Pictures of the Week: May 9 - May 16

  • May 13, 2014. A man kisses his son who was rescued after an explosion in a coal mine in Manisa, Turkey.
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  • May 11, 2014. A 'Maya' girl sits on an altar during the traditional celebration of 'Las Mayas' on a street, in central Madrid, Spain.
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  • May 10, 2014. Supporters of BJP leader Narendra Modi run as a helicopter carrying Modi takes off after a rally in Robertsganj, near Varanasi, India.
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  • May 11, 2014. A man completes a form for the referendum at a polling station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
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  • May 10, 2014. Brooklyn Nets forward Paul Pierce (34) fouls Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) as he drives through the lane to score in the first period during Game 3 of an Eastern Conference semifinal NBA playoff basketball game.
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  • May 12, 2014. Flags flutter during the re-opening ceremony for the Washington Monument in Washington.
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  • May 11, 2014. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain gets a pit service during the Spain Formula One Grand Prix at the Barcelona Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, near Barcelona.
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  • May 11, 2014. Tiana Coudray of The USA riding Ringwood Magister during the Show Jumping on day five of the Badminton Horse Trials in Badminton, England.
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  • May 11, 2014. Muslim brides wait for the start of their mass marriage ceremony in Mumbai.
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  • May 13, 2014. Miners on strike chant slogans as they march in Nkaneng township outside the Lonmin mine in Rustenburg, South Africa.
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  • May 12, 2014. Artists from the Cia Base circus group perform in the show Futebol Voador (Flying Soccer) during the International Circus Festival in the Vila Cruzeiro slum, or favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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  • May 9, 2014. A pro-Russian militant is reflected in a mirror as he adjusts his rifle, while others watch a Victory Day military parade in Moscow on the television.
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  • May 9, 2014. During the celebration of Victory Day in Mariupol at least two were killed and firefighters spent several hours putting out a fire set in police station.
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  • May 9, 2014. Noorba Goung cries inside a tent after her first baby died at Dar Paing refugees camp in Sittwe, Burma.
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  • May 9, 2014. Afghan youths wrestle on a trampoline on the banks of Qargha Lake in the outskirts of Kabul.
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  • May 9, 2014. Prospectors work at an open-pit at the Ndassima gold mine, near Djoubissi north of Bambari.
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  • May 10, 2014. A dancer performs during the Zinneke Parade in Brussels.
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  • May 10, 2014. Horses and donkeys prepare for weekly races in Saar village west of Manama.
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  • May 10, 2014. A mourner waits for the bus to depart for a sea burial ceremony in Shanghai.
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  • May 10, 2014. Destroyed buildings are pictured, after the cessation of fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Homs city.
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  • May 10, 2014. Rosheda Bagoung holds her malnourished child inside a tent at Dar Paing refugees camp in Sittwe, Burma.
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  • May 11, 2014. An elderly Ukrainian woman waits for help to go to vote at a polling station in the Ukrainian city of Budennovskiy.
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  • May 11, 2014. A woman is seen in a voting booth during a referendum at a polling station in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
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  • May 11, 2014. Trails of headlamps are seen in the night as runners make their way to the finish line during the XVII 101km competition on a mountain on the outskirts of Montejaque, southern Spain.
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  • May 11, 2014. Two men rehearse before performing at a procession during the 40th anniversary of the assassination of priest Carlos Mugica at the "31" slum in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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  • May 11, 2014. Yasothon resident look on as huge, handmade rockets are launched into the air during the Bun Bang Fai festival in Yasothon, Thailand.
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  • May 11, 2014. A victim lays on the grass after having allegedly been shot by pro-Kiev militants near Krasnoarmeysk's city hall, eastern Ukraine.
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  • May 13, 2014. Relatives of Hyudych Vadim Yurievichq, including his mother (C), mourn his death during his funeral ceremony, at the Krasnoarmeysk cemetery, eastern Ukraine.
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  • May 11, 2014. Ukranian militia tried to stop the referendum voting briefly taking the City Hall, where unarmed pro Russian civilians were gathering, in the Eastern Ukranian town of Krasnoarmisk.
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  • May 11, 2014. Buddhists pray during a ceremony to commemorate the birth of Buddha, at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei.
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  • May 12, 2014. An Afghan firefighter extinguishes a fire at the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad province.
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  • May 12, 2014. An Indian Muslim voter waits in line to vote at a polling station in Varanasi, India.
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  • May 12, 2014. Mourners carry the coffin of Alexey Vorobyov, a civilian killed by Ukraine National Guard during an operation against pro Russian activist last Friday in Mariupol, during his funeral in Mariupol, Ukraine.
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  • May 12, 2014. This photo provided by the Park County, Wyo., Sheriff’s Office shows the wreckage of a single-engine plane on a rugged, snowy mountain outside of Yellowstone National Park Monday.
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  • May 12, 2014. The hat of former US Air Force veteran Johnny Macia is pictured during a wreath laying ceremony at the Berlin Airlift memorial outside Tempelhof airport in Berlin, commemorating the airlift during the Cold War Berlin blockade.
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  • May 12, 2014. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pray during a protest against Pope Francis' upcoming visit in the Old City of Jerusalem, near King David's tomb.
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  • May 12, 2014. A woman walks past a burning shop in the Maskuf market in the Old City of Homs, north of Damascus.
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  • May 12, 2014. Professional rock climbers work on the art installation "Big Bambu: 5,000 Arms to Hold You" at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
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  • May 12, 2014. Workers set up a giant canvas of the official poster of the 67th Cannes Film Festival featuring actor Marcello Mastroianni on the Festival Palace in Cannes.
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  • May 12, 2014. Kites fly over a soccer field at the Sao Carlos slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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  • May 13, 2014. Exercise rider Bryan Beccia walks Ride On Curlin over the track in preparation for the 139th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.
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  • May 13, 2014. Nigerians take part in a protest, called by Malaga's Nigerian women Association, for the release of the abducted secondary school girls in the remote village of Chibok in Nigeria, at La Merced square in Malaga, southern Spain.
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  • May 13, 2014. Thai monks at Wat Pan Tao take part in a candle lighting ceremony celebrating Visak Day onin Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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  • May 15, 2014. A young boy clings to the leg of his mother who stands in a queue to cast her vote during a re-polling of Indian parliamentary elections in Rehna village, in the northern Indian state of Haryana.
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  • May 13, 2014. The mother (R) and wife (L) of Hyudych Vadim Yurievich cry during his funeral in the eastern Ukranian town of Krasnoarmisk, Yurievich, a 39-year-old Ukrainian man, was reportedly killed in an incident involving Ukranian militia and pro-Russian supporters on May 11, during referendum voting.
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  • May 13, 2014. A man places flowers on the wall of Hyudych Vadim Yurievich's family home during his funeral, in the eastern Ukranian town of Krasnoarmisk.
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  • May 13, 2014. A grave marker for an unknown soldier lies not far from the gravesite of Army Pvt. William Christman, who was the first military burial at the cemetery, marking the beginning of commemorations of the 150th anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
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  • May 13, 2014. U.S. Army honor guard members stand at the gravesite of Army Pvt. William Christman, who was the first military burial at the cemetery, marking the beginning of commemorations of the 150th anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
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  • May 13, 2014. Worshipers throw flower petals to the statue of Our Lady of Fatima at the Our Lady of Fatima shrine, in Fatima, centre Portugal.
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  • May 13, 2014. An injured miner came out carried by rescuers after an explosion in Manisa. 284 miners were killed and many more trapped after a mine collapse in the western Turkish city of Manisa, a local official said.
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  • May 13, 2014. An injured miner came out carried by rescuers, on after an explosion in a coal mine in Manisa.
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  • May 13, 2014. An injured miner came out carried by rescuers after an explosion in Manisa.
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  • May 14, 2014 A miner reacts after being affected with toxic gas while searching for co-workers who remained trapped underground after an explosion and fire in their coal mine in the western Turkish province of Manisa killed at least 284 people.
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  • May 14, 2014. Boots of miners are pictured in an outside building after searching for hours hundreds of co-workers who remain trapped underground after an explosion and fire in their coal mine in the western Turkish province of Manisa killed at least 284 people.
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  • May 14, 2014. Debris rises during what rebel fighters said was an operation in which they blew up a tunnel targeting the regime's al-Sawadi checkpoint, in Idlib province.
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  • May 14, 2014. US President Barack Obama speaks on the need for a "21st Century Transportation Infrastructure" in Tarrytown, New York.
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  • May 14, 2014. Model Karlie Kloss poses on the red carpet as she arrives for the opening ceremony and the screening of the film "Grace of Monaco" (Grace de Monaco) during the 67th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes.
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  • May 14, 2014. A woman flees the Poinsettia Fire as it crosses El Camino Real in Carlsbad, California.
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  • May 14, 2014. A man calls for help to carry his injured father to a hospital after clashes between two communities on the outskirts of the southern Indian city of Hyderabad.
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  • May 14, 2014. Hundreds of striking miners marched at a Lonmin platinum mine in South Africa where bosses have been trying to break deadly stoppages that have severely curbed production.
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  • May 14, 2014. An emergency vehicle makes its way past a rising moon as it travels along a burned-out hillside near San Marcos, California.
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  • May 14, 2014. Smoldering trees obscure the sunset atop a hill in San Marcos, California.
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  • May 14, 2014. A prison crew battles a fire in an avocado grove outside Fallbrook, California.
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  • May 14, 2014. Men take part in Thai boxing training at the Barthelemy Boganda stadium in the capital of Bangui.
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  • May 14, 2014. A man sits near graves during the funeral of a miner who died in a fire at a coal mine, at a cemetery in Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa.
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  • May 15, 2014. People dig graves for miners in a cemetery during the funeral ceremony of miners who died in an explosion on in the western town of Soma in Manisa province, Turkey.
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  • May 15, 2014. People mourn in a cemetery during the funeral ceremony of miners who died in an explosion on in the western town of Soma in Manisa, Turkey.
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  • May 15, 2014. Duygu Colak, holds soil from her husband Ugur's grave during a funeral ceremony in the western town of Soma in the Manisa province.
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  • May 15, 2014. A Ukrainian soldier digs a trench outside Bylbasivka.
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  • May 15, 2014. Close view of the last column, which was the final steel beam of original World Trade Center that was removed from Ground Zero, is on display at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at Ground Zero in New York.
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  • May 15, 2014. A Long Beach fire fighter looks out over a burned-out canyon in San Marcos, California
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  • May 15, 2014. A medic helps a boy, who was injured after what activists say was an air strike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, at a hospital in Maarat Al-Nouman, Idlib province.
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  • May 15, 2014. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) learns to fly an airplane at a North Korean Air Force unit.
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  • May 15, 2014. Palestinian seen sitting during clashes with the Israeli army during Nakba day near the Qalandia checkpoint at the outskirts of Ramallah, the West Bank.
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  • May 15, 2014. Burger King employee Keisha King, 23, stands during a protest outside a Krispy Kreme store in Atlanta.
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  • May 15, 2014. Lines mark the sand during low tide in the Loire Estuary in this aerial view with cabins and their tradition hanging fish nets in Paimboeuf, western France,
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  • May 15, 2014. A member of an Air Force military force perspires behind his shield after anti-government protesters broke into an air force base in Bangkok, Thailand.
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  • May 15, 2014. Buddhists fly lanterns during a celebration of Vesak day, which marks the birth, enlightenment, and death of Buddha, at Borobudur temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia,
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  • A longtime exposure shows smolderings remains of overnight fires on the hillsides of San Marcos, San Diego county, Calif., May 16, 2014.
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  • May 16, 2014. Rain runs down a pane of glass as a woman aboard a pony waits to guide a horse off the track during a workout session at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore,
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From the Turkish mining disaster to the conclusion of the world’s largest elections in India, from the dedication of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum and the opening of the Cannes Film Festival, TIME presents the best photos of the week.

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