Ukrainian riot policemen fight with "rioters" as they take part in exercises for mass disturbances suppression in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa on May 19. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Monday that Ukraine would get a "legitimate" president after next weekend's election despite some expected voting problems in the east. Election commission officials have warned that security concerns may make it difficult, if not impossible, to stage Sunday's poll in parts of rebel-held areas in the eastern industrial belt. Foreign Policy's Democracy Lab profiles one of Ukraine's presidential candidates in "Ukraine's Chocolate King to the Rescue."
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A resident and member of Brazil's Homeless Workers Movement carries water through the "People's World Cup" camp, on May 22 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The camp is located close to Sao Paulo's World Cup Stadium. The Homeless Workers Movement protests government spending on stadium construction for the World Cup and the lack of money for housing, education, and health.
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The Homeless Workers Movement holds a demonstration on May 22 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Protesters face Turkish riot police who use water cannons to disperse them during a demonstration against the recent mine accident in Soma, in the Okmeydani district of Istanbul, on May 22. Tensions are high in Turkey with the approach of the first anniversary of deadly nationwide anti-government protests, and in the wake of an unprecedented mine disaster that claimed 301 lives, according to Reuters.
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Chilean students protesting near the Congress are dispersed by police with water cannons, while Chilean President Michelle Bachelet delivers her annual message to the nation in Valparaiso, Chile on May 21.
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A Palestinian family harvests corn in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 21.
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Iraqi Sabeans, members of a pre-Christian sect that follows the teachings of John the Baptist, take part in a cleansing ritual (called "Golden Cleansing") in the Big Zab River, in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq on May 20.
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Children play in the river at Lar Po village near Monywar, Myanmar, on May 20.
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Malawian workers prepare tobacco leaves at a tobacco farm on May 20 in Zomba Municipality, Malawi.
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Balinese worshippers pray at a temple during the religious festival of Galungan in Jimbaran on Bali island, on May 22. Balinese people celebrated Galungan Day as a sign of the triumph of good over evil.
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Hundreds of residents from the Ndirande township queue to vote on May 21 in Blantyre, Malawi. Voting in Malawi spilled into a second day after the late opening of polls sparked a riot the day before.
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A miner works at an unlicensed gold mine in Segovia municipality in Colombia, on May 20. Colombia has more than 14,000 mines, more than half of which operate without proper permits, according to the Guardian.
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A shop assistant waits for customers in Akihabara Electric Town on May 19 in Tokyo, Japan. Akihabara gained the nickname Akihabara Electric Town after World War II, when it became a mecca for household electronic goods. Today Akihabara has become a major Tokyo tourist attraction and Otaku cultural center. Otaku is a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests and is often associated with the anime and manga movements. The district is cluttered with stores specializing in anime, video games, manga, collectibles and maid cafes.
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Police hold back fast food workers and activists demonstrating at the McDonald's corporate campus on May 21 in Oak Brook, Illinois. The demonstrators were calling on McDonald's to pay a minimum wage of $15 per hour and offer better working conditions for their employees. Several protesters were arrested after they ignored police orders to leave McDonald's property.
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Israeli soldiers of the Jewish Ultra-Orthodox battalion "Netzah Yehuda" take part in their annual unit training in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, near the Syrian border on May 19. The Netzah Yehuda Battalion is a battalion in the Kfir Brigade of the Israeli military that was created to allow religious Israelis to serve in the army in an atmosphere respecting their religious convictions.
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A Japanese flower cart boy has make-up applied to his face during the Mikuni Doll Festival on May 20 in Sakai, Japan. During the annual festival, people dressed in traditional Japanese costumes pull carts carrying 20-feet-high dolls of Japanese historical figures through the narrow streets. The origins of the festival are unclear but its history can be traced back more than 250 years.
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Boy Scouts from Moore Troop 20 prepare for the start of a remembrance ceremony for the victims of last year's tornado, on May 20 in Moore, Oklahoma. On May 20, 2013 a two-mile-wide tornado touched down in the town killing 24 people, according to the Washington Post.
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Thai anti-government protesters celebrate at their camp outside Government House after Thailand's army chief announced a coup in Bangkok on May 22. In a televised address to the nation, Thailand's army chief announced that the armed forces were seizing power after months of deadly political turmoil. FP's Elias Groll delves into Thailand's long history of military coups in, "The Strange Elite Politics Behind Thailand's Coup."
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Kenyan riot police fire tear gas at students outside Nairobi University on May 20. The students were protesting against a controversial fee increment. The protest ended in a riot as police forced their way inside the university to arrest students.
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Women from the Modafot village arrive at the Emirates Friendship Floating Hospital in the Chilmari district of Bangladesh on May 19. Friendship floating hospitals dock for up to 5 months at remote islands, or chors, in the north of Bangladesh, with a full medical team and stocked pharmacy.
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Rizki, a orphaned Bornean orangutan, learns to bite at Surabaya Zoo on May 19, in Surabaya, Indonesia. Damai and the 10-month-old Rizki are brothers who were abandoned by their mother Dora shortly after birth. Zookeepers hand-reared the little orphans, clothing them in shirts and diapers, and feeding them milk and mashed banana. Now they are beginning to learn to live independently so that one day they may be released into the wild.
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A Palestinian fisherman holds his net as he looks out at the sea on a beach in Gaza City on May 19.
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