Week in Photos (Apr 27)

View a gallery of photos from around the world the week of Apr. 27- May 1, 2015.

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Sat., May 2, 2015

A woman checks garments at a shop in central Athens, on Monday, April 27, 2015. An opinion poll shows a majority of Greeks are dissatisfied with the new government's performance, and half want it to compromise with its European creditors if current tortuous bailout negotiations reach an impasse.

Yorgos Karahalis Associated Press
People wait for the start of the Expo 2015 inaugural concert in front of Milan's gothic cathedral, Italy, Thursday, April 30, 2015. Milan's Expo 2015 world's fair has heady ambitions, the biggest of which is to devise a plan to feed the planet as it brings together 145 nations to focus on food and nutrition. City officials hope the fair, which opens Friday for six months and is expected to attract 20 million visitors, will give Italy's fashion and banking capital a boost in international stature.

Riccardo Luca Associated Press
A rider and horse head to the track for an early morning workout at Churchill Downs Monday, April 27, 2015, in Louisville, Ky.

Charlie Riedel Associated Press
A pleasure boat carrying tourists and locals sails in the Nile River at sunset in Aswan, Egypt, Wednesday, April 29, 2015.

Mosa'Ab Elshamy Associated Press
Female villagers start their 20km (12 mile) hike back up to their mountain home with international relief aid they received in the damaged village of Balua, near the epicenter of Saturday's massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal, Thursday, April 30, 2015.

Wally Santana Associated Press
People salvage what they can from a house that collapsed from heavy rain and windstorm that reached up to a speed of 120 kph (75 mph) Sunday evening which collapsed hundreds of buildings, uprooted trees, and electric poles, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, April 27, 2015. Officials say death toll has risen to at least 44.

Mohammad Sajjad Associated Press
Raphael, a British Shorthair cat, is held by its owner during the judge's evaluation in Bucharest, Romani, Sunday, April 26, 2015. More than 250 cats entered the international feline beauty competition in the Romanian capital.

Vadim Ghirda Associated Press
Firefighters battle a blaze, Monday, April 27, 2015, after rioters plunged part of Baltimore into chaos, torching a pharmacy, setting police cars ablaze and throwing bricks at officers.

Patrick Semansky Associated Press
Fire hits an abandoned village in the exclusion zone around Chernobyl, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 28, 2015, as fire has engulfed a large sector of woods in the exclusion zone around the destroyed Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says the fire is being brought under control.

Andrew Kravchenko Ap Pool
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, second from left, and his wife Akie Abe, left, applaud before receiving San Francisco Giants baseball jerseys from Giants outfielder Nori Aoki, second from right, and his wife Sachi Ohtake Aoki at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, Thursday, April 30, 2015.

Jeff Chiu Pool Ap