Today in photos (May 23)

View a gallery of photos from around the world on Thursday, May 23, 2013.

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Thu., May 23, 2013

Teenagers gather to watch at fuel storage tanks burning on the northern outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, May 23, 2013. A massive fire broke out Thursday at a fuel depot on the northern outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Firefighters said in an emailed statement that no injuries had been reported yet. They evacuated a two-block area around the blaze and there was no word on a possible cause.

Victor Caivano Associated Press
Actress Adele Exarchopoulos, left, is kissed by actress Lea Seydoux as they arrive for the screening of La Vie D'Adele at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 23, 2013.

Francois Mori Associated Press
Lebanese army soldiers help women to be taken out of the Bab Tabbaneh district of Tripoli to safer areas, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Thursday, May. 23, 2013. Opponents and supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad traded heavy machine gun fire and mortar shells in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, leaving five people dead in what was described as some of the heaviest fighting there in years, officials said Thursday.

Str Str Associated Press
A man leaps over a puddle during a heavy rain shower in Montreal, Thursday, May 23, 2013.

Graham Hughes The Canadian Press
President Barack Obama pauses as his speech is interrupted by CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S. funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, and to redirect our resources into health care, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities.

Pablo Monsivais Associated Press
South Carolina's Tanner English (3) steals third base as Vanderbilt's Xavier Turner takes the high throw in the sixth inning of a Southeastern Conference tournament baseball college game at the Hoover Met in Hoover, Ala., Thursday, May 23, 2013.

Dave Martin Associated Press