Today in Photos (May 16)

View a gallery of photos from around the world, May 16, 2016.

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Mon., May 16, 2016

A lioness cools off by licking a slab of ice, during hot weather, at a zoo, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, May 16, 2016 . Many cities in Pakistan are facing heat wave conditions.

K.M. Chaudary Associated Press
An Israeli Arab youth jumps into the water in unusually warm weather at the old port of Jaffa, a mixed Jewish-Arab part of Tel Aviv, Israel. Monday, May 16, 2016.

Oded Balilty Associated Press
Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, boxes with former boxer Duke McKenzie during the launch of Heads Together, the ambitious new campaign to end stigma on mental health, at the Olympic Park in London, Monday, May 16, 2016.

Jeremy Selwyn Associated Press
Exiled Tibetans greet their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, unseen, as he leads a prayer session in Dharmsala, India, Monday, May 16, 2016. The prayers marked the tenth day of the holy Tibetan month of Sa-ka-dawa.

Ashwini Bhatia Associated Press
A man sleeps under a pavilion during a warm day in Beijing, China, Monday, May 16, 2016. As summer approaches, throngs of visitors are expected to visit the Chinese capital, a popular destination for both domestic and foreign tourists.

Ng Han Guan Associated Press
A Kenyan riot policeman repeatedly kicks a protester as he lies in the street after tripping over while trying to flee from them, during a protest in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, May 16, 2016. Kenyan police have tear-gassed and beaten opposition supporters during a protest demanding the disbandment of the electoral authority over alleged bias and corruption.

Ben Curtis Associated Press
Rare bronze artifacts, part of a large ancient marine cargo of a merchant ship that sank during the Late Roman period 1,600 years ago, are seen during a presentation of the Israel Antiquities Authority in Caesarea, Israel, Monday, May 16, 2016. Israeli archeologists say two divers have made the country’s biggest discovery of Roman-era artifacts in three decades.

Dan Balilty Ap
President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Valor to Johnson City Police Department, N.Y. Patrolman Louis Cioci during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2016. The Medal of Valor is awarded to public safety officers who have exhibited exceptional courage, regardless of personal safety, in the attempt to save or protect others from harm.

Evan Vucci Associated Press
Believers dressed in the traditional clothes of the Sorbs carry the statue of Virgin Mary during a procession near Rosenthal, eastern Germany, Monday, May 16, 2016. Traditionally on Whit Monday catholic faithful Sorbs, a Slavic minority near the German-Polish border, celebrate an open air mass in the small village east of Dresden.

Jens Meyer Associated Press