May 23 Photo Brief: Clean up after tornadoes, The Duchess with child and Jerry Lewis visits Cannes Film Festival
Heavy equipment is brought in to clean up in Moore, Oklahoma after the tornado, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge at a garden party, Jerry Lewis makes a photocall at the Cannes Film Festival in France and more in today’s daily brief.
- A visitor stands behind an illustration of a Polar owl, part of an exhibition at the Summer Garden, in St. Petersburg, Russia. The annual street photo-exhibition, which consists of 60 photos displaying animals and birds listed in the Red Book of Russia, was organized to match the International Day for Biological Diversity introduced by the United Nations General Assembly. (Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters photo
- War veterans take a rest during an anti-Japan rally in front of Japanese embassy in Seou. The rally was held to denounce Abe and demand an official apology for Japan’s war crimes during World War Two. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters photo)
- A Kashmir man looks through the window of his house in downtown Srinagar. (Danish Ismail/Reuters photo)
- Cast members Lea Seydoux (L) and Adele Exarchopoulos pose during a photocall for the film “La Vie D’Adele” at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters photo)
- Lightning flashes in the sky in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. Heavy rainfall since Saturday has killed two people in south China’s Guangdong Province, bringing the death toll resulting from rainstorms to 36 this year. (Reuters stringer)
- An employee welds a water turbine at a factory in Jinhua, Zhejiang province. China’s factory activity shrank for the first time in seven months in May as new orders fell, a preliminary manufacturing survey showed, entrenching fears that its economic recovery has stalled and that a sharper cooldown may be imminent. (William Hong/Reuters photo)
- A man operates a bulldozer to clean debris from the front of tornado devastated Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma. Seven children died in the school during the tornado. (Jewel Samad/Getty Images)
- Britain’s Queen Elizabeth steps off a train as she arrives for a visit to Cambridge. (Andrew Winning/Reuters photo)
- Flamingos can be seen in their enclosure at the zoo in Dresden, eastern Germany. (Matthias Hiekel/Getty Images)
- A woman places flowers outside the Royal Military Barracks, near the scene where a British soldier was killed in Woolwich, southeast London. The soldier was hacked to death on Wednesday by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street, in what Prime Minister David Cameron said appeared to be a terrorist attack. (Neil Hall/Reuters photo)
- Taiwan’s Tsai Chia Hsin (front) with partner Lee Sheng Mu plays a shot during their men’s doubles match against Denmark’s Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen at the quarterfinals of the Sudirman Cup World Team Badminton Championships in Kuala Lumpur. (Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters photo)
- A cross stands over a destroyed home as the sun rises in Moore, Oklahoma. A powerful tornado classified as an EF4 passed through the town May 20, destroying homes, schools and businesses and killing 24 people including children. (Joshua Lott/Getty images)
- Ukrainian cameramen and photographers observe Ukrainian special forces officers taking part in an anti-terrorism exercise at the Israeli embassy in Kiev. The special forces’ anti-terrorism drills were also conducted at Jewish schools, synagogues, and cultural centers in the Ukrainian capital. (Sergi Supinsky/Getty images)
- US comedian Jerry Lewis poses during a photocall for the film “Max Rose” presented Out of Competition at the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. (Valery Hache/Getty Images)
- McLaren Mercedes’ British driver Jenson Button drives during the first practice session at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo ahead of the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix. (Jean-Christophe Magnenet/Getty Images)
- Tornado survivor Arlisha Hall holds her 2-month-old daughter Akai Hall as she along with her husband Wyatt Hall walk back to their home in Moore, Oklahoma. (Jewel Samad/Getty Images)
- A young Mandrill named “Tacari” is seen in its enclosure at the zoo in Dresden, eastern Germany. (Matthias Hiekel/Getty Images)
- A performer participates in the X anniversary celebration of the El Salvador Museum of Art in San Salvador, El Salvador, 2013. El Salvador Museum of Art was founded in 2003. (Jose Cabezas/Getty Images)
- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attends a Garden Party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace hosted by Queen Elizabeth II. (John Stillwell/WPA Pool/Getty Images)
- A little boy looks at art works on the floor and wall by Ugo Rondinone, which are represented by gallery Galerie Eva Presenhuber at Art Basel, May 22, 2013 in Hong Kong. (Jessica Hromas/Getty Images)