May 14, 2012. A Kashmiri Muslim woman prays as a head priest, unseen, displays a relic, believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad, during special prayers on the death anniversary of Abu Bakr Siddiq, the first Caliph of Islam, at Hazratbal Shrine on the outskirts of Srinagar, India.Mukhtar Khan—AP
From violence in Colombia and a huge fire in Manila to soccer championships across Europe and the presidential handover ceremony in France, TIME’s photo department presents the best images of the week.
May 17, 2012. A cross is seen in Joplin, Mo. May 22 will mark the one-year anniversary of a deadly EF-5 tornado that ripped through the town, killing 161 people.Eric Thayer—ReutersMay 14, 2012. The Dalai Lama (C) leaves after being awarded the Templeton Prize during his first visit to St. Paul's Cathedral in London.Stefan Wermuth—ReutersMay 12, 2012. The family and loved ones of Ahmad Mussa Shamseddin gather in the family home to mourn over his body. He was killed by a sniper while walking in the streets of al-Qsair, Syria.Robert King—PolarisMay 15, 2012. French President François Hollande attends a ceremony for the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.Antoine Antoniol—Getty ImagesMay 12, 2012. A statue of the Holy Virgin Mary of Fatima is carried during a candlelight vigil at the Fatima holy shrine in central Portugal.Rafael Marchante—ReutersMay 14, 2012. Madame Tussauds employee Lisa Burton poses with a paintbrush on a new figure of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, produced in honor of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in London.Suzanne Plunkett—ReutersMay 14, 2012. Photographs of people murdered during the 1994 genocide are displayed at Kigali Memorial Center in Kigali, Rwanda.Dai Kurokawa—EPAMay 11, 2012. The artwork 'Waiting for Godot' by British artist Marc Quinn is on display in his exhibition 'The Littoral Zone' at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco.Sebastien Nogier—EPAMay 12, 2012. Residents gather reusable materials from remains of their homes after a fire in Manila.Xinhua / LandovMay 12, 2012. Supporters of German soccer champions Borussia Dortmund celebrate their team during a parade through the streets of Dortmund, western Germany. Ina Fassbender—AFP / Getty ImagesMay 11, 2012. Pakistani children, who fled their villages with their families due to fighting between security forces and militants in Pakistan's tribal area of Bajur, enjoy a ride on a merry-go-round at a makeshift entertainment park set up in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad.Muhammed Muheisen—APMay 12, 2012. Indonesian soldiers search the wreckage and debris for bodies of passengers and the flight recorder at the crash site of the Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 in Mount Salak located in West Java province, Indonesia. AFP / Getty ImagesMay 12, 2012. Refugees from South Kordofan, Sudan, await distribution of basic goods in the Yida refugee camp in Unity State, South Sudan.Pete Muller—APMay 12, 2012. A young visitor, together with his father, attends the open day of the Royal Netherlands Army in Oirschot, The Netherlands.Ilvy Njiokiktjien—EPAMay 12, 2012. Austria's synchronized swimming duet Nadine Brandl, not pictured, and Livia Lang perform during a training session in Maria Enzersdorf, Austria.Lisi Niesner—ReutersMay 12, 2012. Participants rest backstage during the European bodybuilding competition in Zagreb, Croatia.Antonio Bronic—ReutersMay 13, 2012. Family members grieve during a funeral for the victims of the violent hailstorm and torrential rain that swept through Minxian in northwestern Gansu province, China. AFP / Getty ImagesMay 13, 2012. Indonesian soldiers prepare as a rescuer rappels on a rope from a military helicopter at the Cijeruk village rescue base in West Java province, Indonesia. AFP / Getty ImagesMay 14, 2012. A worker sets up a giant 65th Cannes Film Festival official poster, showing Marilyn Monroe, on the Cannes Festival Palace.Lionel Cironneau—APMay 14, 2012. A man touches the Marron Inconnu statue in front of the national palace after its re-inauguration at a ceremony on the one-year anniversary of the President's time in office, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Allison Shelley—PolarisMay 14, 2012. Demonstrators protest against the top three Spanish banks in Madrid.Ofelia de Pablo / Javier Zurita—PolarisMay 14, 2012. Tourists visit the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.Nicholas Kamm—AFP / Getty ImagesMay 14, 2012. A Palestinian girl holds a poster during a rally to show solidarity with prisoners held in Israeli jails, in Gaza City.Suhaib Salem—ReutersMay 14, 2012. Relatives of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike celebrate in Gaza City after hearing that the prisoners have agreed to a deal with Israel to end their fast in exchange for an easing of their conditions.Mahmud Hams—AFP / Getty ImagesMay 14, 2012. Students of the Superior Art Institute perform "Jesus Against The Universe" by the Austrian artist Hermann Nitsch as part of the 11th Havana Biennial contemporary art exhibition in Havana.Javier Galeano—APMay 14, 2012. A Kashmiri Muslim woman prays as a head priest, unseen, displays a relic, believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad, during special prayers on the death anniversary of Abu Bakr Siddiq, the first Caliph of Islam, at Hazratbal Shrine on the outskirts of Srinagar, India.Mukhtar Khan—APMay 14, 2012. Yoga instructor Tao Porchon-Lynch goes through yoga poses in her yoga class in Hartsdale, N.Y.Keith Bedford—ReutersMay 14, 2012. Men perform as they beg for charity in Madrid.Emilio Morenatti—APMay 14, 2012. Supporters of the Communist Party of Greece during a party's rally in central Athens.Simela Pantzarti—EPAMay 14, 2012. Phoenix Coyotes' captain Shane Doan leads the team while they stretch during their team practice in Glendale, Ariz.Todd Korol—ReutersMay 15, 2012. Girls stand next to the waters of the river Yamuna on an early morning in New Delhi.Ahmad Masood—ReutersMay 15, 2012. France's outgoing President Sarkozy waves from his car as he leaves the Elysee Palace at the end of a handover ceremony with France's newly-elected President Hollande in Paris.Gonzalo Fuentes—ReutersMay 15, 2012. Women look out from an apartment window that was damaged by a bomb explosion in Bogota.Carlos Julio Martinez—APMay 15, 2012. A Kashmiri Muslim village girl walks through a field in in Ganderbal town, 20 km (12 miles) northeast of Srinagar, India.Dar Yasin—APMay 15, 2012. Paralympic swimmer Xavi Torres of Spain stretches before a training session on the Balearic island of Palma de Mallorca, SpainEnrique Calvo—ReutersMay 16, 2012. A beam of light falls on a young athlete from the provincial diving team during a training session at a training centre in Taiyuan, China.ReutersMay 16, 2012. The peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) pictured through the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. European Southern Observatory / AFP / Getty ImagesMay 17, 2012. Handicapped soldiers attend a rehearsal ahead of the War Victory parade in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan military forces will celebrate the third anniversary of defeating the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) with a large parade on May 19. Dinuka Liyanawatte—ReutersMay 16, 2012. French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault is pictured at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris on the day of the handover ceremony. Pierre Verdy—AFP / Getty ImagesMay 17, 2012. A man takes nap on one of oil tankers used to transport NATO fuel supplies to neighboring Afghanistan, in Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan's president announced Thursday that he will attend the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago, accepting an invitation that was given after the country indicated it plans to end its six-month blockade of supplies meant for coalition troops in Afghanistan. Fareed Khan—AP May 17, 2012. A young boy jumps in the air into the water as he cools off while scavenging for valuables in the holy Yamuna River, on a warm day in New Delhi.Kevin Frayer—APMay 17, 2012. Holocaust survivors wearing "Talit" (prayer shawls) and "Tefilin" (phylacteries), sit in a synagogue during a Bar Mitzvah ceremony in Ashkelon, Israel. Six Jewish Holocaust survivors who could not celebrate the Bar Mitzvah ceremony at the traditional age of 13 decided to celebrate the ritual belatedly.David Buimovitch—AFP/Getty ImagesMay 17, 2012. A village boy leads his goat past a parched pond on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar. Huge swathes of rural farmland have turned dry as farmers await the annual monsoon rains.Biswaranjan Rout—APMay 17, 2012. Mejra Dzogaz touches the graves of two of her sons before the television broadcast of the court proceedings of former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic's in Potocari, near Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She lost her husband, three sons and a grandson during the Srebrenica massacre in 1995.Dado Ruvic —ReutersMay 16, 2012. Statues are seen with flowers in Joplin, Mo. Last year's tornado damaged or destroyed about 7,500 homes and 500 other buildings, but the city is now well into a recovery mode that has spurred some segments of the local economy.Eric Thayer—Reuters
