May 2, 2014
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A bystander throws a tear gas canister back at the al-Azhar University campus. The canister was originally shot by the Egyptian security forces towards protesters at the school in Cairo.
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The fifth brightest galaxy in the sky Centaurus A, is shown in this handout photo provided by NASA May 1, 2014. Centaurus A is an active galaxy about 12 million light years from Earth and is part of a "quartet of galaxies" collaboration of professional and amateur astronomers that combines optical data from amateur telescopes with data from the archives of NASA missions.
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A soldier and a paramilitary officer help to move part of a damaged car at the scene of a car bomb attack in Nyanya, Abuja, Nigeria.
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Civilians find cover from the rain under a Ukrainian army armored personnel carrier at a checkpoint near the town of Slaviansk.