A woman holds her malnourished child at a therapeutic feeding center at al-Sabyeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, May 28, 2012. Yemen is facing a food crisis of “catastrophic proportions”, with almost half the population going hungry and a third of children in some areas severely malnourished, aid agencies have warned.
[Credit : Mohamed al-Sayaghi/Reuters]
The Brooklyn Bridge opened to the public on May 24, 1883.
Photographs of the work-in-progress bridge, like this one by Eugene de Salignac, are now available to the public through the New York City Municipal Archives. See more here.
A Chinese fisherwoman rides past old fishing boats on her motorcycle in Qingdao city, Shandong province, China, on May 14. Reports state that excessive fishing, ocean pollution and the high price of diesel have caused a sharp decline in fishery resources, nearly paralyzing the industry in East China.
[Credit : Wu Hong / EPA]