Activists perform during a campaign marking the World No Tobacco Day in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

Lightning strikes behind the campanile on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence, Kansus, USA, May 30, 2012. (AP)

Buddhist monk Thich Tam Man kowtows on a road in the Ninh Binh province, about 90 km (56 miles) south of Hanoi. He started his journey in 2009 from his monastery at Hoang Phap pagoda, near Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh city, to Yen Tu mountain, which is about 150 km (93 miles) east of Hanoi. The distance he will travel is about 1800km (1118 miles), and with every step he takes, for 10 hours a day, Tam Man will kneel and pray. He believes that with every prayer he makes, he will be able to atone for his previous mistakes, and pray for world peace. (Reuters)

An opposition activist attends a protest rally to defend Article 31 of the Russian constitution, which guarantees the right of assembly, in Moscow. The sheet of paper attached to the protester's face reads 'I keep silent'. (Reuters)

The 'Council of the Baltic Sea States' leader summit at the Oceaneum in Stralsund, Germany (Reuters)

A construction worker stands on scaffolding at the construction site of a bridge on the outskirts of Jammu. India's annual economic growth slumped in the January-March quarter to a nine-year low of 5.3 percent. (Reuters)

A model takes to the catwalk at the Giorgio Armani fashion show held in Beijing, China. (AP)

Coal miners move a tree trunk to make a barricade on motorway A-66 to protest against government spending cuts in the mining sector in Campomanes, near Oviedo, northern Spain. (Reuters)

People jostle as they collect water from a truck from Water and Sewerage Authority in the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Water supply to Dhaka dwellers has dropped drastically in the last one month due to power cuts and the summer heat, local media reported. (Reuters)

Supporters of Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq celebrate after the official results for the first round were announced in Cairo. Egypt's electoral commission confirmed that Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi would face ex-prime minister Ahmed Shafiq in a June presidential runoff. (AFP)

A fire burns in a clothing stall after an explosion in a shopping complex in Kenya's capital Nairobi. A blast struck a shopping complex in Nairobi's business district during lunch hour, wounding more than a dozen people. (Reuters)

Women interact with 'Screaming rapture', a light and sound installation by Liam Ryan, Frank Maguire and Jason McDermott during the Vivid Festival in Sydney, Australia, May 27, 2012. (Reuters)

President Barack Obama speaks at the Memorial Day Observance at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery. (AP)

Residents remove sand bags from a bus used as a barricade by tribal militants loyal to the powerful al-Ahmar family during last year's fighting with security forces, in Sana'a, Yemen. (Reuters)

Workers repair a cave-in area on a road in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China. The cause of the cave-in, measuring about 6 meters (20 ft.) in depth, 15 meters (49 ft.) in length and 10 meters (33 ft.) in width, is still under investigation. (Reuters)

A Kurdish man walks between coffins draped with Kurdish flag containing the remains of victims during a burial ceremony in Sulaimaniya, 260km (162 miles) northeast of Baghdad. More than 700 Kurds, killed by former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, were honored in a ceremony in northern Iraq. (Reuters)

Sebastian Worch lands in river Rhine with his flying Statue of Liberty vehicle during the Red Bull Flying event in Mainz, central Germany. (AP)

A locomotive painted in Irish national colors crosses a bridge over Vistula river in Warsaw, Poland. The Polish railways presented locomotives painted in national colors of Spain, Italy, Republic of Ireland and Croatia, all playing in group C in the upcoming Euro 2012 soccer championships. (AP)

An explosion is seen during a live-fire display at a conference held by the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) on the use of fire support from both the ground and the air in a complex combat environment, at the Shivta Field Artillery School in southern Israel. (Reuters)

The Cisne Branco from Brazil sails by the Statue Of Liberty in New York to participate in Fleet Week activities. This year's event marks the bicentennial of the War of 1812. (AP)

Demonstrators carrying the national flag of Nepal participate in a mass gathering organized by the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, demanding for peace, social harmony and the punctual implementation of a new constitution in Kathmandu. (Reuters)

An Egyptian woman votes during the first day of the presidential election at a polling station in Alexandria. Egyptians went to the polls to elect a new president after the fall of ex-President Hosni Mubarak last year. (AP)

Supporters of Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona, wearing Adolf Hitler masks, shout slogans calling for the acquittal of the Chief Justice in the ongoing impeachment trial. (AP)

Kazakh honor guards greet visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during an official welcome ceremony in the capital Astana, Kazakhstan. (AFP)

Baltimore Ravens cornerback Lardarius Webb prepares to catch a ball during NFL football practice in Owings Mills, Maryland. (AP)

The Se metro station is void of commuters in the morning during rush hour due to a metro workers strike, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AFP)

Residents flee from renewed clashes between Somalia government forces backed by African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Islamist militants in the capital Mogadishu. (Reuters)

A woman places a hand on the coffin of one of the victims of a Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane that crashed on Salak Mountain, during a ceremony at Halim Perdanakusuma airport in Jakarta, Indonesia. The remains of all 45 victims of the crash were officially handed over to their families during the ceremony. The plane crashed into a volcano 64 km (40 miles) south of Jakarta on May 9, 2012, during a exhibition flight killing all 45 people on board. (Reuters)

A stork collecting material for its nest flies over a field near Biebesheim, western Germany. (AFP)

Italy's Samuel Pizzetti swims in the Men's 1500 meter Freestyle final at the European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. (AP)