Greetings from space
Astronaut (宇航员) Mike Massimino is seen through a window of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on May 17. The crew completed five spacewalks (太空行走) to refurbish (擦亮，清洁) and upgrade (升级) the Hubble Space Telescope.
Towering birthday
Some 1,200 balloons - and a random bird - swirl around the Eiffel Tower (埃菲尔铁塔) on the monument's 120th anniversary May 19 in Paris. Designed by French architect Gustave Eiffel, the steel structure was inaugurated in (于...举行落成仪式) 1889 and has since become an instantly recognizable symbol of Paris.
Without a home
A young child, driven from his home in the Swat region (重战区) due to the Pakistan army's offensive against the Taliban, rests after collecting water at a relief camp (难民营) on May 20 in Swabi, Pakistan. Hundreds of thousands of civilians (百姓) are believed to have been displaced (移走) as a result of the fighting.
War amid the wheat
Canadian soldiers wait in a wheat field for a helicopter (直升机) to supply water and food during a military operation (军事活动) at Sanjaray in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on May 16.
Feast of fury
Hundreds of vultures (秃鹫) noisily feast on (大吃) the dead rabbits that retired sailor Jose Ramon Moragrega dumped on a patch of (一小块) gravel (沙砾) on April 22 near Valderrobres, eastern Spain. Moragrega, 57, has repeated this ritual each morning for the past 21 years at his property.
Going for a dip
A boy jumps into the sea at a fishing harbor (海港) on a hot day, in the southern Indian city of Chennai on May 15.
There is no substitute
Porsche (保时捷) cars are pictured in a mirror in the roof in front of the Porsche factory in Zuffenhausen near Stuttgart, Germany, on May 18.
Catching a wave
Mick Campbell of Australia surfs during the Billabong Pro Teahupoo contest on May 19 in Teahupo'o, French Polynesia.