A woman reacts as the apartment block she lives in burns, a result of recent shelling, on the outskirts of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters
Pat Helms wears a sticker, tie and flower as he and partner Curtis Stephens wait for the Jefferson County courthouse doors to open so they can be legally married Monday in Birmingham, Ala. A federal judge's order overturned the state's ban on gay marriage, making Alabama the 37th state to allow gays and lesbians to wed. Hal Yeager/AP
London, UK Guests arrive at a Conservative party fundraising event at the Grosvenor House hotel in Mayfair.
They paid £1,500 a head to feast on a starter of smoked salmon with horseradish; a main course of confit of lamb neck with celeriac and a haggis sauce; and to finish, panacotta with rhubarb and mint oil.
Photograph: Frantzesco Kangaris/for the Guardian
Islamabad, Pakistan Afghan refugee Mohammad Baddam, 6, poses for a picture in a slum
Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP