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Events for the week (30 photos)
In the selection of photos for a week you will see riots in Bangkok; children's wedding in India; the last flight of Atlantis and more.
People at the departures board at Heathrow Airport outside London. Because of problems with air travel, the cause of which was the Icelandic volcano this spring, many Britons have not reached their property in Spain. (Oli Scarff / Getty Images)
Morning sun rays make their way from behind the clouds over the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa. (Orlando Sierra / Agence France-Presse - Getty Images)
Cyclist with an umbrella during monsoon rains. Rains in Colombo and other parts of Sri Lanka caused flooding across the country. (Eranga Jayawardena / Associated Press)
Tourists are photographed against the backdrop of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland, which throws new ash clouds, resulting in major European airports closed again. (Heidar Kristjansson / Agence France-Presse - Getty Images)
View the bottom of the cockpit of the space shuttle "Atlantis" during a survey of the approaching STS-132 before docking with the International Space Station. This is the last mission for the "Atlantis". (Photo by NASA via Getty Images)
Flamingo with a chick in the nest area wildlife park "Al Areen," in Sakhir, Bahrain. (AP Photo / Hasan Jamali)
Chinese officer corrects the line of honor during the arrival of German President Horst Koehler, is not visible in the photo, for a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao in the House of the People in Beijing (AP Photo / Muhammed Muheisen)
Visitors to the children's pool in La Jolla, California came to a closer look at the seals, once removed the rope barrier that separates animals from spectators. (AP Photo / The San Diego Union-Tribune, Peggy Peattie)
Girls drink wine during the ceremony of age near the royal palace of the 16th century in Seoul. The ceremony is held to approve the boys and girls who have reached the 20-year-old, as independent individuals. (AP Photo / Lee Jin-man)
Cuban transvestite fanning himself while he is preparing for performances in the city of Santa Clara, 300 km from Havana. (AFP Photo / Adalberto Roque)
Indian man holding his daughter over the crowd, trying to sit in a crowded train at a railway station in New Delhi on May 18th. Daily station in New Delhi serve hundreds of thousands of trains and passengers. Most railway stations in major Indian cities are crowded throughout the year. (AP Photo / Kevin Frayer)
Smoke on the site of the terrorist attack in Kabul. On May 18, the Afghan capital, a suicide bomber in a car blew up a NATO convoy, killing six military, five Americans and one Canadian. Also killed twelve civilians - many of them - the passengers on the bus, as the explosion occurred at rush hour. (AP Photo / Basir Serat)
The Dalai Lama during his speech at the University of Northern Iowa, Tuesday, May 18, in Cedar Falls, Iowa. (AP Photo / Charlie Neibergall)
7-year-old bride and 11-year-old groom at the wedding ceremony in the village Chachoda, located 155 km from the Indian city of Bhopal. Though child marriages in India are banned, they still are, especially in poor rural areas. . (AP Photo / Prakash Hatvalne)
French players are on the snow near his training camp in the Alpine resort of Tignes on May 19. (Franck Fife / Reuters)
Children playing on the beach in Mumbai on May 19. On this day in some parts of India has recorded temperatures above 38 degrees Celsius. (Divyakant Solanki / European Pressphoto Agency)
The boy runs past the fishing boats in the Indian city of Puri after the announcement of the impending cyclone. Cyclone Laila hit the east coast of India on Thursday evening, killed 27 people. (Biswaranjan Rout / Associated Press)
Smoke over the business part of Bangkok on May 19. "Red Shirts" set fire to a building in the center of the city to express their anger against the government. (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)
Thai soldiers near the body of "Red Shirts" during the attack on the camp of the opposition in Bangkok early morning of the 19th of May. (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)
The man is drinking milk from the ground, which the farmers spilled during a protest in Madrid on May 19.
Workers wash windows on a skyscraper in Beijing. (AP Photo / Ng Han Guan)
Buddhists at the Golden Rock Pagoda, which is located approximately 200 km north-east of Yangon in Myanmar. (AP Photo / Khin Maung Win)
In this aerial photo visible barriers that protect the coast from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Photographed on Dolphin Island, Alabama. (UPI / Harrison McClary / BP)
Model presents dress from Raimon Bundó during the Spanish fashion week in Barcelona. (Albert Gea / Reuters)
A Palestinian boy with a kite in one of the alleys of the Old City of Jerusalem. (Maya Hitij / Associated Press)
Women retractable awnings in which crops of rice to protect against rain. The picture was taken on the outskirts of the capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka. (Pavel Rahman / AP)
The space shuttle "Atlantis" on the background of the Andes on the border of Argentina and Chile to its docking with the International Space Station. (NASA / Reuters)
South Korean K1 tank during an exercise near the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas in the county Yeongcheon. (AP Photo / Yonhap)
People go Thames London Millennium Bridge. (AP Photo / Matt Dunham)
The girl at the fountain next to the Moscow Kremlin. Moscow is unusually warm day in May for the weather. The average temperature is 25 degrees Celsius. (AP Photo / Mikhail Metzel)
People at the departures board at Heathrow Airport outside London. Because of problems with air travel, the cause of which was the Icelandic volcano this spring, many Britons have not reached their property in Spain. (Oli Scarff / Getty Images)
Morning sun rays make their way from behind the clouds over the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa. (Orlando Sierra / Agence France-Presse - Getty Images)
Cyclist with an umbrella during monsoon rains. Rains in Colombo and other parts of Sri Lanka caused flooding across the country. (Eranga Jayawardena / Associated Press)
Tourists are photographed against the backdrop of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland, which throws new ash clouds, resulting in major European airports closed again. (Heidar Kristjansson / Agence France-Presse - Getty Images)
View the bottom of the cockpit of the space shuttle "Atlantis" during a survey of the approaching STS-132 before docking with the International Space Station. This is the last mission for the "Atlantis". (Photo by NASA via Getty Images)
Flamingo with a chick in the nest area wildlife park "Al Areen," in Sakhir, Bahrain. (AP Photo / Hasan Jamali)
Chinese officer corrects the line of honor during the arrival of German President Horst Koehler, is not visible in the photo, for a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao in the House of the People in Beijing (AP Photo / Muhammed Muheisen)
Visitors to the children's pool in La Jolla, California came to a closer look at the seals, once removed the rope barrier that separates animals from spectators. (AP Photo / The San Diego Union-Tribune, Peggy Peattie)
Girls drink wine during the ceremony of age near the royal palace of the 16th century in Seoul. The ceremony is held to approve the boys and girls who have reached the 20-year-old, as independent individuals. (AP Photo / Lee Jin-man)
Cuban transvestite fanning himself while he is preparing for performances in the city of Santa Clara, 300 km from Havana. (AFP Photo / Adalberto Roque)
Indian man holding his daughter over the crowd, trying to sit in a crowded train at a railway station in New Delhi on May 18th. Daily station in New Delhi serve hundreds of thousands of trains and passengers. Most railway stations in major Indian cities are crowded throughout the year. (AP Photo / Kevin Frayer)
Smoke on the site of the terrorist attack in Kabul. On May 18, the Afghan capital, a suicide bomber in a car blew up a NATO convoy, killing six military, five Americans and one Canadian. Also killed twelve civilians - many of them - the passengers on the bus, as the explosion occurred at rush hour. (AP Photo / Basir Serat)
The Dalai Lama during his speech at the University of Northern Iowa, Tuesday, May 18, in Cedar Falls, Iowa. (AP Photo / Charlie Neibergall)
7-year-old bride and 11-year-old groom at the wedding ceremony in the village Chachoda, located 155 km from the Indian city of Bhopal. Though child marriages in India are banned, they still are, especially in poor rural areas. . (AP Photo / Prakash Hatvalne)
French players are on the snow near his training camp in the Alpine resort of Tignes on May 19. (Franck Fife / Reuters)
Children playing on the beach in Mumbai on May 19. On this day in some parts of India has recorded temperatures above 38 degrees Celsius. (Divyakant Solanki / European Pressphoto Agency)
The boy runs past the fishing boats in the Indian city of Puri after the announcement of the impending cyclone. Cyclone Laila hit the east coast of India on Thursday evening, killed 27 people. (Biswaranjan Rout / Associated Press)
Smoke over the business part of Bangkok on May 19. "Red Shirts" set fire to a building in the center of the city to express their anger against the government. (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)
Thai soldiers near the body of "Red Shirts" during the attack on the camp of the opposition in Bangkok early morning of the 19th of May. (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)
The man is drinking milk from the ground, which the farmers spilled during a protest in Madrid on May 19.
Workers wash windows on a skyscraper in Beijing. (AP Photo / Ng Han Guan)
Buddhists at the Golden Rock Pagoda, which is located approximately 200 km north-east of Yangon in Myanmar. (AP Photo / Khin Maung Win)
In this aerial photo visible barriers that protect the coast from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Photographed on Dolphin Island, Alabama. (UPI / Harrison McClary / BP)
Model presents dress from Raimon Bundó during the Spanish fashion week in Barcelona. (Albert Gea / Reuters)
A Palestinian boy with a kite in one of the alleys of the Old City of Jerusalem. (Maya Hitij / Associated Press)
Women retractable awnings in which crops of rice to protect against rain. The picture was taken on the outskirts of the capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka. (Pavel Rahman / AP)
The space shuttle "Atlantis" on the background of the Andes on the border of Argentina and Chile to its docking with the International Space Station. (NASA / Reuters)
South Korean K1 tank during an exercise near the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas in the county Yeongcheon. (AP Photo / Yonhap)
People go Thames London Millennium Bridge. (AP Photo / Matt Dunham)
The girl at the fountain next to the Moscow Kremlin. Moscow is unusually warm day in May for the weather. The average temperature is 25 degrees Celsius. (AP Photo / Mikhail Metzel)
