during the annual Harley-Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, China, on May 11 (© Carlos Barria/Reuters)

Image: Contortionists Pixie Le Knot & Oohla Lowri squeeze themselves into a square locker at Access Self Storage, in London on May 13 (© Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

Image: Honor guards present flowers to the Eternal Flame during a ceremony to mark the 68th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on May 9 (© Xinhua Press/Corbis)

Image: A woman creates an Afro-Colombian hairstyle during a contest of Afro hairdressers in Cali, Colombia, on May 12 (© Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: A wild gray langur monkey grimaces as it jumps on a car at a rest stop near Leela, India, on May 12 (© Kevin Frayer/AP)

Image: An Afghan boy flies a kite on a hill overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 13 (© Anja Niedringhaus/AP)

Image: A parade-goer strikes a pose while marching in a gay pride parade in Havana on May 11 (© Desmond Boylan/Reuters)

Image: A man checks an apartment in a damaged building at the site of a blast in Reyhanli, Turkey, on May 13 (© Umit Bektas/Reuters)

Image: A monk looks at a solar halo in Qamdo, Tibet, on May 12 (© Wen Tao/Xinhua/Landov)

Image: A dancer representing Trinidad & Tobago sits at a bus stop at 'The World on Regent Street' event in London on May 12 (© Tolga Akmen/London News Pictures/Zuma Press)

Image: An Iraqi man dives into a public swimming pool in Baghdad on May 12 (© Karim Kadim/AP)

Image: Olympic gold medalist David Boudia dives into a pool at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center during the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on May 9 (© Al Bello/Getty Images)

Image: Villagers trim tulip blossoms at a planting base in Lhasa, Tibet, on May 9 (© Purbu Zhaxi/Xinhua/Zuma Press)

Image: Architect Wang Han built this ultra-modern home in his childhood village in Chunxiao Town, China (© HAP/Quirky China News/Rex Features)

Image: Employees prepare to unload new Volkswagen AG automobiles from a rail wagon in Koper, Slovenia, on May 9 (© Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Image: Lightning over a wind energy park during a thunderstorm near Jacobsdorf, Germany, on May 9 (© Patrick Pleul/AP)

Image: A farm worker removes grass from rice seeds in a field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, on May 9 (© Amit Dave/Reuters)

Image: A man performs on a slack line at an ocean-front park in Lima, Peru, on May 9 (© Enrique Castro-Mendivi/Reuters)

Image: A duckling with its adopted dog mother in the Kocaeli Province of Turkey on April 28 (© Onur Kizilye/Caters News)

Image: An iron worker leans on a safety fence to look at the skyline after a crane lifted the final piece of the spire to the top of 1 World Trade Center in New York, on May 10 (© Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

Image: Women wearing protective glasses sit near another woman looking through a telescope at the annular solar eclipse from atop Observatory Hill in Sydney on May 10 (© David Gray/Reuters)

Image: People at the 'Punk: Chaos to Couture' exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 6 (© Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times/Redux)

Image: A boy watches as a daily-wage worker carries bricks to repair a house in New Delhi on May 9 (© Saurabh Das/AP)

Image: Composite image of starry skies above the Rocky Mountains, Colo., on April 14 (© Richard Gottardo/Caters News)

Image: Clubgoers dance at Lunch Beat, a daytime party series that started in Sweden, at the club Slate in New York, on April 24 (© Benjamin Norman/The New York Times/Redux)

Image: A boy watches a Chinese three-striped box turtle at Melbourne Zoo, Australia, on May 1 (© David Caird/Newspix/Rex Features)

Image: A street vendor prepares a beverage from a cart on a bridge overlooking the Nile in Cairo on May 8 (© Asmaa Waguih/Reuters)

Image: Devotees walk on a pathway made of cement bags to offer prayers at a shrine on the Arabian Sea in Mumbai on May 9 (© Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Image: Sascha Klein of Germany trains at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center on Day 1 of the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on May 9 (© Al Bello/Getty Images)

Image: A man sits at the window of a burning building before falling from it, in Lahore, Pakistan, on May 9 (© Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

Image: A participant lies defeated during a battle at a Renaissance fair where the U.S. full-contact armored fighting team competed in West Windsor Township, NJ, on April 13 (© Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times/Redux)

Image: Russian air force fighters fly over Red Square during a Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9 (© Ivan Sekretarev/AP)

Image: Folk artist Jing Tingxiao presents Daoqing, a shadow play folk operetta originated from the chanting of Taoist scriptures, Chenqiyuan Village, China, on May 8 (© Guo Gang/Xinhua/Zuma Press)

Image: A performer with the Hal-an-Tow pageant takes part in Helston Flora Day celebrations in Cornwall, England, on May 8 (© Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Image: Students release balloons during their coming-of-age ceremony at Bayi Middle School in Urumqi, China, on May 7 (© Jiang Wenyao/Xinhua Press/Corbis)

Image: The Jolly Nero container ship crashed into a control tower, killing seven, in Genoa, Italy, on May 8 (© Ar/Studio9/LaPresse/Zuma Press)

Image: Lightning bolts in the sky over Kastel Novi, Croatia, on May 7 (© Zvonimir Barisin/Cropix/SIPA/Rex Features)

Image: Trampoline acrobat Max Calaf performs outside the Old Royal Naval College in London on May 7 (© Warren King/Rex Features)

Image: Tourists on traditional boats sail in the Beihai military water tunnels on the island of Nangan, Taiwan, on May 8 (© Pichi Chuang/Reuters)

Image: Joviana, a lemur, gazes at the camera during a media tour at the Duke Lemur Center, Durham, NC, on May 7 (© Chuck Liddy/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT/Landov)

Image: Britain's Queen Elizabeth arrives for the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London on May 8 (© Dan Kitwood/Reuters)

Image: Star Trek fan in homemade soapbox Starship Enterprise in London on May 2 (© Rex Features)

Image: Labrador puppy with horse at Collingwood Children's Farm in Melbourne, Australia, on April 24 (© Alex Coppel/Newspix/Rex Features)

Image: Fireworks light up the sky over the Swedish Music Hall of Fame during the inauguration of the ABBA Museum in Stockholm on May 6 (© Scanpix Sweden/Reuters)

Image: A cyclist passes the Kremlin as he competes in the Five Rings of Moscow bicycle race in Moscow on May 6 (© Sergei Karpov /ITAR-TASS Photo/Corbis)

Image: People pour water on a passerby to celebrate Clean Monday in Lviv, Ukraine, on May 6 (© Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: Brazilian soldiers during a jungle warfare course run by Brazil's Jungle Warfare Instruction Center near a remote military outpost in the Brazilian Amazon, on May 2 (© Mauricio Lima/The New York Times/Redux)

Image: Four of seven new squirrel monkeys at the zoo in Dortmund, Germany, on May 7 (© Daniel Naupold/EPA/Landov)

Image: A young Turkish Gypsy, or Roma, jumps over a fire during the annual Spring Festival in Edirne, Turkey, on May 5 (© Gurcan Ozturk/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: A man in black carries a large road sign at a crosswalk in Brussels on May 6 (© Wiktor Dabkowski/Zuma Press)

Image: Lucha libre wrestler Dr. Maldad waits backstage before the Lucha VaVOOM show, part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles on May 5 (© Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)

Image: Vehicles burn on a highway near Mexico City on May 7 (© Victor Rojas/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: A new recruit of the Vatican's elite Swiss Guard prepares before the swearing-in ceremony May 6 (© Tony Gentile/Reuters)

Image: A couple dressed as a bride & groom take part in the Maldon Mud Race in Maldon, England, on May 5 (© Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Image: 'Dwarf Empire' cast member Lv Qiangyong poses after his performance at the Dwarf Empire theme park outside Kunming, China, on April 4 (© Diego Azubel/EPA/Landov)

Image: Some 370 blue-colored carp streamers fly in memoriam at the tsunami-devastated city of Higashimatsushima, Japan, on May 3 (© Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images)

Image: Laughing club members practice laughter therapy on World Laughter Day in Calcutta on May 5 (© Piyal Adhikary/EPA/Landov)

Image: A boy inspects an assault rifle during the 2013 NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits at the George R. Brown Convention Center, in Houston on May 4 (© Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Image: A resident walks past a car parked amid debris at a site demolished as part of a street broadening project, in Taiyuan, China, on May 6 (© Stringer China/Reuters)

Image: A history enthusiast dressed in a WWII-era US Army uniform salutes during the national anthem as part of the Convoy of Liberty event in Prestice, Czech Republic, on May 4 (© Matej Divizna/Getty Images)

Image: On May 4, a climber helps a graduate of Prague's Jedlicka Institute down the city's Congress Center during the first attempt to rappel from the building in a wheelchair (© Petr Josek/Reuters)

Image: Ty, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, is dressed up as Superman in London on May 5 (© Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images)

Image: Members of Dance Academy of Mexico perform during a Cinco de Mayo celebration in Milwaukee on May 5 (© Rick Wood/MCT/Zuma Press)

Image: A commando smashes bottles in a performance for children at the Gyeryongdae military headquarters, in Gyeryong City, South Korea, on May 3 (© EPA/Landov)

Image: A tiny bird puffs its feathers, having seen its own reflection in a mirror, in St. Lucia (© Tim Withall/Solent News)

Image: AfrikaBurn Festival dance participants during a dust storm in the Karoo desert in Tweefontein, South Africa, on May 3 (© Kim Ludbrook/EPA/Landov)

Image: A man rides his scooter as the street floods from torrential rains in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on May 2 (© ZUMA/Rex Features)

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May 18, 2013: People wrapped in a white cloth take part in ‘Divisor,’ a performance-art piece by Brazilian artist Lygia Pape, installed in Hong Kong’s financial Central district. The piece is part of an exhibition titled 'A Journal of the Plague Year. Fear, ghosts, rebels. SARS, Leslie & the Hong Kong story,' which explores the implications of events that affected Hong Kong starting in the spring of 2003 in relation to contemporary culture & politics of the region & the world.

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