Week in Photos (May 18)

View a gallery of photos from around the world the week of May 18-22, 2015.

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Sat., May 23, 2015

A helicopter coordinates ships below pulling booms to collect oil from a spill near Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., Wednesday, May 20, 2015. A broken onshore pipeline spewed oil down a storm drain and into the ocean for several hours Tuesday before it was shut off.

Michael Mariant Fr96689 Ap
People sit on deck chairs on an artificial beach as a bride and groom ride a classic American convertible car on the Malecon in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, May 21, 2015. The artificial beach is part of a collective artistic intervention named �Behind The Wall�for the Havana Biennial Art Fair which starts on May 22.

Desmond Boylan Associated Press
In this Monday, May 18, 2015 photo, a Djiboutian woman shops for vegetables in the market in Djibouti.

Mosa'Ab Elshamy Associated Press
Kashmiri Bakarwals bring down goats and lambs from a vehicle after crossing a stretch of bad road as they are too young to travel long distances on foot, near Dubgan, 70 kilometers (43 miles) south of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Bakarwals are nomadic herders of India's Jammu-Kashmir state who wander in search of good pastures for their cattle. Every year in April-May more than one hundred thousand people from the nomadic Bakarwal tribes arrive in the meadows of Kashmir and parts of Ladakh from areas of the Jammu region with their flocks of cattle and sheep. After crossing snowy mountains with their cattle and belongings, Kashmir valley's lush green meadows become their home from April to September, after which they begin their return journey. This seasonal shifting of �homes� ensures a regular flow of income for the families.

Dar Yasin Associated Press
Rohingya children play with balloons at a temporary shelter in Bayeun, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, May 21, 2015. In the past three weeks, thousands of people � Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar and Bangladeshis trying to escape poverty � have landed in overcrowded boats on the shores of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. After initially pushing many boats back, Malaysia and Indonesia announced on Wednesday that they will offer temporary shelter to all incoming migrants.

Binsar Bakkara Associated Press
Smoke rises after a Saudi-led airstrike hit a site believed to be one of the largest weapons depot on the outskirts of Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. The Saudi-led coalition on Tuesday carried out the heaviest airstrikes near the Yemeni capital since a five-day truce with Yemen's Shiite rebels expired earlier this week, hitting weapons depots in the mountains surrounding Sanaa and sending dozens of families fleeing their homes in panic.

Hani Mohammed Associated Press
A visitor to One World Observatory looks over Manhattan, Wednesday, May 20, 2015, in New York. The observatory atop the 104-story One World Trade Center opens to the public on May 29.

Mark Lennihan Associated Press
An aerial view from a military helicopter shows a switchback road curved into the mountainous terrain near Surcubamba, Peru, Thursday, May 21, 2015. The Joint Command of the Peruvian Armed Forces organized a humanitarian mission to Surcubamba, where health care was provided to families from nearby villages in this region called VRAEM, that is the acronym for Valley of the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro rivers, where sixty percent of Peru�s cocaine originates.

Rodrigo Abd Associated Press
In this Wednesday, May 20, 2015 photo, lightning strikes between the towns of Krum and Sanger in Denton County, Texas, as a tornado warning was in effect for Sanger, Bolivar and Krum just after midnight. (Al Key/The Denton Record-Chronicle via AP) ORG XMIT: TXDER401

Al Key The Denton Record-Chronicle
Wind kicks up dust on an area that was once underwater at the Boulder Harbor boat ramp in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Monday, May 18, 2015, near Boulder City, Nev. Federal water managers are projecting Lake Mead will drop to levels in January 2017 that could force supply cuts to Arizona and Nevada.

John Locher Associated Press