NEWS N PICS – World Events

Bill Gates, Microsoft Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, delivers a video address during the opening ceremony of the ITU's 150th anniversary celebration in Geneva, Switzerland,

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) and his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny attend a joint press conference after their talks in Shannon, Ireland

People participate in a yoga session during a mass yoga exercise at the National Monument in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 17, 2015. Thousands of people joined a yoga session, which managed to break the national record

A monk practices martial art at the Quanzhou Shaolin Temple in Quanzhou City, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 15, 2015. Located in the east of the Qingyuan Mountain of Quanzhou, the Quanzhou Shaolin Temple, also called the South Shaolin Temple, is the birthplace of the South Shaolin martial art, which has spread to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao and even Southeast Asia since Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. It's also jointly called "the South and North Shaolin" with Songshan Shaolin Temple in central China's Henan Province. Zen, the doctrine which every monk learning the Shaolin martial art should observe, refers to a frame of mind which gets rid of greed, anger and confusion and helps oneself reach inner peace as to become more powerful and invincible.

An Afghan woman cries for her relative at the site of suicide car bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 17, 2015. Four people were killed and several others wounded when a suicide car bomb exploded near the airport of the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, sources and witnesses said

Afghan refugees sit outside their tents at a refugee camp in Herat province, west Afghanistan

Afghan refugees sit outside their tents at a refugee camp in Herat province, west Afghanistan

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (front C) attends the opening ceremony of the 68th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 18, 2015. The 68th session of the WHA on Monday kicked off here, over 3,000 delegates from 194 member states would focus on the discussion of Ebola outbreaks and the post-2015 health agenda.

Chinese dancers wearing traditional costumes perform during the opening ceremony of "Experience China" culture event in Berlin, Germany

A man plays with his dog during the "Pet Run" race at Simon Bolivar park, in the city of Bogota, Colombia