Photos of the day – May 17, 2016

Performers prepare backstage for rehearsals on May 17, 2016, ahead of the First World Conference on Tourism for Development to be held this week in Beijing. (Ng Han Guan/AP)

In this photograph released by the police in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, on May 17, 2016, two endangered common marmosets seized from a South Korean smuggler cling to someone’s finger. Common marmosets, which are native to east-central Brazil, are very small monkeys with relatively long tails. Police say a common marmoset can be sold as a pet for as much as $6,390 in South Korea. (Goyang police/EPA)

Nepalese devotees pull a giant wooden chariot in a circle to celebrate Rato Machhindranath, the god of rain, during a festival in Lalitpur, near Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 17, 2016. The festival celebrates the hope of a good harvest, prosperity and good luck for the coming year. (Narendra Shrestha/EPA)

Destin Cramer, left, and Noah Rice place a new sticker on the door at the ceremonial opening of a gender neutral bathroom at Nathan Hale High School on May 17, 2016, in Seattle. President Obama’s directive ordering schools to accommodate transgender students has been controversial in some places, but since 2012, Seattle has mandated that transgender students be able to use of the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice. Nearly half of the district’s 15 high schools already have gender neutral bathrooms, and one high school has had a transgender bathroom for 20 years. (Elaine Thompson/AP)

Syrian refugees work in a Syrian-owned clothing factory on May 17, 2016, in Gaziantep, Turkey. Turkey’s massive and largely unregulated garment industry is an attractive option for Syrian refugees to work both legally and illegally despite low wages, long hours and poor conditions. It is a popular choice for Syrians living outside of the official refugee camps, who are offered no assistance from the state. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

A protester sets up paper grave markers during a protest against the visit of Zhang Dejiang, chairman of China’s National People’s Congress, to Hong Kong on May 17, 2016. Hong Kong authorities rolled out a massive security operation on Tuesday as they braced for protests during a top Beijing official’s visit to the semiautonomous city, which has been the scene of rising discontent with Chinese rule. (Vincent Yu/AP)

A child rides his toy bike as Belgian prison officers demonstrate on May 17, 2016, behind the Saint-Gilles prison in Brussels, where guards have been on strike for three weeks, protesting pay cuts and working conditions. (Eric Vidal/Reuters)

A model showcases designs on the runway on May 17, 2016, at the Southwest University Graduates Show during Day Three of China Graduate Fashion Week in Beijing. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

Supporters of Federal Alliance, a coalition of Madhesi-based parties and other ethnic political parties and organizations, protest against the constitution near the prime minister’s official residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 17, 2016. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

Charlie Lowthian-Rickert, 10, who is a transgender female, is kissed by her father, Chris, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on May 17, 2016, following a news conference announcing that Canada will introduce legislation to protect transgender people from discrimination and hate crimes. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)

People gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad’s mainly Shiite district of Sadr City, Iraq, on May 17, 2016. (Khalid al Mousily/Reuters)

A gull rests on a driftwood on a pond at a forest near the village of Svislach in Belarus on May 17, 2016, as spring weather arrives. (Sergei Grits/AP)

Party leader Julius Malema and members of his Economic Freedom Fighters clash with parliamentary security as they are evicted from the chamber in Cape Town, South Africa, on May 17, 2016. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)

Models walk the runway and a model poses during the Steven Khalil show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Resort 17 Collections at Carriageworks on May 17, 2016, in Sydney. (Mark Nolan/Getty Images)

Protesters clash with riot police during a demonstration against French labor law reforms in Paris on May 17, 2016. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)

A Naga Sadhu or Hindu holy man with his face covered with ash is pictured after taking a dip in the waters of the Shipra river at the Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain, India, on May 17, 2016 .(Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays a shot during practice for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open hosted by the Rory Foundation at The K Club on May 17, 2016, in Straffan, Ireland. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

An Indian migrant daily-wage worker bathes at a public well pump on a hot morning in New Delhi on May 17, 2016. Scorching summer temperatures, hovering well over 104 degrees Fahrenheit, are making life extremely tough for millions of poor people across north India. Without access to air conditioning or sometimes even an electric fan, they struggle to cope with the heat in their homes. (Altaf Qadri/AP)

Sun Wenlin, left, and his partner, Hu Mingliang, during their wedding ceremony in the city of Changsha, Hunan province, China, on May 17, 2016. The couple held a wedding ceremony after they sued the city’s civil affairs bureau and lost a lawsuit because they wished to formalize their marriage. The city’s government office has rejected their marriage registration application. China does not recognize same-sex marriages nor same-sex civil partnerships. (Stringer/EPA)

An elderly Sri Lankan woman and a girl are moved to safety on a mattress in a flooded area in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 17, 2016. The Disaster Management Center said that 114 homes have been destroyed, and more than 137,000 people have been evacuated to safe locations as heavy rains continue. (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)

The world’s largest cruise ship, at 1,187 feet long, Harmony of the Seas arrives in port on May 17, 2016, in Southampton, Britain, for her maiden voyage. (Peter Nicholls/Reuters)

A man stands in a building earmarked for demolition in the Mathare neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya, on May 17, 2016. Kenya’s authorities tore down a badly built residential block in the poor Nairobi district on Tuesday. About 250 shoddy buildings could now face demolition after a six-story structure collapsed this month, killing 51 people. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

In honor of National Amazing Month, actor Mr. T poses for photographers after high-wire artist Nik Wallenda walked a tightrope in midtown Manhattan on May 17, 2016. (Mary Altaffer/AP)