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DHL introduces zero-emission E-Car
Photo: Wolfgang Rattay
Date: 22-May-13
Country: GERMANY
Author: Wolfgang Rattay
Professor Achim Kempker, CEO of StreetScooter from the technical university of Aachen stands in front of a zero-emission E-car exclusively built and designed for German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post DHL is pictured in Bonn May 21, 2013.
"Torture is not Culture" Spanish activists protest bullfighting
Photo: Paul Hanna
Date: 22-May-13
Country: SPAIN
Author: Paul Hanna
Animal rights activists dressed in traditional costume and covered in fake blood lie on the ground during a protest against bullfighting in Madrid May 21, 2013.
Ukraine to lift ban on privatising gas pipelines
Photo: Gleb Garanich
Date: 22-May-13
Country: UKRAINE
Author: Gleb Garanich
An underground gas storage facility is seen in the village of Mryn, 120 km (75 miles) north of Kiev May 21, 2013.
Repairs after storm damage in Hong Kong
Photo: Tyrone Siu
Date: 22-May-13
Country: CHINA
Author: Tyrone Siu
A front loader removes rocks from a collapsed retaining wall which was damaged during a storm in Hong Kong May 22, 2013.
A chinese man catches fish in a polluted river
Photo: Stringer
Date: 22-May-13
Country: CHINA
Author: Stringer
A man uses electric rods to catch fish at a river junction point in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, May 21, 2013.
The Chelsea Flower Show opens in London
Photo: Stefan Wermuth
Date: 21-May-13
Country: BRITAIN
Author: Stefan Wermuth
A visitor looks at a display of flowers during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public on Tuesday.
Lightning strikes in Kansas
Photo: Gene Blevins
Date: 21-May-13
Country: USA
Author: Gene Blevins
Lightning from a tornadic thunderstorm passing over Clearwater, Kansas strikes near storm chasers May 19, 2013.
A mother hen with her chicks
Photo: Jason Lee
Date: 21-May-13
Country: CHINA
Author: Jason Lee
Two chicks look at their mother at a yard in the village of Basha in Congjiang county, Guizhou province, May 20, 2013.
A chinese villager transplants seedlings
Photo: Jason Lee
Date: 21-May-13
Country: CHINA
Author: Jason Lee
A villager transplants rice seedlings in the village of Basha in Congjiang county, Guizhou province May 20, 2013.
Pembroke Oil Refinery in Wales
Photo: Toby Melville
Date: 20-May-13
Country: UK
Author: Toby Melville
Pembroke Oil Refinery is seen in Pembrokeshire in Wales
Salt workers in Ethiopia
Photo: Siegfried Modola
Date: 20-May-13
Country: Ethiopia
Author: Siegfried Modola
Workers unload slabs of salt from camels in the town of Berahile in Afar, northern Ethiopia April 19, 2013.
Surprise royal visit to Chelsea Flower Show
Photo: Luke McGregor
Date: 20-May-13
Country: UK
Author: Luke McGregor
Britain's Prince Harry (R) speaks with garden designer Jinny Blom in the B&Q Sentebale Forget-Me-Not garden during a private unannounced visit to the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 17, 2013.
Indian workers remove high voltage cabling in India
Photo: Danish Siddiqui
Date: 20-May-13
Country: India
Author: Danish Siddiqui
Workers pull as they work to remove a high voltage underground electrical cable on side of a road in Mumbai May 17, 2013.
A fisherman from the internally displaced persons camp in Myanmar
Photo: Soe Zeya Tun
Date: 20-May-13
Country: Myanmar
Author: Soe Zeya Tun
A man from a Rohingya internally displaced persons (IDP) camp carries a fishing net as he walks towards a beach to fish near his camp, outside of Sittwe, May 18, 2013.
Demonstrations in Taipei against nuclear policy
Photo: Edward Lau
Date: 20-May-13
Country: Taiwan
Author: Edward Lau
A demonstrator puts a sticker onto a placard depicting Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou under exposure to radiation, during a protest against the government's nuclear policy in Taipei, May 19, 2013.
Tornado damage in Oklahoma
Photo: Bill Waugh
Date: 20-May-13
Country: USA
Author: Bill Waugh
A semi-tractor trailer (top) rests on its side against the guard rails on Interstate 40 as another trailer lies broken open on the road below after falling from I-40, following a tornado strike near Highway 177 north of Shawnee, Oklahoma May 19, 2013.
Surf's up in Sydney: a record-breaking 26th consecutive autumn day above 20 degrees Celsius
Photo: David Gray
Date: 17-May-13
Country: AUSTRALIA
Author: David Gray
A surfer carrying his board looks back as he prepares to enter the water at Sydney's Manly Beach May 14, 2013.
Blasting snow to clear a mountain pass in Switzerland
Photo: Pascal Lauener
Date: 17-May-13
Country: SWITZERLAND
Author: Pascal Lauener
Workers blow snow away on the mountain pass road leading to the Grimsel Pass, May 15, 2013.
Harvesting wheat in Labore, Pakistan
Photo: Mani Rana
Date: 17-May-13
Country: PAKISTAN
Author: Mani Rana
A man sifts newly harvested wheat at a field on the outskirts of Lahore, in Punjab province, May 16, 2013.
Pilgrims on their way to the shrine of El Rocio in Seville, Spain
Photo: Marcelo del Pozo
Date: 17-May-13
Country: SPAIN
Author: Marcelo del Pozo
Pilgrims with their carriages cross the Quema river on their way to the shrine of El Rocio in the province of Seville, southern Spain May 16, 2013.
Indonesian mine workers protest after accidents in Papua
Photo: Stringer
Date: 16-May-13
Country: INDONESIA
Author: Stringer
Workers from Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc gather to block the road at Mile 72 in protest over an accident where 39 workers attending an underground training were trapped when a tunnel collapsed, in the mining area in Tembagapura of Papua province May 15, 2013.
Rescuers transport residents after a heavy rainstorm in China's Jiangxi province
Photo: China Daily
Date: 16-May-13
Country: CHINA
Author: China Daily
Rescuers paddle a boat to transport residents on a flooded street after a heavy rainstorm hit Nanchang, Jiangxi province May 15, 2013.
First day of the Balmoral Show in northern Ireland
Photo: Cathal McNaughton
Date: 16-May-13
Country: Northern Ireland
Author: Cathal McNaughton
A handler steadies his Teeswater sheep in the ring on the first day of the Balmoral Show in northern Ireland May 15, 2013.
Greenpeace activists dressed in a polar bear costume in Canada
Photo: Chris Wattie
Date: 16-May-13
Country: CANADA
Author: Chris Wattie
Students on a tour pet Greenpeace activists dressed in a polar bear costume during a demonstration, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa May 15, 2013.
The Solana Generating Station will be one of the biggest in the world
Photo: Joshua Lott
Date: 16-May-13
Country: USA
Author: Joshua Lott
Solar collectors stand at the Solana Generating Station in Gila Bend, Arizona May 14, 2013.