Photos of the Day: May 1

HAPPY MAY DAY: A laborer was surrounded by tar vapors as he worked at a road construction site in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday. People in countries around the world mark May 1 as International Labor Day, also called May Day.
HAPPY MAY DAY: A laborer was surrounded by tar vapors as he worked at a road construction site in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday. People in countries around the world mark May 1 as International Labor Day, also called May Day.
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EXPANDING PRODUCTION: Representatives from the Mirriuwung and Gidja people, the traditional owners of the land under which Rio Tinto is expanding its Argyle diamond mine in Kimberley, Australia, performed a ceremony with Rio Tinto employees during the opening of the project Tuesday.
EXPANDING PRODUCTION: Representatives from the Mirriuwung and Gidja people, the traditional owners of the land under which Rio Tinto is expanding its Argyle diamond mine in Kimberley, Australia, performed a ceremony with Rio Tinto employees during the opening of the project Tuesday.
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DISOBEYING ORDERS: Police clashed with protesters Wednesday in Istanbul. Turkish riot police used water cannons and tear gas in a bid to disperse hundreds of protesters who defied a ban on May Day demonstrations in a central part of Istanbul.
DISOBEYING ORDERS: Police clashed with protesters Wednesday in Istanbul. Turkish riot police used water cannons and tear gas in a bid to disperse hundreds of protesters who defied a ban on May Day demonstrations in a central part of Istanbul.
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EXERCISING RIGHTS: Anthony Aragon, left, and David Westman became one of the first same-sex couples to be issued a civil union license at a midnight ceremony on Wednesday in Denver. Colorado is the eighth state to have civil unions or similar laws implemented.
EXERCISING RIGHTS: Anthony Aragon, left, and David Westman became one of the first same-sex couples to be issued a civil union license at a midnight ceremony on Wednesday in Denver. Colorado is the eighth state to have civil unions or similar laws implemented.
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WRECKED: Rescuers worked at the site of a car accident in Johor, Malaysia, Wednesday. A car crashed into a road sign on a highway, killing five people on board.
WRECKED: Rescuers worked at the site of a car accident in Johor, Malaysia, Wednesday. A car crashed into a road sign on a highway, killing five people on board.
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SACRED MUD: Paramilitary policemen stood guard during the ‘Monihei’ Carnival in Cangyuan county, China, Tuesday. People smear muddy water on each other during the annual festival; the water, which contains special plant juice, is seen as sacred and a sign of good fortune.
SACRED MUD: Paramilitary policemen stood guard during the ‘Monihei’ Carnival in Cangyuan county, China, Tuesday. People smear muddy water on each other during the annual festival; the water, which contains special plant juice, is seen as sacred and a sign of good fortune.
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HORROR: Bangladeshi men looked at the recovered, wrapped bodies of victims of last week’s garment factory collapse, at a graveyard in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday. Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis joined May Day protests Wednesday to demand the execution of textile bosses over the…
HORROR: Bangladeshi men looked at the recovered, wrapped bodies of victims of last week’s garment factory collapse, at a graveyard in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday. Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis joined May Day protests Wednesday to demand the execution of textile bosses over the collapse.
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SUDDEN SICKNESS: Afghan schoolgirls were being treated at a hospital in Kabul on Wednesday after suddenly falling ill. Amanullah Eman, a spokesman for the Education Ministry, said all were doing well and that officials are investigating connections to fertilizers used in nearby…
SUDDEN SICKNESS: Afghan schoolgirls were being treated at a hospital in Kabul on Wednesday after suddenly falling ill. Amanullah Eman, a spokesman for the Education Ministry, said all were doing well and that officials are investigating connections to fertilizers used in nearby farmland.
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RACING SHOES: Ray Amato Sr. worked on shoeing a horse named Herro at Churchill Downs Wednesday in Louisville, Ky. The track will host the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.
RACING SHOES: Ray Amato Sr. worked on shoeing a horse named Herro at Churchill Downs Wednesday in Louisville, Ky. The track will host the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.
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NATURAL MATTRESS: A Pakistani farmer took a nap on harvested wheat in a field in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday.
NATURAL MATTRESS: A Pakistani farmer took a nap on harvested wheat in a field in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday.
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STREET SWEEP: Municipal workers cleaned Amsterdam’s Dam Square in front of the royal palace of the Netherlands early Wednesday after celebrations for Tuesday’s investiture of new Dutch King Willem-Alexander.
STREET SWEEP: Municipal workers cleaned Amsterdam’s Dam Square in front of the royal palace of the Netherlands early Wednesday after celebrations for Tuesday’s investiture of new Dutch King Willem-Alexander.
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AFTERMATH: Myanmar police officers cleaned up floors Wednesday in a damaged mosque after anti-Muslim violence in Okkan, Myanmar. Hundreds of rampaging Buddhists armed with bricks on Tuesday stormed a clutch of Muslim villages in the country’s latest outbreak of anti-Muslim violence.
AFTERMATH: Myanmar police officers cleaned up floors Wednesday in a damaged mosque after anti-Muslim violence in Okkan, Myanmar. Hundreds of rampaging Buddhists armed with bricks on Tuesday stormed a clutch of Muslim villages in the country’s latest outbreak of anti-Muslim violence.
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WEIGHED DOWN: A woman made her way down a flight of stairs in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday carrying a sack of vegetables on her back. Female porters like her earn their living carrying fruit, vegetables and dry goods in baskets strapped to their backs.
WEIGHED DOWN: A woman made her way down a flight of stairs in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday carrying a sack of vegetables on her back. Female porters like her earn their living carrying fruit, vegetables and dry goods in baskets strapped to their backs.
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FINAL BUCKLE: From left, Amy Laviolette, Charollete Barnett and Chander Moss adjusted their shoes while waiting for their turn at open tryouts for a spot with the Rockettes in the Radio City Music Hall in New York on Tuesday. Hundreds of dancers try for a spot in the company each…
FINAL BUCKLE: From left, Amy Laviolette, Charollete Barnett and Chander Moss adjusted their shoes while waiting for their turn at open tryouts for a spot with the Rockettes in the Radio City Music Hall in New York on Tuesday. Hundreds of dancers try for a spot in the company each year.
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HISTORY RELIVED: Officials loaded a plane part, discovered wedged between an apartment building and a mosque, into a truck in New York on Wednesday. Authorities believe the part is from one of the two hijacked airliners that brought down the trade center on Sept. 11, 2001.
HISTORY RELIVED: Officials loaded a plane part, discovered wedged between an apartment building and a mosque, into a truck in New York on Wednesday. Authorities believe the part is from one of the two hijacked airliners that brought down the trade center on Sept. 11, 2001.
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