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Animal exhibition in St Petersburg
Photo: Alexander Demianchuk
Date: 24-May-13
Country: RUSSIA
Author: Alexander Demianchuk
Visitors visit an exhibition displaying animals and birds at the Summer Garden in St. Petersburg May 23, 2013.
Monsoon rains may come late, raising fears for drought hit areas in India
Photo: Sivaram V
Date: 24-May-13
Country: INDIA
Author: Sivaram V
Beachgoers walk in the waters at Fort Kochi beach as clouds hover over the Arabian Sea in the southern Indian state of Kerala May 23, 2013.
A woman walks on the flooded streets of Kathmandu
Photo: Navesh Chitrakar
Date: 24-May-13
Country: NEPAL
Author: Navesh Chitrakar
A woman holding an umbrella walks on the flooded streets during a heavy rainfall in Kathmandu May 23, 2013.
A mahout splashes his elephant in the river Yamuna, New Delhi
Photo: Anindito Mukherjee
Date: 24-May-13
Country: INDIA
Author: Anindito Mukherjee
A mahout splashes water on his elephant in the river Yamuna on a hot summer day in New Delhi May 23, 2013.
Severe rainstorms in Bucharest
Photo: Bogdan Cristel
Date: 24-May-13
Country: ROMANIA
Author: Bogdan Cristel
Firefighters cut a tree uprooted by severe rainstorm in Bucharest May 23, 2013.
A fuel depot on fire near Rio de Janeiro
Photo: Ricardo Moraes
Date: 24-May-13
Country: BRAZIL
Author: Ricardo Moraes
A fuel depot on fire is pictured in Duque de Caxias, near Rio de Janeiro May 23, 2013.
Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano unleashes a wave explosions
Photo: Imelda Medina
Date: 24-May-13
Country: MEXICO
Author: Imelda Medina
The snow-covered Popocatepetl volcano spews a cloud of steam high into the air in Puebla May 23, 2013.
Donations stream in for tornado victims
Photo: Adrees Latif
Date: 24-May-13
Country: USA
Author: Adrees Latif
Lela Carter, 7, looks through children's books while standing around rows of items residents were donating to victims of a deadly tornado, at a church in Oklahoma City on May 23, 2013.
Heavy rainfall has now killed 36 people in south China this year
Photo: China Daily
Date: 23-May-13
Country: CHINA
Author: China Daily
Rescue workers push a lifeboat to move residents away from a flooded area in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, May 22, 2013.
Six giant bird cages promote environmental friendly concepts in Jiangsu province, China
Photo: Stringer
Date: 23-May-13
Country: CHINA
Author: Stringer
A woman walks past an installation of giant bird cages on a square in Nanjing, Jiangsu province May 22, 2013.
Pink flamingos in a breeding sanctuary in UAE
Photo: Ahmed Jadallah
Date: 23-May-13
Country: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Author: Ahmed Jadallah
Pink flamingos are seen at Al Bustan Zoological Centre in Maliha village in Sharjah, May 21, 2013.
A house on the river Drina in western Serbia
Photo: Marko Djurica
Date: 23-May-13
Country: SERBIA
Author: Marko Djurica
A man rows a boat near a house built on a rock on the river Drina near the western Serbian town of Bajina Basta, about 160km (99 miles) from the capital Belgrade May 22, 2013.
A North-Sudanese man fills up at the first blended sugar fuel station
Photo: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
Date: 23-May-13
Country: SUDAN
Author: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
A worker fills a pickup truck's tank with blended fuel at the first blended fuel station at Kenana Sugar Company (KSC)'s main plant, 270 km (170 miles) south of Khartoum May 14, 2013.
Dust cloud envelops Malta
Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Date: 23-May-13
Country: MALTA
Author: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Tourists cross a bridge to an elevator connecting the top of the fortifications of Valletta, with the Grand Harbour below, as fine dust fills the air in Valletta May 22, 2013.
Stop the Frack Attack People's Forum in Washington
Photo: Gary Cameron
Date: 23-May-13
Country: USA
Author: Gary Cameron
Tammy Manning of Pennsylvania holds a local newspaper clipping while speaking at the "Stop the Frack Attack People's Forum" to discuss how people living near oil and gas fields are impacted by fracking in Washington May 22, 2013.
Afghan lion's clean green campaign in Kabul
Photo: Omar Sobhani
Date: 23-May-13
Country: AFGHANISTAN
Author: Omar Sobhani
An Afghan man dresses as a Lion character during a "clean and green campaign" show at a school in Kabul, May 22, 2013.
DHL introduces zero-emission E-Car
Photo: Wolfgang Rattay
Date: 22-May-13
Country: GERMANY
Author: Wolfgang Rattay
Professor Achim Kempker, CEO of StreetScooter from the technical university of Aachen stands in front of a zero-emission E-car exclusively built and designed for German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post DHL is pictured in Bonn May 21, 2013.
"Torture is not Culture" Spanish activists protest bullfighting
Photo: Paul Hanna
Date: 22-May-13
Country: SPAIN
Author: Paul Hanna
Animal rights activists dressed in traditional costume and covered in fake blood lie on the ground during a protest against bullfighting in Madrid May 21, 2013.
Ukraine to lift ban on privatising gas pipelines
Photo: Gleb Garanich
Date: 22-May-13
Country: UKRAINE
Author: Gleb Garanich
An underground gas storage facility is seen in the village of Mryn, 120 km (75 miles) north of Kiev May 21, 2013.
Repairs after storm damage in Hong Kong
Photo: Tyrone Siu
Date: 22-May-13
Country: CHINA
Author: Tyrone Siu
A front loader removes rocks from a collapsed retaining wall which was damaged during a storm in Hong Kong May 22, 2013.
A chinese man catches fish in a polluted river
Photo: Stringer
Date: 22-May-13
Country: CHINA
Author: Stringer
A man uses electric rods to catch fish at a river junction point in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, May 21, 2013.
The Chelsea Flower Show opens in London
Photo: Stefan Wermuth
Date: 21-May-13
Country: BRITAIN
Author: Stefan Wermuth
A visitor looks at a display of flowers during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public on Tuesday.
Lightning strikes in Kansas
Photo: Gene Blevins
Date: 21-May-13
Country: USA
Author: Gene Blevins
Lightning from a tornadic thunderstorm passing over Clearwater, Kansas strikes near storm chasers May 19, 2013.
A mother hen with her chicks
Photo: Jason Lee
Date: 21-May-13
Country: CHINA
Author: Jason Lee
Two chicks look at their mother at a yard in the village of Basha in Congjiang county, Guizhou province, May 20, 2013.
A chinese villager transplants seedlings
Photo: Jason Lee
Date: 21-May-13
Country: CHINA
Author: Jason Lee
A villager transplants rice seedlings in the village of Basha in Congjiang county, Guizhou province May 20, 2013.
Pembroke Oil Refinery in Wales
Photo: Toby Melville
Date: 20-May-13
Country: UK
Author: Toby Melville
Pembroke Oil Refinery is seen in Pembrokeshire in Wales
Salt workers in Ethiopia
Photo: Siegfried Modola
Date: 20-May-13
Country: Ethiopia
Author: Siegfried Modola
Workers unload slabs of salt from camels in the town of Berahile in Afar, northern Ethiopia April 19, 2013.
Surprise royal visit to Chelsea Flower Show
Photo: Luke McGregor
Date: 20-May-13
Country: UK
Author: Luke McGregor
Britain's Prince Harry (R) speaks with garden designer Jinny Blom in the B&Q Sentebale Forget-Me-Not garden during a private unannounced visit to the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 17, 2013.
Indian workers remove high voltage cabling in India
Photo: Danish Siddiqui
Date: 20-May-13
Country: India
Author: Danish Siddiqui
Workers pull as they work to remove a high voltage underground electrical cable on side of a road in Mumbai May 17, 2013.
A fisherman from the internally displaced persons camp in Myanmar
Photo: Soe Zeya Tun
Date: 20-May-13
Country: Myanmar
Author: Soe Zeya Tun
A man from a Rohingya internally displaced persons (IDP) camp carries a fishing net as he walks towards a beach to fish near his camp, outside of Sittwe, May 18, 2013.