May 9, 2014

A filled-to-the brim metalware shop in Najaf seems to defy physics. Celebrations in Vladivostok commemorate the defeat of Nazis, and on the other end of Eurasia, people hitch a ride on an armored vehicle. Friday’s photo brief comprises these scenes, along with 17 other images.

: Indian farmer Mekhala Anjaneyulu seals wet bags of unpolished rice to be dried after unseasonal overnight rains soaked the area at the Agriculture Market Yard at Jangaon Mandal of Warangal District, about 85 kms from Hyderabad, on May 9. Some 2.1 million tonness of rice were soaked in the unexpected rainfall causing severe problems for farmers selling their grain.
|| CREDIT: NOAH SEELAM – AFP/GETTY IMAGES

: A man walks down steps past a tribute to victims of the Sewol ferry, in Seoul on May 9. The confirmed death toll stood at 273, with 31 still unaccounted for, after four more bodies were retrieved from the sunken ship overnight.
|| CREDIT: ED JONES – AFP/GETTY IMAGES

: A staff member poses with “The Blue” diamond during an auction preview for Christie’s in Geneva May 9. The largest flawless vivid blue diamond in the world, weighing 13.22 carats, is expected to reach between CHF 19,000,000 and 23,000,000 (USD 21,000,000 to 25,000,000) when it goes on sale at an upcoming Magnificent Jewels sale in Geneva May 14.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: DENIS BALIBOUSE – REUTERS

: Children gold miners sit on May 5 next to a traditional mine in the village of Gam where gold mining is the main business activity.
|| CREDIT: ISSOUF SANOGO – AFP/GETTY IMAGES

: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth arrives for a Service of the Order of the Bath at Westminster Abbey in London May 9. The service is held every four years and attended by the Prince of Wales, while the Queen also attends every second service. The Queen last attended in 2006.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: LUKE MACGREGOR – REUTERS

: A great tit carries the excrement of its offspring out of a hole in the wall on May 8 in Petersdorf, eastern Germany.
CREDIT: PATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images

: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande listen to a Shanty choir before embarking on the ship Nordwind in Sassnitz on Ruegen island May 9.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: THOMAS PETER – REUTERS

: A member of the current Egyptian police force fires tear gas during clashes with student supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and coup-deposed President Mohamed Mursi at the Al-Azhar University campus in Cairo’s Nasr City district, May 9. The protesters marched towards Rabaa square, closing the roads, during a demonstration by members of the Muslim Brotherhood and the pro-Mursi Anti-Coup National Alliance against the military, interior ministry and presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former army chief whose coup deposed the Brotherhood’s Mursi.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: AMR ABDALLAH DALSH – REUTERS

: CEO Brady Dougan of Swiss bank Credit Suisse attends the company’s annual shareholder meeting in Zurich May 9. Credit Suisse is doing everything in its power to reach a settlement with U.S. authorities who are probing whether and how its private bankers helped wealthy Americans dodge their taxes, executives will tell the bank’s shareholders on Friday.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: ARND WIEGMANN – REUTERS

: Suzuki Motor Corp Chairman and Chief Executive Osamu Suzuki reacts during a news conference on the company’s financial results in Tokyo May 9.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: TORU HANAI – REUTERS

: A singer drinks from a huge bowl of beer on-stage as he pays tribute to the customers after performing at an entertainment club in Beijing May 8, 2014. Picture taken May 8.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: JASON LEE – REUTERS

: A labourer prepares distilled traditional brewed alcoholic liquor, locally known as “chang’aa”, at an illegal micro-brewery along a river in the suburbs of Kenya’s capital Nairobi May 9. Eighty people have died after drinking from a batch of illegal liquor in Kenya, and police have detained several people for questioning, officials and police said on Wednesday. Consumption of illicit alcohol is common in Kenya, where many cannot afford factory-made beers and spirits. Deaths often occur but this is the largest number of people killed in a single incident for several years.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: THOMAS MUKOYA – REUTERS

: A man works in his shop selling traditional handmade copperware in Souq al-Safafeer in Najaf on May 9.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: ALAA AL-MARJANI – REUTERS

: A woman reacts to the camera as she carries some items from her home following the cessation of fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad at al-Hamdeya neighborhood in Homs city May 9. Around 270 Syrian rebels granted safe exit under a complex deal with President Bashar al-Assad’s forces are being held in Homs by the army after insurgents elsewhere failed to uphold their side of the agreement, Syrian officials said on Friday. Following a year of siege, around 1,200 rebels and residents in the Old City of Homs left the city on buses this week in exchange for the release of dozens of captives held by rebels in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Latakia.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: KHALED AL-HARIRI – REUTERS

: A 400-square-metre (4305-square-feet) infiorata, a carpet of flowers made up of some 80,000 potted plants, is seen at St George’s Square in Valletta May 9. The Valletta 2018 Foundation is holding the first edition of the Valletta Green Festival, an event intended to raise environmental consciousness as part of Valletta’s development toward becoming the European Capital of Culture in 2018. Picture taken with a fisheye lens.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI – REUTERS

: A former serviceman dances during celebrations to mark Victory Day in Vladivostok May 9. Russia celebrates the 1945 victory over Nazi Germany on May 9.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: YURI MALTSEV – REUTERS

: People ride on a towed broken armoured vehicle left behind after Ukrainian forces attacked police headquarters in an attempt to drive out pro-Russian militants in Mariupol on May 9. Ukrainian security forces killed about 20 pro-Russian rebels who tried to seize control of police headquarters in the eastern port city of Mariupol on Friday, the Interior Minister said.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: MARKO DJURICA – REUTERS

: Ferrari Formula One drive Fernando Alonso of Spain drives during the second free practice of the Spanish F1 Grand Prix at the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit in Montmelo on May 9.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: ALBERT GEA – REUTERS

: A man cleans a statue of Buddha which will be featured in an illuminated display illustrating episodes from the life of Buddha, ahead of Vesak Day celebrations in Colombo on May 9. Vesak Day, which is celebrated on May 14 and 15 in Sri Lanka, commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: DINUKA LIYANAWATTE – REUTERS

: An anti-government protester waves a Thai flag as he gathers with others outside the Parliament House in Bangkok on May 9. Ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s Puea Thai Party still runs the interim government and is hoping to organise a July 20 election that it would probably win, but the protesters want the government out, the election postponed and reforms to end the influence of Yingluck’s brother, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, speaking to supporters in a city park, urged them to rally outside parliament, the prime minister’s offices and five television stations to prevent them being used by the government.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA – REUTERS

A dreamscape of copper, a dance for Victory Day, a ride on a busted tank | May 9

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