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Our world in photos: May 3

May 3, 2021 By Michaela Keil
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CALIFORNIA — “Vax Live”: Jennifer Lopez performed with her mother, Guadalupe Rodríguez, at “Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World” on Sunday, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
Photo: Jordan Strauss/Invision via AP

 

UKRAINE — Anniversary: Members of nationalist movements attended a rally to commemorate the seventh anniversary of deadly clashes which killed dozens of demonstrators in Odesa on Sunday. A total of 48 people died in the 2014 clashes between Ukraine’s government supporters and pro-Russia protesters in Odesa, including dozens in a burning building. 

Photo: Felipe Dana/AP

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JAPAN — Diving World Cup: United States’ Michael Hixon and Andrew Capobianco performed a dive during the men’s synchronized 3-meter springboard preliminaries at the FINA Diving World Cup on Sunday, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo. 

Photo: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

 

PORTUGAL — New bridge: People walked across a narrow footbridge suspended across a river canyon, which claims to be the world’s longest pedestrian bridge, in Arouca on Sunday. The Arouca Bridge inaugurated on Sunday, is a half-kilometer (almost 1,700-foot) walk across its span, some 175 meters (574 feet) above the River Paiva. 
Photo: Sergio Azenha/AP

 

KANSAS — Hot: Ricky Stenhouse Junior’s 47 car smoked after catching on fire after wrecking during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City on Sunday.
Photo: Colin E. Braley/AP

 

BELGIUM — Tulips: Farmers worked in a tulip field in Meerdonk on Monday. Most tulips in the region were grown specifically for the bulbs and not the flowers, however, flowers remain in the fields until fully blossomed before being cut down.
Photo: Virginia Mayo/AP

 

NETHERLANDS — Champions: Supporters cheered as Ajax players, center, showed the trophy after clinching the Dutch Eredivisie Premier League title with a 4-0 win in the soccer match between Ajax and Emmen at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam on Sunday. 
Photo: Peter Dejong/AP

 

TAIWAN — Protest: Myanmar nationals living in Taiwan held placards and made the three-finger salute of resistance to express their disdain towards the military regime in Myanmar, during a demonstration in Taipei on Sunday.
Photo: Chiang Ying-Ying/AP

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