A new British royal princess was born last week in London — Charlotte Elizabeth Diana — capturing the attention of the world's press.
May Day protests hit several cities, including Istanbul, while another protest flared up at the opening of Milan's Expo 2015 World's Fair.
In West Africa, Nigerian soldiers rescued hundreds of people from Boko Harem militants.
In Dachau, Germany, workers prepared a replica of the concentration camp's gate for a commemoration of the 70th anniversary of its liberation.
Labour and Conservative politicians campaigned ahead of Britain's election this Thursday, a famous rock climber climbed a Paris skyscraper in solidarity with the victims of Nepal's earthquake, and thousands of migrants were rescued from the Mediterranean Sea north of Libya.
On the animal front, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry took a selfie with a baby elephant and a bullfighter was gored in Madrid.
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