Photos of the day - May 22, 2014

A boy gestures in front of a barricade on fire during a protest after French troops opened fire at protesters blocking a road in Bambari, a woman stands in her destroyed house following a shelling from Ukrainian government forces outside Slovyansk, Ukraine and riot police use water cannons and teargas to disperse people who were protesting the Soma mine disaster are some of the photos of the day. (AP/Reuters)

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