The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket is seen during a time exsposure as it lifts off from space launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. This launch marks the first time, a private company sends its own rocket to deliver supplies to the International Space Station. (AP)
An Egyptian man passes a mural depicting presidential candidates Amr Moussa (C) and Ahmed Shafiq (L) and a combination of the faces of former president Hosni Mubarak and Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi in Cairo. (Reuters)
Demonstrators stage a peaceful protest near the Sule Pagoda, in central Rangoon, Burma, against the power blackouts across the country. (Reuters)
A boy slides down in to a swimming pool as the sun shines in the northern German city of Hameln. (AFP)
A man spreads rose petals, which will be used to make incense sticks, on the floor to dry in a compound in Lahore, Pakistan. (Reuters)
Niagara Falls emergency officials rescue a man who plunged over Niagara Falls and survived in an apparent suicide attempt, May 21, 2012. He was taken to the Hamilton General Hospital, Canada, where a spokeswoman says he has critical but non-life-threatening injuries. (AP)
African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeepers from Burundi patrol after fighting between insurgents and government soldiers on the outskirts of Mogadishu. (Reuters)
Water from heavy rains partially covers a car abandoned in a street of Saint-Max, near Nancy, after a storm dumped heavy rains in eastern France overnight. (Reuters)
Members of the English National Ballet outside the Orangery restaurant at Kensington Palace in London as part of a publicity event for a summer charity fundraiser with Swan Lake as the theme (Reuters)
A boogie boarder rides a wave during high tide in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AFP)
A Red Panda Bear sleeps in the Panda Bear enclosure at the Beijing Zoo. (AFP)
Competitors leave the starting blocks in the T42/43/44 Mens 100 meter race during the BT Paralympic World Cup at Sportcity in Manchester, north-west England. (AFP)
