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Mark Kelly leans his head on the shoulder of his wife and former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords as they attend a news conference asking Congress and the Senate to provide stricter gun control in the United States on March 6 in Tucson, Arizona. Giffords and Kelly were joined by survivors of the Tucson shooting as they spoke outside the Safeway grocery store where the shooting happened two years ago that killed six people.
A steelworker works at the plant of the Salzgitter AG in Salzgitter, central Germany, on March 13.Firefighters put out a celebration monument called a Falla during the last day of the Las Fallas Festival on March 20 in Valencia, Spain. The Fallas festival, which ran from March 15 until March 19, celebrated the arrival of spring with fireworks, fiestas and bonfires made by large puppets named Ninots.Easter eggs hang in an apple tree, which pensioners Volker and Christa Kraft have decorated with 10,000 Easter eggs on March 24 in Saalfeld, Germany. The family started decorating an apple tree with painted hen eggs in their garden in 1965 as amusement for child and grandchildren. Now it is an attraction that draws thousands of visitors and tourists to the garden of the family.Aerial view of the Taim Ecological Station on fire, in Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil, on March 27. The fire that started in southern Brazil reached approximately 1,400 acres since there is no way to reach the place by water or land.Revelers take part in a giant pillow fight in Trafalgar Square on International Pillow Fight Day on April 6 in London, England. Mass public pillow fights have been arranged in numerous cities around the world as part of the Urban Playground Movement, which facilitates free, public non-commercial events.An activist of the Ukrainian women's rights group Femen attacks Russian President Vladimir Putin, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks on during their visit of the industrial exhibition "Hannover Messe" on April 8 in Hannover, GermanyEmergency personnel responds to the scene after two explosions went off near the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon on April 15.Police officers extinguish a flare as Western Sydney Wanderers fans walk to the stadium before the A-League 2013 Grand Final match between the Western Sydney Wanderers and the Central Coast Mariners at Allianz Stadium on April 21 in Sydney, Australia.Bangladeshi volunteers and rescue workers assist in rescue operations after an eight-story building collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on April 25. The collapse killed over 1,000 people and over 2,500 were injured.Family, area residents and fellow firefighters attend a memorial service held at Baylor University April 25 in Waco, Texas following a fertilizer plant explosion that claimed the lives of volunteer firefighters.Visitors gather in the new 'Rain Room' installation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in Manhattan on May 15 in New York City. The 5,000 square-foot installation creates a field of falling water that stops in the area where people walk through, allowing them to remain dry. The piece, created by Random International, releases a 260-gallon per minute shower around visitors.Israeli riot police stand guard as ultra-Orthodox demonstrators set trash bins on fire on May 16 in Jerusalem, Israel. Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis have clashed with police after gathering to protest against newly proposed government legislation that would see them drafted into the military.Midshipmen celebrate at the end of the U.S. Naval Academy Graduation and Commissioning ceremonies on May 24 in Annapolis, Maryland
A general view of a tornado-ravaged neighborhood in Moore, Oklahoma. The tornado of EF5 strength and two miles-wide touched down May 20, killing at least 24 people and leaving behind extensive damage to homes and businesses.
A child looks at jellyfish at the aquarium in Genoa on May 25.