Alexander Zemlianichenko, The Associated PressA Russian soldier sings in Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 6, 2018. The parade will take place at Moscow's Red Square on May 9 to celebrate 73 years of the victory in WWII.
Vincenzo Pinto, AFP/Getty ImagesPope Francis is embraces by nuns upon his arrival at the Santissimo Sacramento parrish in the Romes suburb Torre dei Schiavi, for a pastoral visit on May 6, 2018.
Armend Nimani, AFP/Getty ImagesA man stands next to slaughtered sheep in the village of Babaj Bokes, southwest Kosovo close to the Albanian border on May 6, 2018, where thousands of Albanians flooded the village to celebrate Saint George, partially religious and partially pagan feast.
Anis Mili, AFP/Getty ImagesAn electoral monitor closes the door of a polling station in central Tunis on May 6, 2018, after the voting closed for the first free municipal elections since the 2011 revolution. The election has been touted as another milestone on the road to democracy in the North African country, which has been praised for its transition from decades of dictatorship.
Alexander Zemlianichenko, The Associated PressA Russian soldier march in Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 6, 2018.
Filippo Monteforte, AFP/Getty ImagesSwiss Guards attend a the annual new papal Swiss guards swearing-in ceremony in Vatican City, on May 6, 2018. The annual swearing in ceremony for the new papal Swiss guards takes place on May 6, commemorating the 147 who died defending Pope Clement VII on the same day in 1527.
Yasin Akgul, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - People gesture and dance as they take part in the Color Sky Festival on May 6, 2018 at Kadikoy district, in Istanbul. / AFP PHOTO / Yasin AKGULYASIN AKGUL/AFP/Getty Images
Hussein Malla, The Associated PressA member of the clown troupe, Clown Me In, holds an Arabic placard that reads, "We are yesterday and today, but tomorrow no, we have a show," as she poses for a picture next of a pile of garbage, during Lebanon's first national elections in nine years, outside a ballot station in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, May 6, 2018. The group said their act is a message to voters to think about the state of the country and the political stagnation of the last nine years.
Matt Cardy, Getty ImagesParticipants take part in a ceremony below Glastonbury Tor as they take part in May Fayre and Dragon Procession in Glastonbury on May 6, 2018 in Somerset, England. To celebrate the arrival of summer, the Glastonbury Dragons, alongside Gwythyr Ap Greidal, the Summer King and the Winter King, Gwyn Ap Nudd, were paraded through the town to the lower slopes of Glastonbury Tor where the event was marked with a Beltane themed ceremony.
Marco Bertorello, AFP/Getty ImagesFlamingos fly at sunset on May 6, 2018 in Cagliari on the island of Sardinia.
Ibrahim Chalhoub, AFP/Getty ImagesA Lebanese Sunni Muslim woman wearing a full-face veil (niqab) checks her ballot behind a booth as she votes in the first parliamentary election in nine years, in the northern port city of Tripoli on May 6, 2018.
Khalil Hamra, The Associated PressMasked Hamas gunmen carry the coffin of one of six of their fighters who were killed Saturday in an explosion, during the funeral in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, May 6, 2018. Hamas is vowing revenge after blaming Israel for the explosion.
Marco Ugarte, The Associated PressA soldier stands guard over recently printed election ballots at Talleres Graficos de Mexico, in Mexico City, Sunday, May 6, 2018. The National Electoral Institute has initiated the printing of ballots that will be used to elect Mexico's congress, senate and president on July 1.
Kirill Kudryavtsev, AFP/Getty ImagesRussian millitary personnel march past on Red Square in Moscow on May 6, 2018 during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade.
Ozan Kose, AFP/Getty ImagesTurkish leftist demostrators march on May 6, 2018 at Dolmabahce in Istanbul during a demonstration on the anniversary of the execution of Deniz Gezmis (1947-1972), one of the founders of the People's Liberation army of Turkey (THKO). Gezmis was sentenced to death and hung in a Ankara jail on May 6, 1972.
Loren Elliott, AFP/Getty ImagesA baby looks up at a firearms display in an exhibit hall at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center during the NRA's annual convention on May 6, 2018 in Dallas, Texas.
Mukhtar Khan, The Associated PressA Kashmiri Muslim villager kisses the body of killed rebel commander Saddam Padder, during his funeral in Heff village 65 kilometers (41 miles) south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, May 6, 2018. Government forces killed five rebels in fighting in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Sunday, police said, as the second day of anti-India protests left a civilian dead and scores of people injured.
Filippo Monteforte, AFP/Getty ImagesSwiss Guards dress up prior to attend the annual new papal Swiss guards swearing-in ceremony in Vatican City, on May 6, 2018.
Alexander Zemlianichenko, The Associated PressRussian control their carbines in Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 6, 2018.
Kirill Kudryavtsev, AFP/Getty ImagesRussian millitary personnel parade past Red Square during the general rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 6, 2018.
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A Russian soldier sings in Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 6, 2018. The parade will take place at Moscow's Red Square on May 9 to celebrate 73 years of the victory in WWII.
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