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Italian-American artist Arturo Di Modica's new Charging Bull statue, which is a similar version of his Wall Street Bull, is unveiled on the Bund in Shanghai, China. -- PHOTO: AP
Harpists perform in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral during Paraguay's Independence Day celebrations in Asuncion. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Pedestrians pass oversized murals on the Glendale Boulevard viaduct near downtown Los Angeles. -- PHOTO: AP
Women dance to celebrate Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan 's arrival in Port Harcourt. President Jonathan, who is making his first official visit to a state since taking the oath of office following the death of late President Umaru Yar'Adua, has assured the Niger Delta militants that the amnesty programme initiated by his predecessor is on course. -- PHOTO: AFP
Picture shows waters of a lake which formed following a landslide as it engulfs a village, in Hunza district of northern Pakistan, rising at a rate of 1 metre (3 feet) a day. Officials have warned that the lake is on the verge of breaking its banks and displacing thousands of people and that parts of the famous Karakoram highway leading to China could be washed away if the banks do burst. -- PHOTO: AP
A humanoid robot named 'I-Fairy' (centre) acts as a witness at the wedding ceremony between Tomohiro Shibata (left) and Satoko Inoue in Tokyo on Sunday. The couple decided to use the robot, which conducted the ceremony with its audio functions, from Inoue's company to perform the witness' duties as they first met due to common work interest related to robots. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
The world's largest keffiyeh, the traditional black-and-white chequerred Arab headdress, is laid on the grounds of Beirut's Sport City Stadium to form the number 194, signifying the 1948 United Nations resolution that grants Palestinians the right to return to their homes in Israeli-occupied land. -- PHOTO: AFP
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man sits on a swing as fellow believers (background) pray during a protest against the removal of ancient tombs in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on Sunday. -- PHOTO: AFP
Mariela Castro, daughter of Cuba's President Raul Castro (front row second from right) participates in events leading up to the International Day Against Homophobia in Havana on Saturday. International Day Against Homophobia is celebrated annually on May 17. Mariela Castro directs the National Sexual Education Center. -- PHOTO: AP
Sri Lankan men wade through a road submerged in rain water, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Friday. The Sri Lankan capital will experience heavy showers during the South Western monsoon, according to the meteorological department. -- PHOTO: AP
I-Real, Toyota's personal mobility vehicle, is demonstrated during a show at the Japan Pavilion at the World Expo site on Friday in Shanghai, China. -- PHOTO: AP
Hungarian fans dressed in Star Wars costumes gather at a fast food store during celebrations of the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back in a shopping mall in central Budapest. --PHOTO: REUTERS
Guinness World Records representative Jack Brockbank measures the length of the world's largest keffiyeh, the traditional black-and-white chequerred Arab head-dress, during an event in Beirut. --PHOTO: AFP
Fans of Sparta Prague celebrate with flares after their team won the Czech soccer league title in Prague, Czech Republic. --PHOTO: AP
A dancer performs at the 2010 Wango Tango concert in Los Angeles. --PHOTO: REUTERS
A contestant performs at the Miss Belly-Dance competition in Budapest. --PHOTO: REUTERS
A Marseille's fan holding a smoke grenade swims in the sea as he celebrates winning the French L1 football championship at the Vieux-Port in Marseille southern France. Already crowned champions, Marseille won yesterday the match against Grenoble at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, 2-0. --PHOTO: AFP
A huge reproduction of Vincent van Gogh's self-portrait made of 2,070 polo shirts in 24 colors, is displayed on the ground floor of the Marunouchi Building in Tokyo. The mosaic, measuring about 10 by 10 metres, was created by Japan's apparel maker Onward Kashiyama Co. --PHOTO: AFP
Silhouette of a walker at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua 2010 at Deportiva Sur circuit in Chihuahua, Mexico. --PHOTO: AFP
Joyce Smith and Janene Booth, tourists from Tennessee, sunbathe on a beach of Dauphin Island, a bird sanctuary in Alabama. -- PHOTO: AFP
A vehicle travels past vegetation along a road covered with volcanic ash in Eyjafjoll. The volcano is continuing to erupt with no signs of the explosive activity about to end and an ash plume reaching heights of 25,000 feet. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
An undated handout photograph shows 'Skyline', a 2007 installation consisting of 19 refrigerators by Kader Attia, on display as part of the 'Dreamlands' exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, in Paris. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Ronnie James Dio, of British heavy metal group 'Heaven and Hell', performs on stage during a concert in Oslo in this 2009 file photo. Dio, the pint-sized heavy metal singer who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath, died on Sunday, five months after being diagnosed with stomach cancer, his wife said. He was 67. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Alphorn players attend the final service of the second Ecumenical church congress in Munich, southern Germany, on Sunday. -- PHOTO: AP
Haitian women take part in Miss Haiti beauty contest at a hotel in Port-au-Prince on Sunday. The winner will represent Haiti in Miss Universe beauty contest. -- PHOTO: AP
A man sits a 1912 Ford Speedster, during a pre World War II automobile show in Bucharest, Romania on Sunday. The car is the oldest registered and fully functional automobile in Romania. -- PHOTO: AP
A king Penguin crosses in front of a flock of Gentoo Penguins near Port. --PHOTO: REUTERS
Pakistani Shi'ite activists from the Imamia Student Organisation set fire to an effigy of US President Barack Obama to protest against Israel's 62nd anniversary during a demonstration in Islamabad. The picture has been rotated 180 degrees. --PHOTO: REUTERS
Barcelona's Lionel Messi from Argentina celebrates after winning the Spanish La Liga league title at the end of the Spanish La Liga soccer match against Valladolid at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. --PHOTO: AP
A man poses in Brett Bailey's art installation 'Exhibit A: German South-West Africa' at the Museum of Ethnology in Vienna. With 'Exhibit A', author, director and designer Bailey explores the complexities of post-colonial Africa and puts real people on display in the Vienna Museum of Ethnology to question both our historical and current view of the 'hopeless continent'. --PHOTO: REUTERS
A group of people wearing zombie costumes pose during a zombie walk on the Croisette at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. --PHOTO: AFP
Artists from a French group 'Transe Express' perform during a show in Lodz. --PHOTO: REUTERS
A man surfs on a wave made by the fast moving water of the River Isar in the southern German city of Munich. River surfing has become very popular in Munich with many spectators coming to watch. --PHOTO: AFP
An Argentinos Juniors' fan wearing a mask cheers for his team before their Argentine First Division soccer match against Huracan in Buenos Aires. --PHOTO: REUTERS
Archaeologists in the town of Chiapa de Corzo have discovered the 2,700-year-old tomb of a dignitary, the oldest documented burial of a dignitary inside a pyramid in Mesoamerica. The man, probably a high priest or ruler of Chiapa de Corzo, a prominent settlement at the time, was buried in a stone chamber. -- PHOTO: AP
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (left) visits the Australian pavilion during its official inauguration at the site of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai on Tuesday. -- PHOTO: AFP
New ash clouds blasted out from Iceland's Eyjafjoell volcano brought fresh travel chaos to thousands of air travellers on Monday as key European airports shut down. -- PHOTO: AFP
Cambodian men participate in a horse racing event to mark an annual ceremony in which villagers dedicate their spirits to nature in exchange for an ample rainfall to properly provide for their crops, at Pring Ka-ek village, in Kandal province. -- PHOTO: AP
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is backdropped against the Earth prior to docking with the International Space Station. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Hiker Richard Schwarz stands in the 'Moon House' in south-eastern Utah on Cedar Mesa in McLoyd's Canyon which he has visited four times. As of March 2010, permits are now required to enter the area to ensure low impact on the archaeological site. Moon House is a Pueblo III-period cliff dwelling. -- PHOTO: AP
A turtle is carried by rangers in Pinta Island, northern waters of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Under the supervision of scientists from several countries, thirty nine giant tortoises, bred in captivity at the Galapagos National Park, were taken to Pinta Island for their release as part of an effort to restore the ecological integrity of the island's ecosystems. -- PHOTO: AP
Members of Atlacatl Association, an anti-AIDS organization, release balloons into the air with names of people who have died due to AIDS during 'Vigilia Mundial de la Solidaridad', an annual event held to commemorate them, in San Salvador. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Oil droplets stick to moss on a jetti at the mouth of the Mississippi River, south of Venice, Louisiana. BP announced on Tuesday that it is successfully siphoning off 1,000 barrels of oil per day from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded and sank to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico April 22, killing 11 crew members. -- PHOTO: AFP
NASA's Cassini spacecraft took these images, released by NASA, of Saturn's moon Enceladus (left) which is backlit by the sun, showing the fountain-like sources of the fine spray of material that towers over the south polar region. On the right, is a composite image of the moon Titan. NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be turning another double play this week, visiting the geyser moon Enceladus and the hazy moon Titan. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
An elderly woman leaves her home to bring drinking water as she steps over some sandbags around her house in flood water of Szendro village, north-eastern Hungary about 200 km from Budapest. The area of north-eastern Hungary has declared as a disaster-hit territory. -- PHOTO: AFP
Flames rise in a representative drawing as BP America Chairman and President Lamar McKay testifies at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on 'Gulf Coast Catastrophe: Assessing the Nation's Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill' on Capitol Hill in Washington. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Women walk past a billboard for the film 'Gulliver's Travels', showing cast member Jack Black, in front of the Carlton Hotel during the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Sun rays appear through the clouds at daybreak in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. -- PHOTO: AFP
Exile Tibetans wear masks protesting the Chinese imprisonment of the Panchen Lama, in Dharmsala, India. The Panchen Lama, the second highest Buddhist leader of Tibetans, was put under house arrest 15 years ago. -- PHOTO: AP
A Cuban transvestite performs on stage during a transvestite show in Santa Clara city - 300 km from Havana. This transvestite show, the first ever in a street of Cuba, was the final event closing a week of anti-homophobic social work. --PHOTO: AFP
Gas from the damaged Deepwater Horizon wellhead is burned by the drillship Discoverer Enterprise in a process known as flaring. Gas and oil from the wellhead are being brought to the surface via a tube that was placed inside the damaged pipe. --PHOTO: AP
Window cleaners standing in a cradle work on a new building in central London. --PHOTO: AFP
Greenpeace Senior Campaigner Lindsey Allen attempts to save a small crab covered in oil walking along the shore of the breakwater in the mouth of the Mississippi River where it meets the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana. --PHOTO: REUTERS
A necklace made with recycled materials by jewelry designer Tatiana Pages in New York. --PHOTO: AP
Lisa, a rescued 700-plus pound Yorkshire pig, lays next to Sansa Collins, resident manager at Sanctuary One, a nonprofit animal sanctuary at Double Oak Farm in the Applegate Valley, Ore. --PHOTO: AP
A hummingbird flies over a garden in Mexico City. Hummingbirds are known for their ability to hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings, 15 to 80 times per second, depending on the size of the bird. --PHOTO: AFP
An employee of the diocesan museum in Osnabrueck, northern Germany looks at an advertising placard of the World Cup 2006, showing Germany's midfielder Michael Ballack and France's midfielder Zinedine Zidane playing football in heaven at the exhibition 'In the football-heaven and on earth'. The exhibition, showing products and advertising material related to soccer and religion, takes place from April 20 to November 21, 2010. --PHOTO: AFP
Chinese primary school students make hand gestures to form a heart shape during a morning exercise on a school playground in Beijing, China. -- PHOTO: AP
A woman photographs a Biennale of Sydney art installation by South Korean artist and designer Choi Jeong Hwa in a lake in Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens. The plastic inflatable and motorised installation called 'The unbearable lightness of being' forms part of the contemporary art Biennale of Sydney which is running from May 12 until August 1 and which is showcasing more than 440 works by 166 artists from 36 countries. -- PHOTO: AFP
