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British elections, Egyptian recreation, Czech Hockey | May 8
Patrick Maynard 0 Comment Daily Brief elections, Hockey, Recreation and Parks
The day in photos from around the world.
Investigators look at the wreckage of a plane that crashed on Interstate 285, Friday, May 8, 2015, in Doraville, Ga. A small passenger airplane crashed into an Atlanta interstate Friday, killing all four people aboard and starting an intense fire on the busy road, authorities said.
|| CREDIT: DAVID GOLDMAN – AP PHOTO
An Indian sadhu – holy man – walks past burning garbage at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers in Allahabad on May 8, 2015.
|| CREDIT: SANJAY KANOJIA – AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Police officers salute as the procession for New York City Police officer Brian Moore passes after his funeral mass, Friday, May 8, 2015, at the St. James Roman Catholic church in Seaford, N.Y. The 25-year-old died Monday, two days after he was shot in Queens.
|| CREDIT: MARY ALTAFFER – AP PHOTO
An Egyptian couple spends time at Al-Azhar Park, one of the bustling city's few public parks as the sun sets in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, May 8, 2015.
|| CREDIT: HASSAN AMMAR – AP PHOTO
NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon (24) drives past standing rain water during practice for Saturday's Sprint Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Friday, May 8, 2015.
|| CREDIT: COLIN E. BRALEY – AP PHOTO
A Palestinian youth holds a monkey as he walks at the main beach road in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 8, 2015.
|| CREDIT: ADEL HANA – AP PHOTO
This April 21, 2015 photo released by Vreni Haussermann shows sei whales beached on the southern coast of Gulf of Penas, Chile. About 20 whales have been found beached along Chile's southern coastline and officials say they are trying to determine what caused them to wind up on the beach. The International Union for Conservation of Natures lists the sei as an endangered species. (Vreni Haussermann, Huinay Scientific Field Station via AP)
A police officer keeps an eye on demonstrators as a water canon clears barricades in the Nyakabyga district of Bujumbura, Burundi, Friday, May 8, 2015. President Pierre Nkurunziza's officially filed to become a candidate for a potential third term in office.
|| CREDIT: JEROME DELAY – AP PHOTO
An Iranian woman walks past murals of Iranian soldiers marching during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), on May 8, 2015, on Palestine square in Tehran, after a demonstration to denounce the strikes by the Saudi led coalition against the Shiite rebellion in Yemen, where Iran is accused of meddling by Riyadh.
|| CREDIT: BEHROUZ MEHRI – AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, left, Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, center, and Liberal Democrat Party Leader Nick Clegg, right, depart during the 70th anniversary VE Day service of remembrance at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London, Friday, May 8, 2015, with Boris Johnson left. David Cameron's Conservative Party swept to power Friday in Britain's Parliamentary General Elections, winning an unexpected majority.
|| CREDIT: TIM IRELAND – AP PHOTO
An Afghan boy swims in muddy water on the outskirts of Mazar-i-sharif on May 8, 2015.
|| CREDIT: FARSHAD USYAN – AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Flowers lay on a plaque engraved with the names of Soviet casualties at a Soviet war memorial in a cemetery for killed Soviet soldiers on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of Second World War, in Lebus, eastern Germany, on May 8, 2015.
|| CREDIT: JOHN MACDOUGALL – AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Goalkeeper Bernhard Starkbaum of Austria stops a shot during the group A preliminary round match Czech Republic vs Austria. The game took place at the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships on May 8, 2015 at the O2 Arena in Prague.
|| CREDIT: JONATHAN NACKSTRAND – AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Rafel Nadal from Spain celebrates after winning his Madrid Open tennis tournament match against Grigor Dimitrov from Bulgaria, in Madrid, Spain, Friday, May 8, 2015.
|| CREDIT: DANIEL OCHOA DE OLZA – AP PHOTO
The main pavilion of Exhibition of Economic Achievements on May 8, 2015 in Moscow Russia. The city of Moscow will celebrate the anniversary on May 9 with a Victory Day international military parade and other events that most European leaders are snubbing due to Russia's involvement in the war in eastern Ukraine. ||(Photo by Alexander Aksakov/Getty Images)
A World War II era B-29 from the "Arsenal of Democracy" exhibition flies overhead at the National World War II Memorial during 70th Anniversary V-E commemorations May 8, 2015 in Washington, D.C. The National Park Service hosted the events at the memorial marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.
||(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Pittsburgh Steelers third round draft choice Sammie Coates (14), a wide receiver out of Auburn, warms up during an NFL football rookie minicamp, Friday, May 8, 2015, in Pittsburgh.
|| CREDIT: KEITH SRAKOCIC – AP PHOTO
A creation by Michelangelo Pistoletto titled 'Conversazione is displayed at the Prada foundation art exhibitions space in Milan, Italy, Friday, May 8, 2015.. The Prada Foundation is opening a new exhibit space designed by architect Rem Koolhaas with a bar created by director Wes Anderson, whose unique stylistic vision has come through in such films as "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "Moonrise Kingdom."
|| CREDIT: LUCA BRUNO – AP PHOTO
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