A picture taken on May 21, 2019 in Vevey shows the paddle steamer ’Italie’ of the Compagnie Generale de Navigation sur le lac Leman, commonly abbreviated to CGN, sailing on Lake Geneva past a giant fork sculpture designed by Switzerland’s artist Jean-Pierre Zaugg. (By AFP)

A selection of photos shot recently from around the world:

A tree stands on a flooded meadow in Peissenberg, southern Germany, on May 21, 2019, after heavy rainfall caused floods in the area. (Photo by AFP)

This photo, taken on May 20, 2019, shows a general view of the Hong Kong skyline and Victoria Harbor. (By AFP)

 

A cardboard bridge is lifted by white balloons near the Castle of Amboise, central France, on May 18, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

Workers on a platform are lifted up to the rose window, as the renovation and repair work on Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, which was badly damaged by a huge fire on April 15, takes place, in the French capital, Paris, on May 20, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

Workers are seen at the construction site of the National Speed Skating Oval, one of the venues for the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing, China, on May 21, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)

A Chelsea pensioner walks past a display of chrysanthemums, during the 2019 RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Britain, on May 20, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

An Indian youth scouts around for mud crabs and snakehead fishes as he walks on the parched bed of Chembarambakkam Lake on the outskirts of Chennai, India, on May 21, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

Ducks swim past trees standing in the floods of the river Isar in Schaeftlarn, southern Germany, on May 21, 2019, after heavy rainfall caused floods in the area. (Photo by AFP)

Flares are set off from the Kee Lung (DDG-1801) guided-missile destroyer (R) and navy vessels during a military drill near Hualien, Taiwan, on May 22, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)