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Ecuadorean natives clash with the police in Guachala, some 30 km from Quito, in protest of a proposed water privatisation measure that could impact the country's indigenous population. The protestors argue that the proposed law would allow mining and electric generating firms to divert water that is otherwise available to the indigenous groups. -- PHOTO: AFP
An 8-year-old female Dalmatian named Tiara sits on the back of a horse in Obihiro, northern Japan. -- PHOTO: AP
Inopportune:Stage One (2004), a work by Chinese New York based artist Cai Guo Qiang, which shows suspended cars in an animated sequence of explosion, is displayed as part of the 17th Biennale of Sydney. The contemporary art Biennale will run from May 12 until August 1 and will showcase more than 440 works by 166 artists and from 36 countries. -- PHOTO: AFP
People gather at the Tuhala Witch Well in Estonia. Legend has it that when the witches of Tuhala bathe underground they bring alive the famed Witch's Well, a local spring which has become the focus of a dispute between nature lovers and mine companies. -- PHOTO: AFP
Traditional South Korean dancers perform 'Palilmu' for Seokjeon, the Great Confucian Ceremony, at a shrine in Seoul. The shrine was built in 1398 for Korean Confucian scholars where an annual ceremony in honor of Confucius is held. -- PHOTO: AFP
National Guard helicopters drop sand bags in a breach in the beach just west of Grand Isle, LA. in an effort to protect the delicate marsh lands from the approaching oil slick moving westward from the Deepwater Horizon spill. -- PHOTO: AP
A memorial wreath is placed near singer/actress Lena Horne's star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in Hollywood, California. Miss Horne died at the age of 92. -- PHOTO: AFP
Finland's fans cheer their team during their Ice Hockey World Championships match against Germany in Cologne. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Actress Angie Dickinson (1rst row R), family members and officials unveil a star in front of the Hollywood Station Post officice dedicated to Johnny Grant, in Hollywood, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
Photo shows expo-goers as they walk by the Switzerland Pavilion at night at the Shanghai World Expo in Shanghai, China. The Expo has been drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors since its May 1 opening, and hours-long lines jam around the most popular pavilions. -- PHOTO: AP
A general view of Soccer City, also known as the FNB Stadium, in Johannesburg. The stadium is earmarked to host both the opening and final soccer matches of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
As part of a British dally newspaper publicity stunt a hearse carrying an empty coffin and a flower sign reading: 'DEMOCRACY' passes by the Houses of Parliament in central London. -- PHOTO: AP
Pope Benedict XVI (centre) celebrates an open-air mass in the Terreiro do Paco in Lisbon. Tens of thousands of families, teenagers and the elderly gathered in the Portuguese capital to greet the 83-year-old pontiff, and in many cases offer support to the Catholic leader as he battles the Church's biggest crisis in decades. -- PHOTO: AFP
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy mounts a horse at teh Nebi Samuel site on the West Bank, north of Jerusalem. -- PHOTO: AP
'Katana Exercise' student Ayako Tomomitsu (centre) practices during a fitness lesson at a studio in Tokyo. Japan's ancient samurai swords were once used to slice apart enemies, but in a new fitness craze they serve to slash away at extra pounds and cut down on modern-day stress instead. -- PHOTO: AFP
A mosaic image of Vincent van Gogh's self-portrait made from 2,070 polo shirts in 24 colors, is displayed at a lobby in Tokyo, Japan. -- PHOTO: AP
Triumph International Japan displays a 'Grow-Your-Own Rice Bra' in Tokyo. Triumph Japan introduced the latest addition to its unique collection of themed bras to reflect recent social trends with feeling much more familiar with agricultrue this year. -- PHOTO: AFP
Balinese Hinduism adherents pray at a temple to celebrate the Galungan day in Denpasar on the island of Bali.The Galungan day falls every six months based on the Balinese calendar, to commemorate the victory of virtue upon evil and thanks God for the earth and its contents. -- PHOTO: AFP
Taipei mayor Hau Lung Bin (Centre) speaks at the Boan temple in Taipei. Taipei mayor Hau Lung Bin and a senior member of Taiwan's ruling party announced that he will run in a critical election in the capital later this year. -- PHOTO: AFP
A worker surveys damage to an AT&T cell tower in Little Axe, Oklahoma. -- PHOTO: AP
Rescuers attend to a landslide in Saint-Jude, Quebec. Four people, including two children, are missing after a sinkhole triggered by a landslide swallowed their house northeast of Montreal. -- PHOTO: AP
Six elephants walk down East State Street in Trenton, N.J., crossing the intersection of Chambers Street on their way from a train to the Sun National Bank Center where The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus begins later this week. -- PHOTO: AP
Emely Masemola (Right) and her sister Emily Jtyana, members of the Ndebele tribe of South Africa display the traditional attire for married women in Kwaggafonten about 165 Km north of Johannesburg, one month before the start of the World Cup. The Ndebele tribe is one of the many tribes that fans of the FIFA World Cup will be able to visit on off days. -- PHOTO: AFP
Virginia Benninghoff of Rushville, Illinois, second from right, stands with other demonstrators stands with a 50-foot banner in front of the White House. The banner is to protest drilling of fossil fuels and reads 'Obama: this is your crude awakening'. -- PHOTO: AP
Photo shows visitors as they gather around a giant high heel displayed at Italy Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo in Shanghai, China. The Expo has been drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors since its May 1 opening, and hours-long lines jam around the most popular pavilions, especially the Japanese, Italian, French and Australian exhibits. -- PHOTO: AP
Canada geese goslings walk near the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. --PHOTO: AP
Wilferd Kallhoff, 78, pets his Swedish pig, Joker, at his home of Mountain Home, Ark. Kallhoff, 78, has kept Joker, as a pet since the animal was born 18 years ago, according to The Baxter Bulletin. Kallhoff was ticketed about two weeks ago for having the animal inside city limits. He entered a not-guilty plea and the case is set for trial June 29 in Mountain Home District Court. 'It would be like getting rid of a kid, really,' said Kallhoff --PHOTO: AP
Performers wave flags during a ceremony before the start of Europa League final soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Fulham in Hamburg. --PHOTO: REUTERS
Balloons reading (From L) 'Hope', 'Justice', 'Self-confidence', 'Resistance' and 'Community' can be seen in front of a cross at the second Oecumenic Church Congress in Munich, southern Germany. According to organisers, the event running from aims to be 'an occasion for openness, for looking beyond our boundaries, for reflecting, for listening to others, for raising our spirits'. --PHOTO: AFP
A huge bronze sculpture by Shanghai artist Zhang Huan entitled 'Three Heads Six Arts' is being dedicated in front of San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco. The art depicts fragmented Buddhist statues based on both Chinese mythology and Tibetan Buddhist iconography. --PHOTO: AP
Australian freestyle motocross rider Robbie Maddison jumps during an training session in the Sahara desert near the Giza pyramids as the sun sets in Cairo in preparation of the second stage of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour, which takes places in front of the Sphinx sculpture in Cairo. --PHOTO: REUTERS
A red fox kit greets its mother when she returns to their den in Erie, Colo. --PHOTO: AP
A statue of Our Lady of Fatima is carried during a candlelight vigil at the Catholic shrine of Fatima in central Portugal. Thous0ands of pilgrims made their way to the Fatima Shrine to attend a mass by Pope Benedict XVI to mark the 93rd anniversary celebrations of the first appearance of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children in 1917. --PHOTO: REUTERS
A labourer gets his shave done after unloading sacks of sugar and lentils outside a store at a wholesale market in the old quarters of Delhi. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A woman photographs French artist Christain Boltanski's 'No Man's Land', composed of 30 tons (27.2 metric tons) of discarded clothing, on display at the Park Avenue Armory in New York. The site-specific art installation fills the hall with 45 rectangular plots of clothes and a 7.6 metres high pile of garments. -- PHOTO: AFP
Former gang members Max Maestas (left) from the '18th Street', Alfred Lomas (centre) from the 'Florencia 13' and Melvin Johnson (right) from the 'Crips' pose pictures during one of the LA Gang Tours in Los Angeles. Twice a month these former gang members organize tours for tourists to discover the history and origin of high-profile gang areas and top crime scene locations in south central Los Angeles. -- PHOTO: AFP
Girls play in ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Eyjafjoll. Europe has been dogged for weeks by repeated shutdowns of air traffic since an erupting volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland started spewing ash in April. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Ecuadorean Indian demonstrators are seen on a globe-shaped structure during a speech by their leaders in a park in Quito. Ecuadorean lawmakers on Thursday failed to reach a deal on suspending debate of a contested water bill that has sparked protests by indigenous groups who fear it threatens their rights to natural resources. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Bolivia's Eva Morales, also known as 'Wonder Woman', is fed a traditional soup, a dish of juane (centre), rice with paprika and pieces of chicken wrapped in banana leaves, and a plate of tacacho (left), fried banana mashed with butter and served with beef jerky, after winning a fight against Peru's Lidia Chavez, also known as 'Quinua Malpartida', during an Andean boxing exhibition match at a market in Lima. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A man displays his belt buckle, with an image of the President Barack Obama, for pictures in Port-au-Prince. -- PHOTO: AP
Oil absorbing booms sit ready to be used to protect marshlands in the Gulf of Mexico in Hopedale, Louisiana. The BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig continues leaking an estimated 1,000-5,000 barrels of oil a day into the Gulf. Efforts to contain the spill have done little to slow its flow. -- PHOTO: AFP
Picture shows Indonesian sulphur miners carrying blocks of sulphur from the caldera (behind) down the Kawah Ijen, or Ijen crater, in Bondowoso in East Java. Indonesian porters at Kawah Ijen, a famous tourist spot in Indonesia's East Java, mine and carry at least 70 kg-worth of sulphur blocks on their shoulders through the suffocating clouds of toxic gases each day receiving just 70,000 to 80,000 rupiah (S$10.50-S$12) for their labour. -- PHOTO: AFP
Villagers line up to fetch drinking water from a lake in Dalla, south of Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar people in rural areas are experiencing water shortages as record temperature dried up lakes which they rely for drinking water stored in rainy season. -- PHOTO: AP
Demonstrators protest a lack of funding for global AIDS programs as they gather near a fundraiser that President Barack Obama is attending in New York. -- PHOTO: AP
A water-damaged piano sits on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. The Opry House was heavily damaged from recent flooding. -- PHOTO: AP
Supporters of Atletico de Madrid watch as Atletico de Madrid's football players arrive at the Neptune fountain in the centre of Madrid to celebrate their victory on the eve in the UEFA Europa League against Fulham FC. -- PHOTO: AFP
A man holds banners denouncing a 'Nike Park' beside tents where protesters are gathered, at the Miyashita Park in Tokyo's fashion district Shibuya. US sportswear giant Nike is facing protesters in Japan over plans to turn the small public park into a 'Nike Park' with a skating ramp and a climbing wall. -- PHOTO: AFP
The 'Teletubby' team sets off to push their wheelbarrow at the start of the "Great Wheelbarrow Race" in Mareeba , Australia. Competitors in the three day event push their wheelbarrows 149 kms from Mareeba to Chillagoe in temperatures up to 30 degrees Celsius. The race is an annual event to celebrate the Australian 'Gold Rush' days of the last century. -- PHOTO: AP
Participants attend the Holy Blood Procession in Brugge, on the Grand Place, on the Ascension Day. During the procession, the relic of holy blood is carried from the holy blood basilic to the holy savior cathedral. For the first time there is no bishop participating at the procession, after Brugge's bishop Roger Vangheluwe resigned last month, after confessing to a case of sexual abuse. -- PHOTO: AFP
Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis' 12-day mission will deliver a Russian-built storage and docking module to the International Space Station. -- PHOTO: AP
In this photo from Haagen-Dazs, Mara Lowrey, Haagen-Dazs brand manager (right) looks on as Buddy Valastro of TLC's Cake Boss (left) reveals his 400-pound birthday cake in honour of Haagen-Dazs' 50th birthday celebration outside the original store in Brooklyn, New York. -- PHOTO: AP
Canada goslings feed on vegetation with a parent goose near a pond in Casco, Maine. The yellow plumage of the newly-hatched birds will begin to turn gray after their first week. -- PHOTO: AP
Some 100,000 roses are laid out next to Burgtheater theatre as part of the '100,000 Roses Project' in Vienna. Volunteers will distribute the roses to visitors at an open air concert and encourage each of them to, in turn, hand their rose to a stranger as a gesture of friendship. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
K9s Only employee Yvonne Garst helps Pancake, a three-year-old Pekingese dog with back problems, to exercise his legs at the K9s Only, in Tarzana, Calif. At K9s Only training and boarding firm in Los Angeles, you can rent your dog time on a treadmill or sign it up for swimming lessons. -- PHOTO: AP
Colombian police march during a ceremony to commemorate the promotion of 289 lieutenants in the national police force, in Bogota. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A model presents a creation by French designer Jean Paul Gaultier during his fashion show held at Kazanskiy railway station in Moscow. -- PHOTO: AFP
Pilgrims from La Caleta brotherhood hold flags as they start their way to the shrine of El Rocio in Malaga. Every spring, hundreds of thousands of devotees converge at the shrine to pay homage to the Virgin del Rocio during an annual pilgrimage which combines religious fervour and festive colour. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Novice Buddhist monks wait for their friendly soccer match to celebrate the upcoming birthday of Buddha at the Chogye temple in Seoul May 15, 2010. Novice monks enter the temple to experience life as monks for three weeks every year before Buddha's birthday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Pakistani wholesalers sell bananas at a vegetable market on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. -- PHOTO: AP
People stroll in a poppy field in full bloom at the Showa Memorial Park in Tachikawa, suburban Tokyo. Visitors will be able to enjoy some 2.5 million poppies until the end of May at the park. -- PHOTO: AFP
