Brazil's Corinthians fans cheer their team during Copa Libertadores soccer match against Paraguay's Guaraní in Sao Paulo on May 13, 2015 Image by Paulo Whitaker / Reuters
A large banner supporting a ‘Yes’ vote to legalise same sex marriage hangs from a building in the Quays area of Dublin in Ireland on May 19, 2015. The poll result on May 23 indicated that 62 percent voters said ‘yes’ to the move. Irish voters backed the introduction of gay marriage by a margin of as much as two-to-one and became the first country to approve the policy in a national plebiscite. Image by Cathal McNaughton / Reuters
Alexei Samokhin (centre), a 90-year-old World War II veteran and companion of the Order of Glory, watches an honour guard from the youth's patriotic organisation marching at a memorial for victims of the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War, in the Siberian town of Divnogorsk, Russia on May 7, 2015. The Order of Glory is the Soviet Army's highest acknowledgement for bravery in the face of the enemy. Samokhin, who served as a signaller and a scout, took part in many battles of the Red Army, including Operation Bagration in Belarus and Western Ukraine, battles for Warsaw and for Berlin. The end of World War II found him in Germany on the river Elbe, where he met with US Army soldiers Image by Ilya Naymushin / Reuters
A man feeds pigeons near the debris of a collapsed temple on May 14, 2015, after a massive earthquake in Kathmandu which killed over 8,500 people. Three-hundred people are reported to be missing after the tragedy Image by Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
Emergency workers look through the remains of a derailed Amtrak train in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 13, 2015. The accident killed eight people and injured scores of others. The train was reportedly going twice as fast as the mandated speed over that particular bend, eventually leading to its derailment. The incident has sparked a debate on the lack of safety measures and factors like insufficient spectrum allocation for wireless communication which is required to run protective systems Image by Lucas Jackson / Reuters
A Buddhist monk shaves the head of a novice monk during an inauguration ceremony at Jogye temple in Seoul on May 11, 2015. Ten children were given the opportunity that day to experience life as Buddhist monks by staying at the temple until Buddha's birthday which was celebrated on May 25 Image by Thomas Peter / Reuters
Zarli Hartu, 46, cries for her son Marmot Ismai, who she says was kidnapped into a human trafficking camp, at a refugee camp outside Sittwe, Myanmar, on May 21, 2015. Sittwe’s coast has been used by traffickers to lure hundreds of Rohingya Muslims into their boats with the promise of jobs in Thailand Image by Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters
A demonstrator holds up a banner that reads, "I don’t want to eat transgenics" during a protest march against Monsanto Co, the world's largest seed company, in Santiago City, Philippines on May 23, 2015. Similar demonstrations took place on the same day around the world to raise awareness about what the activists claim are dangers surrounding Monsanto's glyphosate-containing herbicide, ‘Roundup' Image by Rayen Luna / Reuters
A bird covered in oil flies over an oil slick along the coast of Refugio State Beach in Goleta, California, United States, on May 20, 2015. “A pipeline ruptured along the scenic California coastline on Tuesday (May 19), spilling some 21,000 gallons (79,000 litres) of oil into the ocean and on beaches before it could be secured,” a US Coast Guard spokeswoman said Image by Lucy Nicholson / Reuters
