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Women takes a selfie as they visit the 13th International Flower Exhibition in Tehran, capital of Iran (File)

fire fighters tries to put out a fire at a warehouse in Valenzuela City, the Philippines on May 13, 2015. Death toll rises to 31 in a fire that occurred at a sandals factory in Valenzuela City in Metro Manila, capital of the Philippines, on Wednesday noon, said local fire bureau officials.

Tulips bloom at a park in Changchun, capital city of northeast China’s Jilin Province, May 13, 2015.

Villagers of Hani ethnic group sing multi-voice folk song at Hani rice terraces in Honghe Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, May 13, 2015. Hani folk song was listed as one of the national intangible cultural heritages. Hani Terraces, particularly created by Chinese Hani ethnic group, is an absolute wonder of farming civilization with a long history of more than 1,300 years. The UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee inscribed cultural landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces onto the prestigious World Heritage List in 2013.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko attend a press conference after their meeting at the Chancellory in Berlin, Germany, on May 13, 2015

People hold banners during a demonstration against the controversial security legislations in Tokyo, Japan, May 14, 2015. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will make a cabinet decision Thursday regarding the national security bills which expand the roles of the country’s Self-Defense Forces abroad.