A general view shows Italian artist�s Lorenzo Quinn�s Building Bridges, a sculptural installation showing six pairs of arching hands creating a bridge over a Venetian waterway in the Arsenale former shipyard, ahead of the 58th International Venice Biennale art exhibition in Venice, Italy, on May 8, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

A selection of photos shot recently from around the world:

A photograph taken on May 5, 2019 shows a rainbow over Moscow, Russia, after a short rain. (Photo by AFP)

A Sudanese child runs on a street lined with carpets outside the army headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan, on May 7, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

This aerial picture, taken on May 7, 2019 in Pattensen, northern Germany, shows a barn in a yellow rape field. (By AFP)

A worker cleans a beach, against the backdrop of pre-monsoon clouds, at Fort Kochi beach in Kochi, India, on May 9, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)

A ferry docks at the pier in the North Point district as the skyline of Hong Kong Island is shown on a rainy day on May 8, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

Soldiers from the naval school take part in a ceremony to mark the end of World War II at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, on May 8, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

This photo, taken on May 5, 2019, shows a farmer sorting roses used to make essential oils at a rose plantation in Haian in China�s eastern Jiangsu Province. (By AFP)

A Pakistani Muslim cleans a colorful arch of a mosque in preparation for the night special prayers in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on May 6, 2019, ahead of the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Photo by AFP)