May 21, 2015

Sun halo in Mexico, Operation Dynamo anniversary, Ferrari racing | May 21

The day in photos from around the world.

: The Little Ships en route to Dunkirk, France, to mark the 75th anniversary of Operation Dynamo Thursday May 21, 2015. Hundreds of fishing boats, pleasure yachts and lifeboats crossed the Channel from southern England between May 26 and June 4 1940 to help evacuate British and Allied forces from the beaches of northern France. Over 330,000 British and Allied troops were rescued. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

: Protesters stand by a burning barricade in the Musaga neighborhood of Bujumbura, Burundi, Thursday May 21, 2015. Protests continue against the President’s decision to seek a third term. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

: A demonstrator acts as a spotter against police during clashes in the Nyakabyga neighborhood of Bujumbura, Burundi, Thursday May 21, 2015. Protests continue against the President’s decision to seek a third term. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

$A worker removes oil from the beach at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., Thursday, May 21, 2015. More than 7,700 gallons of oil has been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California coast, just a fraction of the sticky, stinking goo that escaped from a broken pipeline, officials said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)$: A worker removes oil from the beach at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., Thursday, May 21, 2015. More than 7,700 gallons of oil has been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California coast, just a fraction of the sticky, stinking goo that escaped from a broken pipeline, officials said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

$A bird covered in oil flaps its wings at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., Thursday, May 21, 2015. More than 7,700 gallons of oil has been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California coast, just a fraction of the sticky, stinking goo that escaped from a broken pipeline, officials said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)$: A bird covered in oil flaps its wings at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., Thursday, May 21, 2015. More than 7,700 gallons of oil has been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California coast, just a fraction of the sticky, stinking goo that escaped from a broken pipeline, officials said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

$Rocks are covered with oil on the beach at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., Thursday, May 21, 2015. More than 6,000 gallons of oil had been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California coast in a cleanup effort that is now going 24 hours a day, officials said, but that's just a fraction of the sticky, stinking goo that escaped from a broken pipeline. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)$: Rocks are covered with oil on the beach at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., Thursday, May 21, 2015. More than 6,000 gallons of oil had been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California coast in a cleanup effort that is now going 24 hours a day, officials said, but that’s just a fraction of the sticky, stinking goo that escaped from a broken pipeline. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

: Carrying an umbrella that says “shame” on it, Douglas Hughes of Florida arrives at federal court in Washington, Thursday, May 21, 2015. Hughes, who flew a gyrocopter through some of America’s most restricted airspace before landing at the Capitol pleaded not guilty on Thursday to the six charges he faces. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

: Belgium’s Philippe Gilbert celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 12th stage of the Giro d’Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race from Imola to Vicenza, Italy, Thursday, May 21, 2015. Alberto Contador extended his overall lead ahead of Fabio Aru to 17 seconds while Philippe Gilbert won the rainy 12th stage of the Giro d’Italia on Thursday. (Daniel Dal Zennaro/ANSA via AP)

: Shannon Day, of Boston, a volunteer with Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund, replaces damaged flags in the fund’s flag garden on Boston Common in Boston, ahead of Memorial Day, Thursday, May 21 2015. Each of the approximately 37,000 flags represents a Massachusetts military member who died in service from the Revolutionary War to the present. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

: A man uses his mobile phone to photograph a circular sun halo in Mexico City, Thursday, May 21, 2015. The ring around the sun is a fairly common weather phenomenon caused by ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

: Palestinian Hamas security forces display their military skills during a police academy graduation ceremony in Gaza City, Thursday, May 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

: Palestinian Hamas security forces march next to the wreckage of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s helicopter, installed on a structure, during a police academy graduation ceremony in Gaza City, Thursday, May 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

: Smoke rises from al-Qahira castle, an ancient fortress that was recently taken over by Shiite rebels, as another building on the Saber mountain, in the background, explodes after Saudi-led airstrikes in Taiz city, Yemen, Thursday, May 21, 2015. Peace talks on Yemen will begin next week in Geneva, the U.N. announced Wednesday, as the international community tries to end weeks of Saudi-led airstrikes against an Iran-supported rebel group and a growing humanitarian crisis that has left millions short of food and fuel. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)

: Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany steers his car during the first free practice at the Monaco racetrack, in Monaco, Thursday, May 21 2015. The Formula one race will be held on Sunday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

: President Barack Obama listens to the translations of remark made by Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)