Today in photos (May 21)

View a gallery of photos from around the world on Wednesday, May 21, 2014.

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Wed., May 21, 2014

Actress Sophia Loren, front center, takes a photo as she sits with photographers during a photo call for Human Voice (Voce Umana) at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 21, 2014.

Alastair Grant Associated Press
Kim Kardashian and U.S rap singer Kanye West arrive at a luxury shop in Paris, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. The gates of the Chateau de Versailles, once the digs of Louis XIV, will be thrown open to Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and their guests for a private evening this week ahead of their marriage

Jacques Brinon Associated Press
A boy dives out of the water at the Olympic open air public pool in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. An early summer day hits the German capital with temperatures up to about 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit).

Markus Schreiber Associated Press
With One World Trade Center in the background, the National 9/11 Flag is unfurled during a ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial in New York Wednesday, May 21, 2014. The ceremony Wednesday marked the opening of the National September 11 Memorial Museum. After the flag was refolded, firefighters marched it into the museum.

Craig Ruttle Fr61802 Ap
Sailors line the bow of the destroyer USS Cole as it glides past One World Trade Center and the lower Manhattan skyline, Wednesday, May 21, 2014 in New York. A slimmed down version of Fleet Week, the city's annual celebration of the sea and sailors, sails into town one year after federal budget cuts decimated the event.

Mark Lennihan Associated Press
An armed Thai soldier is reflected in a puddle as he guards a road near a pro-government demonstration site on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Thailand's army chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-Ocha assumed the role of mediator Wednesday by summoning the country's key political rivals for face-to-face talks one day after imposing martial law. The meeting ended without any resolution, however, underscoring the profound challenge the army faces in trying to end the country's crisis.

Wason Wanichakorn Associated Press