17 prill, 2015

Candles are placed in the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, western Germany, for a tribute ceremony for the 150 victims of the Germanwings plane crash last month in the French Alps.

A Yemeni girl holds a baby in a temporary shelter after fleeing violence in Yemen, at the port town Bosasso in Somalia's Puntland. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for an immediate halt to fighting in Yemen, the first time he has made such an appeal since Saudi-led airstrikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels began three weeks ago.

A woman cries in front of the skulls and bones of more than 8,000 victims of the Khmer Rouge regime during a Buddhist ceremony at Choeung Ek, a "Killing Fields" site located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Hundreds of Cambodians and monks gathered at the site to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge reign.

A placard of Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez is surrounded by yellow butterfly cutouts with messages, placed there by fans, at a bookstore in Mexico City. Marquez fans are commemorating the first anniversary of his death. In 'Gabo's renowned novel "100 Years of Solitude," clouds of yellow butterflies precede a forbidden lover’s arrival.

Zulu protesters demonstrate against foreign migrants outside their hostel in the Jeppestown district of Johannesburg. South Africa is seeking diplomatic support from countries across the continent to defeat the "demon" of anti-immigrant violence in which at least four people have been killed over the past few weeks.

Displaced Sunnis, who fled the violence in the city of Ramadi, arrive at the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi security forces fought Islamic State militants at the gates of the western city on Friday, and local authorities warned it was in danger of falling unless reinforcements arrived soon.

Members of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) carry the coffins containing the remains of 21 Kosovo Albanians allegedly killed by Serbian security forces during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war, during a funeral ceremony in the village of Qikatove. The remains were identified after being exhumed from a mass grave in Serbia.

The greenhouses are seen on the grounds of the Belgian royal family residence of Laeken in Brussels. The royal family opens its interlocking greenhouses with their wide array of flowers to the public every year, for a duration of three weeks.

A woman looks at photos taken by Doan Cong Tinh during the Vietnam war, at a photo exhibition titled "Reporters de guerre," ("War Reporters") at the French cultural house in Hanoi. The exhibition showcases more than 40 photos taken by four Vietnamese photographers Doan Cong Tinh, Chu Chi Thanh, Mai Nam and Hua Kiem. Vietnam marks the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon on April 30.

រូបតំណាង​នៃ​ពិធី​ណូអែល​ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​ដាក់​នៅ​ពី​មុខ​ជំរំ Servillano S. Aquino ក្នុង​ក្រុង Tarlac ប្រទេស​ហ្វីលីពីន។

A competitor gets sprayed with fake tan paint before the Mr. Thailand 2015 bodybuilding competition in Bangkok. The three-day competition attracts more than 400 bodybuilding enthusiasts across the country.

Members of the PC-7 flight team of the Swiss Air Force perform in their Pilatus PC-7 planes during a media day of the Swiss Air Force at the airbase in the central Swiss town of Emmen.

A dancer jumps during a parade celebrating the coming of spring in Tripoli, north Lebanon, April 17, 2015.

A man walks past red tulips during a sunny spring day in Kalemegdan park at the Belgrade fortress, Serbia.

Models get ready backstage during the African Summer 2016 Ready To Wear collection during Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil.