May 12, 2017

Young people step on text of the Balfour Declaration, which is printed on a 100-meter red carpet during the opening ceremony of the 3rd Annual Red Carpet Festival for Human Rights Films in Gaza City. 

Opposition supporters confront riot security forces while rallying against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela.

Sailors participate in a training session on the eve of al-Gaffal, a traditional long-distance dhow sailing race near the island of Sir Bu Nair. Over 100 dhow boats will take part in the race from Sir Bu Nayer Island to Dubai.

Siberian lynxes Yana (L) and Buran sit inside an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo in a suburb of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

A supporter of Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, who is running for a second term in office, makes a V sign as she watches a live televised debate outside Rouhani campaign headquarters in Tehran.

An Iraqi girl carries a baby in a backpack turned into a baby carrier as displaced Iraqis from western Mosul's al-Islah al-Zaraye neighborhood flee their area, during a government forces' military offensive to retake the area from Islamic State (IS) group fighters.

Jewish pilgrims pray at the Ghriba synagogue during the first day of the annual Jewish pilgrimage to the synagogue on Tunisia's Mediterranean resort island of Djerba.

Members of a Chinese honor guard line up in formation before a welcome ceremony for Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Ukraine's O.Torvald performs the song "Time" during the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Grand Final dress rehearsal 1 at the International Exhibition Center in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Rafael Nadal from Spain returns a ball to David Goffin from Belgium during a Madrid Open tennis tournament match in Madrid, Spain.

A Sotheby's employee looks at a sculpture created by El Anatsui of Ghana at Sotheby's Modern and Contemporary African Art sale in London. The sculpture is estimated to bring in $810,000 to 1.06 million 650,000-850,000 pounds.