Pictures of the week: Reflections, rain and remembrance
- 1/14
Old Opera bubbles
A bubble artist performs with soap bubbles in front of the Old Opera in Frankfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
- 2/14
World Oceans Day
Musician Thoren Ferguson plays the Il Mare Violin, which is made from driftwood in the sea at Yellowcraigs, East Lothian. (PA)
- 3/14
Fishing at sunset
A fisherman checks his rod as the sun rises behind him as he fishes off a jetty into the Atlantic Ocean in Bal Harbour, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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- 4/14
Heavy rain in Mumbai leads to disruption of daily life
People carry unbrellas as they walk through heavy rain showers at Sion in Mumbai, India. Pre-monsoon showers lashed Mumbai, causing difficulties for residents as the city reported waterlogging, fallen trees and disruptions in flights and road transport. Weather experts have issued weather forecast for this week, warning of a worse spell since July 26, 2005, the day that witnessed severe storm and subsequent deluge. (Kunal Patil/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
- 5/14
South Koreans commemorates the dead during Memorial Day
A South Korean woman touches engraved name of her older brother who died during the Korean War at Seoul National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday that his country will push for recovery of remains of the fallen soldiers who died during the 1950-53 Korean War. South Korea marked its 63rd Memorial Day anniversary amid emerging improved relations with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) as the first-ever U.S.-DPRK summit has been scheduled on June 12 in Singapore. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
- 6/14
A sunny reflection
Tourists reflex from glass at Maya bay on Phi Phi island, Krabi province, Thailand. It was the final day for tourists to visit Maya Bay – the beach made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie – before it closes to all visitors. Starting June this year, the beach onâ Phi Phi Leh island in the Andaman Sea, will be closed to all visitors for four months annually to allow for the recovery of the battered coral reefs and sea life. The popular destination receives an average of 200 boats and 4,000 visitors each day. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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- 7/14
Abortion in Northern Ireland protesters
Pro-choice groups and supporters protested in London, UK to regulate abortion in Northern Ireland. (Alex Cavendish/NurPhoto)
- 8/14
Tel Aviv sheep
A small flock of sheep graze in a field overlooking Tel Aviv as part of a project to bring back the nature to the city like it use to be, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
- 9/14
Mandarin Oriental hotel on fire in central London
Firefighters battle a fire at Mandarin Oriental Hotel in London, England. Around 100 firefighters attended the large fire at a five-star luxury hotel in the Knightsbridge area, the cause of which is still unknown. (Getty)
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- 10/14
Ramadan celebrations continue
Indonesian Muslims sleep in a mosque in Surabaya, East Java as part of their belief that the last ten days of the holy month of Ramadan would be a night when God gives his blessing and mercy. – Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, during which devotees fast from dawn till dusk. (Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty Images)
- 11/14
Expedition 56 Launch
The Soyuz MS-09 rocket is launched with Expedition 56 Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, flight engineer Serena Chancellor of NASA, and flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Prokopyev, Chancellor, and Gerst will spend the next six months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
- 12/14
Commemoration of the 74th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy
A veteran attends a service of remembrance at Bayeux Cemetery during D-Day 74th anniversary commemorations in Normandy in Bayeux, France. This week was the 74th anniversary of D-Day and some of the handful of surviving Normandy Veterans have made their way to France to commemorate the landings, which saw 156,000 troops from the allied countries including the United Kingdom, the United States and France join forces to launch an audacious attack on the beaches of Normandy helping lead to the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany. For the veterans travelling with groups such as the charity D-Day Revisited – which has taken the largest number of British veteran to this year’s commerations, the anniversary will have extra poignance, as next year, the 75th anniversary, will be the charities final organised visit. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- 13/14
Chrysolina Americana
Chrysolina americana, common name rosemary beetle, on a lavender plant in a park during spring. Females lay their eggs on the leaves of the host plants that are usually aromatic plants such as Rosemary, Lavender and Thyme. (Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images)
- 14/14
Dancing Devils of Naiguata
A boy dressed as dancing devil stands against a wall during a traditional celebration in Naiguata, Venezuela. Carrying in their hands striking masks mostly animals and sea monsters, hundreds of men, women and children went out to dance frantically as possessed by evil spirits in an ancient ritual known as Dancing Devils of Naiguata, the unorthodox way of the coastal towns of Venezuela to venerate God during the celebrations of Corpus Christi. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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