May 6, 2016

Haitian students walk as they head to a security zone during an Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency drill in the city of Cap-Haitien.  An estimated 4,500 people participated in the activities during the exercise.

Journalists look on as smoke rises from wildfires south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.

New recruits of the Vatican's elite Swiss Guard stand in the courtyard prior to a swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican.

People walk by a poster showing a World War II-era photo of people listening to news, and installed in preparation for Victory Day celebration just off Red Square in Moscow. Victory Day commemorates the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

LED lights attached to pigeons leave light trails in the sky while they fly as part of the "Fly By Night" art installation by Duke Riley above the Brooklyn borough of New York, May 5, 2016.

A duck paddles past three dancers from The Australian Ballet, dressed in white swan tutus pose for photos on floating barge in Penrith Lake in Sydney.  The Australian Ballet announced it will perform on an open-air stage on Lake Penrith in November.

A devotee washes himself at Matathirtha to commemorate his departed mother during Mother's Day in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Laborers thrash paddy crop in a field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India.

Chinese tourists taste Samgyetang, Korean traditional ginseng chicken soup, at a massive outdoor party in Seoul, South Korea.

An egret flaps its wings on a tree on the banks of river Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India. During this time of the year, hundreds of egrets build their nests in thickly populated trees along the Brahmaputra.

Kentucky Derby entrant Danzing Candy gets a bath after a workout at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 7.

Villagers take part in a ritual celebrating the pagan god Yurya and pray for plentiful future harvests in the village of Pogost, Belarus.

Members of the Prizma Ensemble wearing full solid-colored bodysuits take part in the 6th Jane's walk Jerusalem in Jerusalem, Israel.

A Lebanese fisherman casts his fishing pole from a rocky coastal area along the Beirut coastline. The coastline has been for thousands of years a vital source of sustenance for local residents, but privatization and pollution have now made it increasingly difficult to scrape by on catches from the Mediterranean Sea.