A mackerel sky is colored by the first rays of sunlight as Chuck Johns as he photographs a dory moored off Willard Beach, in South Portland, Maine, US, May 17, 2019. (Photo by AP)

A selection of photos shot recently from around the world:

Sun rays hit the slopes of Mount Olympus, near the town of Litohoro, Greece, May 17, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)

An aerial view over a chemically deforested area of the Amazon jungle caused by illegal mining activities in the river basin of the Madre de Dios region in southeast Peru, on May 17, 2019, during the ’Mercury’ joint operation by Peruvian military and police ongoing since February 2019. (Photo by AFP)

Activists add a life vest to the capital’s iconic ’Molecule Man’ statue in Berlin, Germany, May 17, 2019. (Photo by AP)

A visitor looks at an installation titled Life cycle by Chinese contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei during a preview visit of an exhibition devoted to his work at the K21 contemporary art museum in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on May 16, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

People walk past an Upside Down House, which is to open as a tourist attraction on May 18, at the seafront in Brighton, UK, on May 16, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

A security guard walks the atrium of East Building of the National Gallery of Art, designed by renowned architect I.M. Pei who died Thursday at age 102, in Washington, US, May 17, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)

A Sri Lankan street vendor sells lanterns ahead of the ’Vesak’ festival in Colombo on May 16, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

Muslim women prepare for the start of the Friday prayers during the holy fasting month of Ramadan inside Jamia mosque in Nairobi, Kenya May 17, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)

A police officer sprays tear gas at anti-government protesters in Algiers, Algeria May 17, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)

The field heads into the first turn during the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 17, 2019 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by AFP)

Harrison Burton, driver of the #18 Safelite AutoGlass Toyota, and Sheldon Creed, driver of the #2 Chevrolet Accessories Chevrolet, lead a pack of trucks during the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina, US on May 17, 2019. (Photo by AFP)