Thursday, April 30, 2015

PHOTOS OF THE DAY!!! May, 1/ 2015

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Nepalese police personnel carry earthquake survivor Pemba Tamang (C) on a stretcher after his rescue from a destroyed hotel building in Kathmandu. Rescuers pulled the 15-year-old boy alive from the rubble, bringing a rare moment of joy to the ruined capital city, five days after the disaster which killed nearly 6,000 people. 



2
Vietnamese veterans gather for a parade celebrating the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War which is also remembered as the fall of Saigon, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 

 
 
3
Members of the National Guard patrol along Baltimore's Inner Harbor area in the aftermath of rioting following Monday's funeral for Freddie Gray, who died in police custody in the Maryland city.
 
 
 
4
Books about Pakistan's Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who survived a Taliban attack, are displayed at a bookstore in Islamabad.  A Pakistani court on Thursday sentenced 10 militants to life in prison for their involvement in the 2012 attack on the teenage activist, a public prosecutor said.
 
 
 
5
Two men carry a suitcase past a burning barricade in Bujumbura, Burundi, after the government issued and ordered all university campuses to close down. Bujumbura has been hit by street protests since Sunday as security forces confront demonstrators who say a third term for President Pierre Nkurunziza would violate the country's constitution.
 
 
 
6
A woman walks through the Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism, in Munich, Germany.  The official inauguration of the visitor center marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Munich by U.S. troops.
 
 
 
7
Russian soldiers march during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade which will take place at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square on May 9 to celebrate 70 years after the victory in WWII, in St. Petersburg.
 
 
 
8
Demonstrators wearing dark hoods, light flares during a demonstration in downtown Milan, to protest against the World Exposition Milano 2015 (Universal Exposition) saying that the massively indebted Italian state should not be ploughing money into an ephemeral event at a time of economic hardship for many Italians. The Expo will run from May 1-Oct. 31, with the theme Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life.
 
 
 
9
A 2km-long rosary, which is said to be the longest rosary in the world, hangs around the Marian shrine at Our Lady of Lebanon religious site in Harissa, northeast of Beirut, Lebanon. By tradition, May is the month of devotion to the Virgin Mary for the Catholic Church.
 
 
 
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View of the Calbuco volcano from Puerto Montt, southern Chile. The volcano erupted again Thursday, releasing a large column of ash into the air just over a week after it spectacularly roared to life following half a century of inactivity.
 
 
 
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A woman takes an early morning walk past painted blue, yellow and red front doors - the colors of the current three main political parties in the U.K., Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Labour respectively - in Isleworth, west London, Britain. Britain goes to the polls in a national election on May 7.
 
 
 
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Visitors walk through the Swarowski Crystal World museum on its reopening day following renovation, in the western Austrian village of Wattens. 


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