THE UNITED STATES

A fire service helicopter douses a massive wildfire on May 3 near Camarillo, California

SOUTH KOREA

Performers wearing traditional garb march at the re-opening ceremony of Namdaemun,or the South Gate, in Seoul on May 4. The landmark architecture, first built in 1395, was burned down in an arson attack five years ago

MADAGASCAR

A local resident watches a swarm of locusts fly above a field in a village 600 km southwest of Antananarivo on May 4. A locust plague recently hit Madagascar, jeopardizing the country’s agriculture

TURKEY

A soldier demonstrates a battlefield simulation system developed by a Turkish company at the 11th International Defense Industry Fair in Istanbul on May 7

JAPAN

Children play beneath colorful carp-shaped flags in a riverside park on May 2 in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, to celebrate Japan’s Children’s Day

IRAN

Former top Iranian nuclear negotiator Hassan Rouhani waves while registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election in June at the Ministry of Interior in Tehran on May 7