France's far-right National Front candidate for the presidential election, Marine Le Pen, center, delivers her speech at Opera during the traditional May Day march in Paris. (AP)

Armed North Korean soldiers joke with Chinese tourists as they keep guard at Hwanggumpyong Island, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju and the Chinese border city of Dandong. (Reuters)

Hundreds of thousands of people march through Havana's Revolution Square during the May Day parade, Cuba. (Reuters)

Malian military junta troops, who carried out a coup in March, guard a street after renewed fighting in the capital Bamako. Forces of Mali's ruling military junta battled troops loyal to ousted president Amadou Toumani Toure in several parts of the capital Bamako for a second day, forcing residents to flee their homes. (Reuters)

Shop owners look out from under the shutters of their shop during an anti-government protest in the capital Manama, Bahrain. Dozens of protesters tried to march towards the capital square Bab al-Bahrain during an anti-government rally organized by Al Wefaq. Riot-police fired tear-gas and sound grenades to disperse the protesters. (Reuters)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and President-elect, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin drink beer in the Zhiguli beer bar in Moscow. (AP)

Men guide a camel while ploughing farmland in the area of Bani Matar, outside the Yemeni capital Sana'a. (Reuters)

Newlyweds dressed in Han-dynasty costumes bow to each other during a traditional group wedding ceremony in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China. (Reuters)

Cheerleaders perform during an Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Pune Warriors and Deccan Chargers in Cuttack, India. (AP)