Pictures of the day: June 1, 2017

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world

Performers throw molten iron against a wall to create sparks during a traditional performance ahead of the Dragon Boat festival in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China. PHOTO: REUTERS

An opposition supporter wearing a dog mask rallies against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela. PHOTO: REUTERS


Vishnu Limbachiya, a hair artist, styles the hair of a man while wearing a blindfold at a park in Ahmedabad, India. PHOTO: REUTERS


German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang review the guard of honour during a welcome ceremony at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. PHOTO: REUTERS


Commuters walk through Fonvizinskaya metro station in Moscow, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS


Performers throw molten iron against a wall to create sparks during a traditional performance ahead of the Dragon Boat festival in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China. PHOTO: REUTERS


Four-year old Dominic helps window-washers dressed as superheroes as they work at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, California, US. PHOTO: REUTERS



A woman walks past pigeons in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. PHOTO: REUTERS


Performance artist Annie Saunders performs " Cleaning" during a press preview from Holoscenes, a performance-installation in Times Square. PHOTO: AFP


Crowds on a beach in Haikou on China's southern Hainan Island. Tens of thousands crowded beaches on the island on a national holiday to mark the Dragon Boat Festival. PHOTO: AFP


The photo shows statues standing semi-submerged in mud, a symbol of the human toll of the 2006 disaster, at the mud volcano incident area in Sidoarjo, East Java. PHOTO: AFP


A woman with a boy walk in a flooded area in Panthau, Northern Bahr al Ghazal, South Sudan. PHOTO: AFP


Children wearing masks at an event to mark World No Tobacco Day, Kolkata, India. PHOTO: REUTERS


Scale models of cars at the Swiss classic car fair, Luzern, Switzerland. PHOTO: AFP

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