Best pictures of the week: May 8, 2015 - MSN.com

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Dhaka, Bangladesh
A worker of the recently-closed Swan garments factory covers her face with a scarf to shelter herself from the sun as she participates in a protest outside the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association office on May 4.





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Nairobi, Kenya
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry takes a selfie with a baby elephant while visiting the elephant orphanage at David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi National Park on May 3.





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Marlborough, England
Local youngsters Bella and Daisy walk through a forest covered in bluebells near Marlborough in southern England on May 4, 2015.





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Damascus, Syria
Children react after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad near the Syrian Arab Red Crescent center on May 6, 2015.





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Venice, Italy
A visitor looks at a creation by Russian artist Irina Nakhova presented at the Russia's pavilion during the 56th International Art Exhibition (Biennale d'Arte) titled "All the Worlds Futures" on May 5, 2015





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Baltimore, Maryland
The Rev. Pamela Coleman, right, prays on Friday, May 1, 2015, after State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby announced criminal charges against all six officers suspended after Freddie Gray suffered a fatal spinal injury while in police custody.





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Lisbon, Portugal
Portuguese barber Bruno Oliveira, reflected in the mirror, shaves a client with a razor at his shop on May 5.





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Wroclaw, Poland
Guitar enthusiasts raise their instruments after playing the Jimi Hendrix version of the song "Hey Joe" in an attempt to break the Guinness Guitar Record on Friday, May 1, 2015. 5003 guitarists took part in the annual event, but not enough to break the number of musicians playing the tune.





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Tokyo, Honshu Island, Japan
Sumo wrestlers of the Nishonoseki clan appeal to the winner of a training bout for the next opponent during a joint training session on May 2, ahead of the May Grand Sumo Tournament.





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Seoul, South Korea
People watch a shadow play performance at Changgyeonggung Palace on May 6, 2015.

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Portland, Oregon
Dancers perform during Cinco de Mayo celebrations on May 5.





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Bujumbura, Burundi
Jean Claude Niyonzima, a suspected member of the ruling party's Imbonerakure youth militia, pleads with soldiers to protect him from a mob of demonstrators after he came out of hiding in a sewer on Thursday May 7, 2015. Niyonzima fled from his house into the sewer under a hail of stones thrown by a mob protesting President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term in office.





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Istanbul, Turkey
A masked protester runs away from a water cannon's jet during clashes with police on May 1, 2015. Istanbul went into a security lockdown on Friday as thousands of police manned barricades and closed streets to stop May Day rallies at Taksim Square, a symbolic point for protests.





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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Vasco's Madson celebrates with fans after winning the Rio de Janeiro state championship against Botafogo 2-1 at the Maracana stadium on Sunday, May 3, 2015.





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Fangjia, China
Zhao Xiaoyang smokes inside a cage at his home in Fangjia village, Zhejiang province on May 6, 2015. Zhao has been living in a cage after he was diagnosed with mental disorder in 2001 and had beaten a man to death. For years now, his mother cooks him meals and takes care of his personal hygiene.





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Seoul, South Korea
A palace guard stands at the gate of the Gyeongbokgung Palace on May 6.





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Bogota, Colombia
A man shouts slogans during protests for Labor Day on May 1, 2015. International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day or May Day, commemorates the struggle of workers in industrialised countries in the 19th century for better working conditions.





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Surabaya, Indonesia
A policeman holds a water bottle with a yellow-crested cockatoo put inside for illegal trade, at a customs office on May 4, 2015. Police arrested one man traveling by ship from Makassar, Sulawesi with 22 of the endangered cockatoos held inside water bottles.





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Madrid, Spain
Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria serves to Fabio Fognini of Italy during day five of the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament at the Caja Magica on May 6, 2015.





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Lyon, France
People take part in the "Color Me Rad" race on May 2, 2015. The Color Me Rad is a five kilometres race without winners nor prizes, where participants are showered with colored powder after each stations along the run.

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Cincinnati, Ohio
Kaydann Marshall runs through a park fountain on May 5.





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Skopje, Macedonia
A woman lifts her hands up in front of the police during a protest in front of a government building on May 5.





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Bozhou, China
A six-year-old acrobat performs during the opening of a tourist festival on May 3.





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Oakland, California
Cleanup worker Pedro Cruz examines a vandalized Wells Fargo money withdrawal machine, the morning after a May Day protest left hundreds of windows shattered, on May 2.





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Santiago, Chile
A demonstrator is detained by the riot police during a May Day rally on May 1.





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Baltimore, Maryland
A message reading "All Lives Matter" is written on the pavement as police in riot gear cast shadows while standing in line ahead of a curfew on May 1.





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Zhangjiajie, China
Over the May Day holiday, tourists walk along a glass walkway 1,430 meters high, built along a cliff in the Tianmen Mountain national forest park.





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Pyongyang, North Korea
School girls perform a song during an accordion class on Thursday, May 7, 2015. The Pyongyang School Children's Palace is a place where talented school children go for extracurricular classes, and is one of the places tourists visit during their stay in Pyongyang.





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Dortmund, Germany
Train carriages, locomotives and freight trains of German railways Deutsche Bahn are parked at a storage facility on May 6, 2015.





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Gaza City, Palestinian Territories
Disabled Palestinians take part in a local sitting volleyball championship on May 4, 2015. Some of the participants lost their limbs after being injured in past rounds of conflict with Israel, according to the organisers of the event.





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Tokyo, Honshu Island, Japan
Cosplayers dressed as "Star Wars" characters Chewbacca (R) and Darth Vader interact at a Star Wars Day fan event on May 4.