Best Photos of the Day

NEW YORK.- Workers hang a painting by Jonathan Yeo titled "Girl Reading (Malala Yousafzai)" before the start of the auction May 14, 2014 at Christie's Afternoon Session of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York. The portrait is of Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education. The sale of the painting benefits the Malala Fund, a charity set up by Malala to support the fight for girls’ right to have an education. AFP PHOTO / Timothy A. CLARY

LONDON.- This photo taken on April 29, 2014, shows a Christie's auction house employee holding "The Blue", the largest flawless vivid blue diamond in the world, during a photocall at the auction house in London. The world's largest blue diamond known as "The Blue" was sold at a Christie's auction for 23,895 million dollars in Geneva on May 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL

ROSTOCK.- Polish sculptor Wiaczeslav Borecki works on a sand sculpture theme "Discoverer of the world" in Rostock-Warnemuende, northern Germany on May 13, 2014. People can visit until the end of October the 5th sand world of Warnemuende. AFP PHOTO / DPA / BERND WÜSTNECK.

PORT AU PRINCE.- A painting of current Haitian President Michel Martelly (C) surrounded by former presidents is carried on the streets as Martelly celebrates his third year of government in downtown Port au Prince, on May 14, 2014. Anti-government protesters marched through the streets calling for Martelly's resignation. AFP PHOTO/Hector RETAMAL.

MARSEILLE.- People walk in front of the Mucem (Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations) on May 14, 2014 in Marseille, southern France. In the background, Sainte-Marie Majeure cathedral also known as "La Major". AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT.

NEW YORK.- (L-R) Actor Daniel Craig, Maja Oeri, filmmaker Steve McQueen, Marie-Josee Kravis, and Jerry Speyer attend Museum Of Modern Art's 2014 Party In The Garden on May 13, 2014 in New York City. Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images/AFP.

MAGELANG.- A giant Buddha statue is placed next to an ancient Borobudur temple which is decorated with 72 Buddha statues in Magelang, Central Java province, on May 15, 2014 as Indonesia's religious minority celebrate Buddhist day. Buddhists are celebrating Vesak, which commemorates the birth of Buddha, his attaining enlightenment and his passing away on the full moon day of May which falls on May 14 this year. AFP PHOTO.

MONT-SAINT-MICHEL.- An aerial view taken on May 5, 2014 shows the statue of St. Michael slaying the dragon on the spire of the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel, northwestern France. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD.

NEW YORK.- The Statue of Liberty is pictured in New York, on May 14, 2014. The statue, designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886, was a gift to the US from the people of France. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad.

MAALULA.- A broken statue depicting Jesus Christ is seen at the monastery of Saint Takla in the ancient Christian town of Maalula, 56 kilometers northeast of the capital Damascus on May 14, 2014. Residents of Maalula returned to the historic Christian town in mid-April to mark Easter, glad that the Syrian army freed it from rebel control but pained at the widespread destruction. Christians make up some five percent of Syria's population and have largely avoided taking sides in the conflict that erupted in March 2011. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID