Two women in burqas voted as Afghans defied Taliban threats and turned out to polling stations in record numbers during presidential elections April 5 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Scott Peterson
A firework explodes along a road drenched with red-stained water as Turkish police shoot water cannons, tear gas, and paint balls during May Day protests in the Besiktas neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey. Scott Peterson
In Olympia, Washington, the best man in a wedding party holds an AR-10 rifle he was handed while the party was having their pre-wedding portraits taken on the steps of the state capitol building before a rally nearby by gun-rights advocates on December 13, 2014. The rally was held to protest a new expanded gun background check law in Washington state. The wedding party was not part of the protest, but posed for pictures with it after being handed it by gun activist Brandon Lyons, who said "we've all just broken the law," by handing the gun over. Saturday's protest was called the "I Will Not Comply" rally, and those attending said they will openly exchange firearms in opposition to the state's new voter-approved universal background check law, Initiative 594. The law, which took effect on December 4, requires background checks on all sales and transfers, including private transactions and many loans and gifts.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)