CNN Site Map for Section World (Galleries) for May - 2015
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- 2015-05-29New Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari salutes supporters during his inauguration in Abuja, Nigeria, on Friday, May 29. The ceremony marked the first peaceful transfer of power between rival parties in the African nation.
- 2015-05-29A boy stands between tents at a refugee camp in the al-Jamiaa neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, May 28. The camp houses people who have fled from ISIS-dominated Anbar province west of Baghdad.
- 2015-05-29Natalee Holloway disappeared while on a high school graduation trip to Aruba. She was last seen alive on May 30, 2005.
- 2015-05-29George and Susan Kruger take some of their animals to safety after the family's home in Purcell, Oklahoma, was flooded on Sunday, May 24. Record-setting rains and dangerous storms have been battering Oklahoma and Texas since Memorial Day weekend.
- 2015-05-28Popy, 8, clutches her stuffed bear while working at a dump in Chittagong, Bangladesh. She is one of the many child laborers profiled by photographer Md Shahnewaz Khan.
- 2015-05-28Contemporary Indian art has gained prominence in recent years, and among its most high-profile representatives is Bharti Kher whose work "The Nemesis of Nations" is shown here.
- 2015-05-25A video of Abubakar Shekau, who claims to be the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, is shown in September 2013. Boko Haram is an Islamist militant group waging a campaign of violence in northern Nigeria. The group's ambitions
- 2015-05-25Anna Jane Grossman was a freelance journalist in New York City before she became a dog trainer and founded her School for the Dogs, which teaches its furry pupils, among other things, how to use an iPad.
- 2015-05-25A powerful tornado touched down in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, on Monday, May 25, near the U.S.-Mexico border. At least 13 people were killed, authorities said.
- 2015-05-23Sen. Katherine Zappone kisses Ann Louise Gilligan on Saturday, May 23, at the central count station at Dublin Castle, Dublin, after Zappone proposed live on televison. By a solid majority, Ireland became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex
- 2015-05-22French soldiers sing the national anthem at the beginning of World War I in August 1914. This "war to end all wars" might seem like ancient history, but it changed the world forever. It transformed the way war was fought, upended cultures and ho
- 2015-05-22An international committee of taxonomists selected their top 10 favorite newly discovered species for an annual list by State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
Scientists working in the Hell Creek Formation of
- 2015-05-22Dr. Bibek Banskota holds Maya Gurung as she screams in pain during a session to measure her leg. The photo was taken from a reflection in a mirror, so the image is reversed.
- 2015-05-22People stand in front of vending machines in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Philip Cheung's photo series "Desert Dreams" shows the contrast between modern and traditional life inside the country.
- 2015-05-22U.S. Marines in northern Kuwait gear up after receiving orders to cross the Iraqi border on March 20, 2003. It has been more than 10 years since the American-led invasion of Iraq that toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein. Look back at 100 moments from the
- 2015-05-22South Vietnamese troops wade through water to flush out communist rebels, known as the Viet Cong, in 1962. Several years earlier, North Vietnamese communists began helping the Viet Cong fight South Vietnamese troops. They wanted to overthrow the South Vie
- 2015-05-22Riviera Style: Resort & Swimwear since 1900, a new exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London, explores the evolution of beachwear.
- 2015-05-22Rohingya women and children sleep under a mosquito net at a temporary shelter in Langsa, Indonesia, on Sunday, May 17. Hundreds of Rohingya migrants have come ashore in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in recent weeks, and thousands more are believed to b
- 2015-05-21In May 2015, 25 of Syria's bravest men made their way to a 10-day training camp in southern Turkey. Each of them has a unique story as to why he joined the Syrian Civil Defence. We asked each of the men what he did before the war, as well as their mo
- 2015-05-21People stand near the site of a massive landslide in Salgar, Colombia, on Monday, May 18. The landslide tore through a ravine before dawn, killing more than 80 people, officials said.
- 2015-05-21Neon blue displays on the water are created by blooms of single-cell organisms called dinoflagellates.
- 2015-05-21Refugee crisis around the world
- 2015-05-21CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour was onboard an Italian Navy vessel Wednesday as it rescued hundreds of desperate African refugees and migrants trying to reach Europe via the Mediterranean Sea
- 2015-05-21Women wearing pants designed with the colors of the U.S. flag walk through Old Havana in Cuba in January. Many Cubans say displaying U.S. flags makes them no less patriotic about their own country, according to Patrick Oppmann, CNN's correspondent in
- 2015-05-20Osama bin Laden was killed by a team of U.S. Navy SEALs in May 2011, at a compound near Abbottabad, Pakistan. Click through to see images of the compound where he spent the last days of his life.
- 2015-05-20Anna Jane Grossman was a journalist before deciding to pursue a long-harbored ambition to become a dog trainer. Her School for the Dogs teaches furry pupils some unusual skills, such as how to use an iPad.
- 2015-05-20This year marks the third edition of Art15, London's global contemporary art fair, with 150 galleries from 40 countries represented, from Austria to Taiwan.
- 2015-05-20Poachers and hunters are responsible for the early decline of black rhino population. The world's animal population has halved in 40 years as humans put unsustainable demands on Earth, according to a 2014 report from the World Wide Fund for Nature.
- 2015-05-20MAY 20 -- LONDON, ENGLAND: A Chelsea Pensioner takes a photo in the Sentebale 'Hope In Vunerability' Garden on the opening day the annual Chelsea Flower Show. The garden is inspired by the Mamohato Children's Center in Lesotho. Due to open
- 2015-05-19Thieves plundered millions in valuables over Easter holiday from the vault of a safety deposit company in Hatton Garden, London's exclusive jewelry district. Stolen cash and jewelry could be worth almost $300 million (£200m), a former Scotland Yard c
- 2015-05-19A boy looks out of a caravan in Devizes, England. Photographer Gareth Iwan Jones spent some time last year with British caravanners -- people who vacation in small trailer homes that they tow to all corners of the UK.
- 2015-05-18This is Van Gogh's left ear. The one he famously chopped off. Kind of. Artist Diemut Strebe worked with stem cell scientists -- including the creator of the controversial "ear mouse" -- to grow the cartilage over the period of a year in a b
- 2015-05-15Maya Gurung is only 10 but savvy for her age. She knows life in her mountain village will be difficult now. Her left leg was crushed by a boulder during the April 25 earthquake that devastated much of Nepal.
- 2015-05-15A woman sunbathes in the Spanish town of Benidorm, a beach haven for many working-class tourists and pensioners from northern Europe. "Scenes of Radioactive Life" is Maria Moldes' two-year photographic ode to Benidorm, highlighting the extr
- 2015-05-15A detained protester in Bujumbura, Burundi, cries in front of a burning barricade during a demonstration against President Pierre Nkurunziza on Wednesday, May 13. Sporadic gunshots rocked Bujumbura on Wednesday following an attempt to overthrow the Presid
- 2015-05-14To mark the 60th birthday of legendary rock photographer Anton Corbijn, the Hague Gemeentemuseum, Netherlands has organized a double-retrospective that will collect together some of his most striking portraits.
- 2015-05-13The most valuable car in the world: the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta that sold at Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction in Carmel, California, August 2014 for $38,115,000 -- a new Guinness World Record for any car sold at auction.
- 2015-05-10A veteran salutes during an armed forces and veterans' parade in London on Sunday, May 10, the final day of commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe day.
- 2015-05-08The most famous of all James Bond Aston Martins, this legendary DB5 model is one of the top lots at the Aston Martin Works Auction. It's expected to fetch between $580,000 and $670,000.
With over 50 cars for sale, the auction should yield between $1
- 2015-05-08Slovenian archeologist Ivan Šprajc stands before Lagunita, his most recent discovery.
(All photographs courtesy of Mauricio Marat, INAH)
- 2015-05-08Villagers and soldiers carry an injured Nepalese man toward an Indian army helicopter after he was injured during an aftershock in Lampuk, Nepal, on Wednesday, May 6. A magnitude-7.8 earthquake centered less than 50 miles from Kathmandu rocked Nepal with
- 2015-05-08Four-month-old Sonit Awal spent 22 hours buried under the rubble of his home in Bhaktapur after the Nepal earthquake, which hit on Saturday, April 25.
- 2015-05-07Fire and smoke spew from an oil train that derailed in Heimdal, North Dakota, on Wednesday, May 6.
- 2015-05-07CNN correspondent Will Ripley and photojournalist Brad Olson traveled to North Korea after the regime offered them a surprise invitation to return to one of the most mysterious countries on earth. They aren't sure why the invitation was offered, what
- 2015-05-07Parishioners arrive at the North Phnom Penh Stake Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for Sunday services. Cambodia's Mormon population has grown from just a handful of members a decade ago to more than 12,000 today.
- 2015-05-07Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's portrait hangs in a grocery store on the European side of Istanbul. Photographer Ersoy Emin spent several years capturing the country's love-affair with its founder.
- 2015-05-07Stephanie Chai swapped a career in modeling to start a travel website Luxe Nomad, and hasn't looked back.
- 2015-05-07CNN correspondent Will Ripley and photojournalist Brad Olson traveled to North Korea after the regime offered them a surprise invitation to return to one of the most mysterious countries on earth. They've visited a water park and the DMZ, an upscale
- 2015-05-06Yasmine Habash is in Nepal searching for her mother, Dawn, who was hiking in the hard-hit Langtang region when the earthquake hit.
- 2015-05-06Among the most established Chinese designers is Guo Pei, who designed Rihanna's striking dress at the recent Met Gala. She's been creating over-the-top custom creations since the late 1990's, including 280 looks shown at the 2008 Beijing Ol
- 2015-05-06Two men go their separate ways on Coney Island in 1959. Photographer Mario DiGirolamo's book "Visione: A Midcentury Photographic Memoir" uncovers quiet, long-ago moments shot in New York and Rome in the 1950s and 1960s.
- 2015-05-03Nepalese police officers clear debris from Durbar Square in Kathmandu on Sunday, May 3. A magnitude-7.8 earthquake centered less than 50 miles from Kathmandu rocked Nepal with devastating force Saturday, April 25. The earthquake and its aftershocks have t
- 2015-05-01Police use water cannons on May Day demonstrators in Istanbul, Turkey, on Friday, May 1. Clashes erupted between police and protesters, who defied a government ban on marching to Taksim Square. Rallies around the world marked May Day, referred to as Inte