Aleppo, Syria: A boy holds an AK-47 assault rifle in the majority-Kurdish Sheikh Maqsud district Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Vatican: People take shelter from the sun as they wait for Pope Francis to recite the Regina Coeli noon prayer Photograph: Alessandra Tarantino/APMadrid, Spain: People hold a giant flag during a demonstration to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the founding of the Second RepublicPhotograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images
Kolkata, India: A Hindu devotee swinging from a rope throws offerings towards other devotees during the Chadak ritual Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/ReutersChatham, Massachusetts: Seals on a beach at Monomoy national wildlife refugePhotograph: David L Ryan/Boston Globe via Getty ImagesMogadishu, Somalia: A woman runs to safety near the scene of an explosion. At least 16 people were killed as two car bombs exploded outside a courthousePhotograph: Feisal Omar/ReutersKabul, Afghanistan: A man hangs a freshly coloured burqa to dry with other clothes in the old town. Many Afghans have their clothing re-dyed to make them look new againPhotograph: Anja Niedringhaus/APBeijing, China: A girl who was previously infected with the H7N9 bird flu virus talks to the media as she is transferred from the ICU to a public ward at Ditan hospital Photograph: ReutersAlozaina, Spain: A participant in the Fisherman's Friend StrongmanrunPhotograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty ImagesMilan, Italy: Karl Lagerfeld's photo exhibition The Little Black Jacket at Porta Venezia as part of Milan Design Week Photograph: Selin Alemdar/Getty ImagesDenpasar, Indonesia: Children play with parts of the Lion Air Boeing 737 plane that missed the runaway during landing at Bali's international airport Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesKhvoensk, Belarus : People look at a stream during spring floods Photograph: Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty ImagesPyongyang, North Korea: A child covers her father's eyes as people watch folk dancing in front of Pyongyang Indoor Stadium to celebrate the birthday of the country's first leader, Kim Il-sungPhotograph: David Guttenfelder/AP
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