April 14, 2015

People react as they are forcibly moved from an abandoned building in Flamengo neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, left, listen to their national anthems during a welcoming ceremony before a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany.

A combination of pictures shows the Boeoegg, a snowman made of wadding material and filled with firecrackers, burning atop a bonfire in the Sechselaeuten square in Zurich, Switzerland, April 13, 2015.

In this photo released today, a policeman shows his badge to tourists while approaching a man who had just shot himself in front of the Capitol in Washington D.C., April 11, 2015. A man shot himself dead near the U.S. Capitol, police said, sparking a temporary security lockdown at the complex on one of the busiest days for tourists in Washington.

The remaining storm of Cyclone Joalane appear in the moonlit Southern Indian Ocean, with the Milky Way rising behind it, as seen in this picture taken by astronaut Terry Virts from the International Space Station, April 13, 2015. (Credit: NASA/Terry Virts)
 

People wearing costumes attend the annual water-splashing festival to mark the New Year of the Dai minority in Jinghong, Yunnan province, China, April 13, 2015.

People enjoy an amusement ride as the sun sets in suburban Pasay, south of Manila, the Philippines.

A group of Thai university art students create a sculpture on the beach for the Ban Krut Sand Fantasy Festival 2015 in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, April 9, 2015. (Photo taken by Matthew Richards/Thailand)

A Hindu devotee lies on a bed of nails as he is carried past spectators during the ritual of Shiva Gajan at Pratapgarh village in Agartala, the capital of northeastern state of Tripura. Devotees believe that by enduring the pain, Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, will grant their prayers.

Iranian school girls follow the debates of the parliament in Tehran.