Amtrak derailment, Hockey World Championships, American Pharoah | May 14
The day in photos from around the world.
- A flat bed truck hauls a section of new railroad track to the site of Tuesday’s deadly train derailment, Thursday, May 14, 2015, in Philadelphia. At least seven people are dead and more than 200 people aboard injured, when the New York City bound Amtrak train derailed. Federal investigators have determined that the train was barreling through the city at 106 mph before it ran off the rails along a sharp curve where the speed limit drops to just 50 mph. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
- British artist David Hockney poses for photographers in front of his photographic drawing printed on paper “The Chairs” which features as part of the “David Hockney Painting and Photography” exhibition at the Annely Juda Fine Art gallery in London, Thursday, May 14, 2015. The show, which runs from May 15 to June 27, is an exploration of Hockneys interest in perspective and features a series of portraits, including his American friends playing cards, and other scenes painted in his Los Angeles studio in 2014 and 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
- Czech Republics Jaromir Jagr, left, celebrates with Michal Jordan, right, during the Hockey World Championships quarterfinal match in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, May 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
- Russias Sergei Mozyakin, bottom, struggle for the puck with Swedens Daniel Rahimi during the Hockey World Championships quarterfinal match between Sweden and Russia, in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Thursday, May 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
- Actress Julianne Moore poses for photographers on the red carpet for the screening of the film Mad Max: Fury Road at the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
- Jury member Tahar Rahim poses for photographers during a photo call for the jury of Un Certain Regard, at the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
- Girls play with balloons, inside a school where they are living with their displaced families who fled their home after a Saudi-led airstrike destroyed their houses, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, May 14, 2015. The conflict in Yemen has killed more than 1,400 people many of them civilians since March 19, according to the U.N. The country of some 25 million people has endured shortages of food, water, medicine and electricity as a result of a Saudi-led blockade. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
- A girl plays with a balloon, inside a school where she is living with her displaced family who fled their home after a Saudi-led airstrike destroyed their houses, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, May 14, 2015. The conflict in Yemen has killed more than 1,400 people many of them civilians since March 19, according to the U.N. The country of some 25 million people has endured shortages of food, water, medicine and electricity as a result of a Saudi-led blockade. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
- Displaced boys who fled their home after a Saudi-led airstrike destroyed their houses, live in a school in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, May 14, 2015. The conflict in Yemen has killed more than 1,400 people many of them civilians since March 19, according to the U.N. The country of some 25 million people has endured shortages of food, water, medicine and electricity as a result of a Saudi-led blockade. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
- A Nepalese farmer carries a bundle of harvested wheat in Nalinchowk, near Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 14, 2015. More than half of Nepals population work in agriculture. With tens of thousands of barns and storage sheds destroyed by the earthquakes, many small farmers now have no place to store their crops this year. (AP Photo/Bernat Amangue)
- Pakistani lawmakers light candles and pray for the victims of a bus attack in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, May 14, 2015. Amid tight security, hundreds of Pakistanis Thursday paid their respects at a mass funeral for 45 minority Shiites who were killed in an attack on a bus in the southern city of Karachi. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
- Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah, with exercise rider Jorge Alvarez aboard, gallops at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Thursday, May 14, 2015. The Preakness Stakes horse race is scheduled to take place May 16. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
- US soldier, left, instructs a Ukrainian soldier during joint training exercises on the military base in the Lviv region, western Ukraine, Thursday, May 14, 2015. Troops from the United States and Ukraine conduct joint training exercises intended to help bolster Ukraine’s defense against incursions from Russian-backed separatists. (AP Photo/Evgeny Kraws)
- A police officer shouts orders during the Presidential Graduation ceremony which was attended by President Robert Mugabe, pictured in poster in the background, at the General Police headquarters, in Harare, Zimbabwe, Thursday, May 14, 2015. A total of 698 police officers graduated at the ceremony after undergoing training by the Zimbabwe Republic police. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
- Zimbabwean police officers take part in the Presidential Graduation ceremony which was officiated by President Robert Mugabe at the General Police headquarters in Harare, Thursday, April 14, 2015. A total of 698 police officers graduated at the ceremony after undergoing training by the Zimbabwe Republic police. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)