

Syrian rebels take position near Qusayr, nine miles from the flashpoint city of Homs. Syrian government forces recently conducted a massacre in the town of al-Houla, killing more than 100 civilians, many of them children. Activists say that more than 13,000 people have been killed in the Syrian unrest, which began as a peaceful protest movement and has become gradually more violent.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel feeds a penguin on the roof of the Baltic Sea aquarium during the 2012 Council of Baltic Sea States Summit at the Ozeaneum maritime museum on May 30 in Stralsund, Germany. Leaders of the 11 member states, as well as representatives of the European Union, met to discuss matters related to energy, the environment, and economic development during the two-day summit.



Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi waves to migrant workers on a trip to a Burmese migrant community outside of Bangkok on May 30 in Mahachai, Thailand. Suu Kyi pledged to help improve the rights of Burmese nationals living in Thailand. The popular icon and longtime prisoner arrived in Thailand on her first trip outside of Burma in 24 years to attend the World Economic Forum on East Asia.





