MONACO, Monaco : A woman watches the first practice session at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo on May 23, 2013 ahead of the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEIN
MONACO, Monaco : A woman watches the first practice session at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo on May 23, 2013 ahead of the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEIN
JERUSALEM : Tens of thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Belz Hasidic Dynasty watch the wedding ceremony of Rabbi Shalom Rokach, the Grandson of the Belz Rabbi to Hana Batya Pener, in Jerusalem in the early hours of May 22, 2013. Some 25,000 Ultra-Orthodox Jews participated in one of the biggest weddings in the past few years. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA
UNITED KINGDOM, London : Two ladies have a conversation while sitting on a wall at the Chelsea Flower Show in London on May 21, 2013. The world-famous gardening event run by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is celebrating its centenary year. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS
FRANCE, Cannes : French actress Marion Cotillard (R) hugs her partner French director Guillaume Canet on May 20, 2013 before attending a photocall for the film “Blood Ties” presented Out of Competition at the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. Cannes, one of the world’s top film festivals, opened on May 15 and will climax on May 26 with awards selected by a jury headed this year by Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT
RUSSIAN FEDERATION, Moscow : Vladimir Kouklatchev performing with a cat during a show in the Moscow Cat Theatre, founded by his father, famous Russian clown Yuri Kouklatchev, shortly before the fall of the USSR. The theatre was recently re-opened after a top to bottom renovation. AFP PHOTO / YURI KADOBNOV
FRANCE, Cannes : French actress Sandrine Kiberlain poses on the beach on May 19, 2013 during a photocall for the film “Tip Top” presented in the Quinzaine des Realisateurs (Directors’ Fortnight) at the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. Cannes, one of the world’s top film festivals, opened on May 15 and will climax on May 26 with awards selected by a jury headed this year by Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg. AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE
BAHRAIN, ABU SAIBA : Bahraini girls hold pictures of Bahraini senior Shiite cleric Sheikh Issa Qassem during a protest against the regime and to show solidarity with the cleric in the village of Abu Saiba, west of Manama, on May 17, 2013. Bahrain’s main opposition accused government troops of raiding the home of the country’s leading Shiite cleric, and warned that authorities will bear responsibility for this “dangerous” act. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH