In case you missed it
From snake rituals in Italy to Star Wars stormtroopers in Seattle, here are this week's headlines that didn't make the news.
Iberian masks in Portugal
A member of the "Congo Reformado" folk group poses before a parade at the 12th International Festival of the Iberian Mask in Lisbon. Masked people from Spain and Portugal are participating. The festival also features an exhibition of handicrafts and regional products, concerts and street entertainment.
Strange religious snake ritual in Italy
In the small Italian village of Cocullo in the Abruzzo region, the faithful carry a statue of San Domenico (St. Dominic) that is covered with live snakes. The ritual is supposed to provide protection against snakebite for people working in the fields. The Vatican doesn't approve of the ritual, but decided to accept it.
Naval hero Nelson in a CT scanner in London
An 18th century waxwork head, part of Westminster Abbey's funeral effigy collection, is examined in a CT scanner. Conservation experts and radiographers want to discover more about the structure and composition of the head from Lord Nelson's funerary sculpture.
'May the 4th be with you' in Seattle
A fan dressed as a Jawa delivers the game ball while stormtroopers watch on during a baseball match between the Los Angeles Angels and the Seattle Mariners. In the 1977 Star Wars film, Jedi leader Obi Wan Kenobi comes out with the famous sentence: "May the Force be with you." Thanks to a pun, May 4 has been celebrated as Star Wars Day for more than 20 years.
Dolled-up senoritas in Seville
Women wearing traditional dresses gather during the "Feria de Abril" in Seville. The spring fair dates back to 1847, when it was originally organized as a livestock fair. It has now turned into a week of flamenco dancing, music and bullfighting.
Base jumper in Jordan
A base jumper coming in to land at the Al-Khazneh temple, "The Treasury," in Petra, Jordan. The UNESCO World Heritage Site dates back to the first century BC, and is hidden among high mountains in the south of the Jordanian desert. It is carved deep into a rose-colored rock face and concealed in a high-walled basin on the eastern flank of the Arabah Valley.
Some joy in Syria
In Ein Issa, internally displaced Syrian children play inside a camp. Ein Issa used to be a former "Islamic State" stronghold some 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Raqqa, in northern Syria. More than 3,000 people from Raqqa are sheltering in the territory, now held by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.
Land dispute in Brazil
Members of Brazil's indigenous Gamela tribe are shocked: Some of their tribe members were injured in a dispute over land in northern Brazil. The Gamela tribe asserts that the disputed land was donated to them in Portuguese colonial times, but that they were forced off it by encroaching ranchers from the 1970s on.
May Day protests in Turkey
In Istanbul, workers gather in Bakirkoy district as part of the May Day rally. Istanbul's Taksim Square was declared off-limits, as it holds a symbolic value for Turkey's labor movement. In 1977, 34 people were killed there during a May Day event when shots were fired into the crowd from a nearby building.
Kiss in Helsinki
Helsinki pays tribute to "Kiss" by placing the band’s famous Starchild, Demon, Spaceman and Catman masks on the statues which stand at the city’s main railway station, ahead of the band's concert in the Finnish capital.