May 5, 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.

허블 우주망원경이 포착한 'IRAS 14348-1447'라는 이름의 천체. 두 은하가 결합하는 과정에 있다. 극적으로 밝은 빛을 내는 '초고광도 적외선 은하'로, 은하 내부의 풍부한 분자 구름이 원적외선을 방출한다고 미 항공우주국(NASA) 측은 설명했다.

 

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 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 arrow as he attends a gathering near parliament for a protest against the Land Acquisition Bill, in New Delhi.

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 during the 56th International Art Exhibition (Biennale d'Arte) titled "All the World’s Futures," in Venice, Italy.

Cistercian monks chant during an evening prayer at the chapel of the Abbey Stift Heiligenkreuz, Austria.

A white peacock opens its feathers at the Nogeyama Zoo in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo.

A man sunbathes on the banks of the Ada Ciganlija Lake in Belgrade, Serbia.  Hot weather has set in with temperatures rising up to 32 Celsius (90 Fahrenheit) in Belgrade.