Chilean riots, rainbows in Alaska, flooding in Israel | May 8
A rainbow is seen over the Yukon River in Eagle, Alaska, people run away from tear gas during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Caracas, a surfer holding her board wades through the surf as clouds above are lit by the setting sun at Mollymook Beach on the south coast of New South Wales and more.
- A surfer holding her board wades through the surf as clouds above are lit by the setting sun at Mollymook Beach on the south coast of New South Wales May 8, 2014. (REUTERS/David Gray)
- Horses, riders and acrobats perform during a preview of the “Cavalia” show, which celebrates its 10th anniversary, in Brussels May 8, 2014. The show, by Normand Latourelle of Canada, and often considered as an equestrian ballet, features 50 horses and 37 human artists, acrobats, riders and performers. (REUTERS/Yves Herman)
- A Muslim boy rides a donkey on the outskirts of Bambari May 8, 2014. (REUTERS/Siegfried Modola)
- Student protesters run away during a demonstration to demand changes in the Chilean education system, in Santiago May 8, 2014. Thousands of students marched through the Chilean capital on Thursday for the first time since President Michelle Bachelet took power, ratcheting up the pressure on her to fulfill her campaign pledges to overhaul education in the country. (REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado)
- Student demonstrators take cover from a jet of water released from a riot police vehicle during a demonstration to demand changes in the Chilean education system, in Santiago May 8, 2014. Thousands of students marched through the Chilean capital on Thursday for the first time since President Michelle Bachelet took power, ratcheting up the pressure on her to fulfill her campaign pledges to overhaul education in the country. (REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado)
- Shareholders of Adidas, the world’s second largest sports apparel firm, arrive for the company annual general meeting in the northern Bavarian town of Fuerth near Nuremberg May 8, 2014. (REUTERS/Michaela Rehle)
- World War Two veterans attend a ceremony in Jerusalem marking the anniversary of the victory of the Allies over Nazi Germany, May 8, 2014. (REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)
- Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pose for a friend to take their photograph near the flooded Besor stream in Israel’s southern Negev desert near Kibbutz Zeelim May 8, 2014. Unseasonal heavy rain showers hit Israel on Thursday. (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)
- A woman stands backstage as she waits for her turn to perform during a Chinese Opera performance in Pulau Ketam outside Kuala Lumpur May 7, 2014. Picture taken May 7, 2014. (REUTERS/Samsul Said)
- People attend a prayer service to commemorate Soviet war victims, while standing near their remains, as students from the General Yermolov Cadet School take part in an all-Russian search operation to find and rebury the remains of Red Army soldiers killed during World War Two in the village of Bolshoye Tishovo, southeast of Smolensk in western Russia May 3, 2014. Some 600 people from different Russian regions, including students of the General Yermolov Cadet School, took part in the multi-day search operation which ended on May 6. Participants managed to recover the remains of more than 200 Red Army soldiers, 25 of whom were identified, according to organizers. The General Yermolov Cadet School, based in the southern Russian city of Stavropol, is a state-run institution that teaches military and patriotic classes in addition to a normal syllabus. Russia celebrates victory over Nazi Germany on May 9. Picture taken May 3, 2014. (REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko)
- Forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad search for survivors under the debris at a hotel used by Assad’s forces, in old Aleppo May 8, 2014. Syrian rebels detonated a huge bomb underneath the Aleppo hotel on Thursday, destroying it and damaging other buildings on the edge of the city’s medieval citadel.The rebel Islamic Front, which claimed responsibility for the explosion, published video footage which showed a huge column of debris and dust erupting into the Aleppo skyline. (REUTERS/George Ourfalian)
- A pro-Russian armed man stands at a check point in Slaviansk, eastern Ukraine May 8, 2014. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)
- A rainbow is seen over the Yukon River in Eagle, Alaska in this undated handout photo courtesy of the U.S. Geological Society. Alaska has banned fishing for king salmon in the Yukon River in the summer of 2014, saying that runs could come in even lower than 2013’s historically low numbers amid a 10-year decline. (REUTERS/U.S. Geological Society/Handout via Reuters)
- Spaceport America’s Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space Building is seen near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico May 1, 2014. The world’s first purpose-built commercial space base and soon-to-be site of the first space flights with Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is near the town of Truth or Consequences in New Mexico. The inaugural flight into suborbital space should happen later this year and the first astronauts, who have made reservations and paid $250,000 for the flight, should follow a month later. While it’s not clear what the economic impact will be, many agree that Spaceport America should inject new energy into the town. Picture taken May 1, 2014. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)
- Venezuela’s national guard dismantle an anti-government protester’s camp site in front of UN offices at Chacao district in Caracas, May 8, 2014. Venezuelan authorities on Thursday arrested hundreds of youth activists who had spent weeks in camps set up in public spaces as part of protests against President Nicolas Maduro, in an effort to snuff out a waning three-month demonstration movement. (REUTERS/Jorge Silva)
- People run away from tear gas during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Caracas May 8, 2014. Venezuelan authorities on Thursday arrested hundreds of youth activists who had spent weeks in camps set up in public spaces as part of protests against President Nicolas Maduro, an effort to snuff out a waning three-month demonstration movement. (REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)