![FLORES DE MAYO FESTIVAL IN MANILA Divers in mermaid costumes perform during the Flores de Mayo or 'Flowers of May' festival at the Ocean Park Oceanarium in Manila on May 23, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/29606647.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![APTOPIX Air Force Academy Graduation Air Force Academy graduates throw their caps into the air as F-16 jets from the Air Force group, The Thunderbirds, make a flyover at the completion of the graduation ceremony for the class of 2014 at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado on May 28, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/80d057d4ce5a431bb68a248d8bb97cac-0.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Memorial Day in New York A group of people are flipped upside down the Luna 360, an amusement ride at Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 26, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/04227373.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![FLORES DE MAYO FESTIVAL IN MANILA Divers in mermaid costumes perform during the Flores de Mayo or 'Flowers of May' festival at the Ocean Park Oceanarium in Manila on May 23, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/29606647.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Reid Wiseman of the U.S., a member of the International Space Station crew, waves to his daughters from a bus before departure for a final pre-launch preparation at the Baikonur cosmodrome Reid Wiseman of the U.S., a member of the International Space Station crew, waves to his daughters from a bus before departure for a final pre-launch preparation at the Baikonur cosmodrome on May 28, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-05-28t212158z_1952994358_gm1ea5s1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![#CHINA-CHILDREN'S DAY-CELEBRATIONS (CN) Pupils dance to celebrate the upcoming Children's Day in Xuan'en County, central China's Hubei Province, May 28, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sipausa_13628135.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Water curtains help Lodz inhabitants to fight the heat A girl plays with the water curtains that have been installed by firemen to bring relief to local people suffering from scorching heat on Piotrowska Street in Lodz, Poland on May 24, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/04222130.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![APTOPIX Indonesia Daily Life Indonesian children play in the rain during a heavy downpour in Jakarta on May 28, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/e7fcb2a509f84c4cae52b38c62fb471f-0.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![APTOPIX Pakistan Daily Life An Afghan refugee boy jumps into the water while he and others swim in a polluted stream to cool off as the temperature rises, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan on May 28, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/6f6e57f3b91b4c58b37362b4b9039171-0.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Sydney Breaks May Warm Weather Record Children play in a pond in Sydney which is experiencing it's hottest May on record, on May 23, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/493235901.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![BESTPIX President Obama Hosts White House Science Fair U.S. President Barack Obama looks at the project of Peyton Roberston (left) from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., winner of the Discovery 3M Young Scientist, for his "Sandless sand bags" project at the 2014 White House Science Fair in Washington, D.C., May 27, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/494047897.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A girl jumps rope in an alley as others watch in Dharavi A girl jumps rope in an alley as others watch in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums in Mumbai on May 28, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-05-28t150633z_721743465_gm1ea5s1s.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![THAILAND-BANGKOK-UNREST-ARMY A Thai army soldier receives a flower from a military coup supporter in Bangkok on May 27, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/42-58911120.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![TOPSHOTS-BRITAIN-TRADITION-CHEESE-ROLLING Competitors tumble down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a round Double Gloucester cheese during the annual cheese rolling and wake near the village of Brockworth near Gloucester in western England on May 26, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ts-dv1742308.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![10ThingstoSee-Sports Real Madrid's Gareth Bale celebrates with teammates after scoring his second goal in the Champions League final soccer match against Atletico Madrid at the Luz Stadium in Lisbon on May 24, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/8e821d0ba5d54de08cfbdf5edc88882a-0.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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