Pictures of the week: May 20, 2016 - MSN.com

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Venice, Italy
Rowers on the Cannaregio River during the 42nd Venice Vogalonga on May 15.





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Idomeni, Greece
Children are reflected in a puddle as they play in a makeshift refugee camp on the northern Greek border point, May 14.





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Baltimore
Preakness contender Collected is bathed following a training session for the 141st running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on on May 18.





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Brandenburg, Germany
Activists protest against coal-generated power at the Vattenfall open-cast mine on May 13.





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London
Competitors at the men's 100-meter backstroke semifinal event of the European Aquatics Championships on May 16.





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Diria, Nicaragua
A child holds balloons during the celebration of Virgen de los desamparados, or Our Lady of the Abandoned, on May 14.





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Ujjain, India
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, on May 17.





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Oakland, Calif.
The Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green, center, scores a basket against the Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant, left, and Serge Ibaka during the NBA Playoffs at Oracle Arena, on May 16.





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Almaty, Kazakhstan
A woman walks across a blossoming field on May 12.





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Montmelo, Spain
Carlos Sainz Jr. of Scuderia Toro Rosso practices ahead of the Spanish F-1 Grand Prix at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on May 13.

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Istanbul
Lightning strikes over the city on May 15.





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Kandal province, Cambodia
A fisherman sits to smoke on his boat at a Bak Angrout dried up pond at the drought-hit Kandal province, May 13.





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Nairobi, Kenya
Children look at their neighbors in a building earmarked for demolition in the Mathare neighborhood,  May 17.





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Aranayaka, Sri Lanka
A woman reacts as she inspects the site of a landslide at Elangipitiya village, May 19.





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Minsk, Belarus
A gull rests on a driftwood on a pond on May 17.





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Leipzig, Germany
A participant at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen music and arts festival on May 13.





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International Space Station
A view of the night sky on May 17.





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Oceanside, Calif.
People celebrate Holi, a Hindu festival of colors, on May 14.





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Stavropol, Russia
A cadet descends with a parachute after jumping off an airplane on May 13.





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Daraa, Syria
A picture taken through an arch remaining from a destroyed building shows Syrian boys on a bicycle, May 14.

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Diria, Nicaragua
A reveler poses for a pictures during celebration of Virgen de los Desamparados, or Our Lady of the Abandoned, on May 14.





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Geneva
A crowdfunded giant poster, displaying the question "What would you do if your income were take care of?" at the Plainpalais square on May 14.





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Rio de Janeiro
Zulema Arenas of Peru competes in the women's 3000 meter steeplechase during the Ibero American Athletics Championships - Aquece Rio Test Event for the 2016 Olympics at Olympic Stadium on May 14.





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Lalitpur, Kathmandu
Devotees pull a giant wooden chariot during celebrations of the Rato Machhindranath, or rain god festival, on May 17.





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Jerusalem
A child plays at a public fountain on May 15.





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Lahore, Pakistan
A lioness cools off by licking on an ice slab at a zoo on May 16.





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Rennes, France
Rioters smash windows during protests over labor law reform on May 13.





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Beijing
Honor guards at the welcome ceremony for Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah at the Great Hall of the People on May 16.





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Annapolis, Md.
Naval Academy plebes perform push-ups during the annual Sea Trials on May 17.





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Brussels
Prison officers demonstrate behind the St. Gilles' prison, where guards have been on strike for three weeks in protest against pay cuts and working conditions, on May 17.

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Durham, NC
A sign protesting a recent North Carolina law restricting transgender bathroom access at stalls of the 21c Museum Hotel on May 3.





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New Brunswick, NJ
President Barack Obama speaks after receiving an honorary doctorate of laws during the 250th anniversary commencement ceremony at Rutgers University on May 15.





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Mertola, Portugal
An Iberian lynx after being released in the Mount Milhouro (Herdade da Cela) region on May 13.





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Boston
David Ortiz of Boston Red Sox and NESN reporter Guerin Austin react after being splashed with Powerade following a game against Houston Astros on May 14.





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Melbourne, Australia
A woman walks through a Mini-Field of Women planted outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the Pink Lady Match in support of Breast Cancer Network Of Australia on May 15.





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Sesena Nuevo, Spain
Smoke rises from a burning tire dump over the Castilla-La Mancha countryside on May 13.





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Jean, Nev.
An artwork titled "Seven Magic Mountains" by Ugo Rondinone on display in the desert on May 11.