A protester from the activist organization Avaaz wearing a mask of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad holds up hands covered in red paint during a demonstration outside the U.N. headquarters in New York. (Reuters)

Chelsea Pensioners, all British veteran soldiers, stand to attention for inspection as others drive mobility scooters past Sophie, Countess of Wessex, standing at the base of a statue of King Charles II during the annual Founder's Day Parade at the Royal Chelsea Hospital in London. (AFP)

A nun holds her head during the Corpus Christi celebration in Krakow, Poland. (AP)

A Russian honor guard soldier keeps watch during the funeral ceremony of Russian singer Eduard Khil in St. Petersburg. (AP)

A woman walks in front of the installation, Return the world (2012), of Argentine artist Adrian Villar Rojas at the dOCUMENTA art exhibition in Kassel, Germany. (AP)

Maria Sharapova of Russia serves to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic during their women's semi-final match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris. (Reuters)

A Polish soccer supporter carries a young boy on his shoulders outside the soccer stadium in Warsaw one day ahead of the Euro 2012 opening match between Poland and Greece. (Reuters)

A pig called Funtik is seen in its cage in the Euro 2012 fanzone in Kiev, Eukraine. Funtik, a psychic pig, is set to take over where Paul the Octopus left off at the 2010 World Cup by predicting the results of matches during the Euro 2012 football championships. (AFP)

Two rescued pangolins sit in a basket during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP)