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    In this photo taken Tuesday April 4, 2017, South Sudanese children arrive at the Imvepi refugee settlement in northern Uganda. More than 1 million children have fled South Sudan's civil war, two United Nations agencies said Monday May 8, 2017, as part of the world's fastest growing refugee crisis. Another 1 million South Sudanese children are displaced within the country said the U.N.'s child and refugee agencies.

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    TOPSHOT - South African protesters gather around a burning tyre in the Eldorado Park district in Johannesburg on May 8, 2017 during a demonstration against land grabbing, housing and unemployment in the area.

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    TOPSHOT - A protester runs for cover from tear gas fired by South African riot police in the Eldorado Park district in Johannesburg on May 8, 2017 during a protest against land grabbing, housing and unemployment in the area.

  • Current French President Francois Hollande reaches ...

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    Current French President Francois Hollande reaches out to touch French president-elect Emmanuel Macron, left, during a ceremony to mark Victory Day in Paris, France, Monday, May 8, 2017. French president-elect Emmanuel Macron, will appear Monday alongside current President Francois Hollande in commemoration of the end of World War II. Monday, a national holiday, marks the day of the formal German defeat in World War II.

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    TOPSHOT - A couple walks with umbrellas at a park as it snows in Moscow on May 8, 2017. The air temperature dropped down to 1 degree Celsius in the Russian capital.

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    TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on May 7, 2017 shows vehicles in a flooded street in Zengcheng District, Guangzhou, in China's southern Guangdong province. Parts of the district were flooded between one and three meters deep, with authorities sending boats to provide stranded residents with food and water.

  • Italian journalists walk beside a wall ...

    Natacha Pisarenko, The Associated Press

    Italian journalists walk beside a wall with the names of people who disappeared during Argentina's last dictatorship, before a visit by Italy's President Sergio Mattarella to Memory Park which honors the victims of the country's dictatorship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, May 7, 2017.

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    Clashes between riot police officers and protestors during a demonstration called by labour unions the day after the French presidential election, Monday, May 8, 2017. Placard in the center reads "Freedom". Former civil servant and investment banker French President-elect Emmanuel Macron and his fledgling political movement La Republique En Marche , are preparing for government after defeating far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen in Sunday's presidential runoff vote. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

  • Bolivarian National Guards block students attempting ...

    Fernando Llano, The Associated Press

    Bolivarian National Guards block students attempting to march to the Education Ministry amid tear gas in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 8, 2017. The protest movement against President Nicolas Maduro, that has drawn masses of people into the streets nearly every day since March, has left some three dozen dead.

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    A masked protestor during a demonstration called by labour unions the day after the French presidential election, Monday, May 8, 2017. Former civil servant and investment banker French President-elect Emmanuel Macron and his fledgling political movement La Republique En Marche , are preparing for government after defeating far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen in Sunday's presidential runoff vote.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

  • Ken Fee, left, and others wear ...

    John Locher, The Associated Press

    Ken Fee, left, and others wear virtual reality goggles during a demonstration at the Dell EMC World conference, Monday, May 8, 2017, in Las Vegas.

  • South Korean presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo ...

    Ahn Young-joon, The Associated Press

    South Korean presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party holds flowers in front of supporters during an election campaign in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 8, 2017. South Korea holds presidential elections Tuesday after an extraordinary six-month period that began with millions peacefully filling the nation’s streets in protest and ended with the impeachment and imprisonment of ex-President Park Geun-hye.

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    TOPSHOT - Bernadett Szel (L), representative of the opposition LMP party, holds up a marionette with a portrait of Hungarian President Janos Ader during the inauguration ceremony of Ader following his re-election at the parliament building in Budapest on May 8, 2017. Ader was re-elected for his second term of presidency two months ago by representatives of the Hungarian parliament.

  • Protesters stage a die-in during a ...

    Bullit Marquez, The Associated Press

    Protesters stage a die-in during a rally near the Presidential Palace to protest the "extrajudicial killings" under President Rodrigo Duterte's so-called war on drugs which coincided with the U.N. Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 8, 2017 in Manila, Philippines. Filipino Senator Alan Peter Cayetano briskly defended the human rights record of Duterte's government before the U.N. body in Geneva on Monday, saying his government always "seeks to uphold the rule of law" while critical Western nations aired concerns about deadly vigilante justice and extrajudicial killings in the country.

  • TOPSHOT - Faithful participate in the ...

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    TOPSHOT - Faithful participate in the annual Panchimalco Flower and Palm Festival on May 7, 2017 in Panchimalco, 18 km south of San Salvador.

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    Esteban Felix, The Associated Press

    In this April 28, 2017 photo, 9-year-old Rayen Antinao gets a dental check-up as therapy dog Zucca helps keep her calm at the Los Andes University Medical Center, on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile. Autistic children can get upset by the lights in their faces and frightened by the noises of the instruments, but are soothed by the presence of specially trained dogs.

  • An anti-government protester plays a violin ...

    Ariana Cubillos, The Associated Press

    An anti-government protester plays a violin while security forces block a student march from reaching the Education Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 8, 2017. The protest movement against President Nicolas Maduro, that has drawn masses of people into the streets nearly every day since March, has left some three dozen dead.

  • French military band plays during the ...

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    French military band plays during the ceremony marking the 72nd anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during WWII on May 8, 1945 at the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris on May 8, 2017.

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    TOPSHOT - In a photo taken on May 5, 2017 a young couple sit next to a water feature before the Han river and the city skyline, at Yeouido park in Seoul. Thirty years after South Korea became a democracy, voters born in the period go to the polls May 9 frustrated over their prospects and demanding change as growth slows and job prospects fade. The decades-long "Miracle on the Han" propelled the South from a war-ravaged ruin to Asia's fourth-largest economy and the ranks of the OECD. But its younger voters complain bitterly that times have changed dramatically from their parents' generation, when hard work paid off with wealth and success regardless of social origin. Youth unemployment -- defined as those under 30 -- has risen for five consecutive years since to hit an all-time high of 9.8 percent in 2016, more than double the overall average.

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    Ed Jones / To Go With: Skorea-politics-vote-social-youth, Focus By Hwang Sungheeed Jones, AFP/Getty Images

    TOPSHOT - In a photo taken on May 7, 2017 a group of youths pose for photos on a sculpture of the word 'Seoul', at Yeouido park in Seoul. Thirty years after South Korea became a democracy, voters born in the period go to the polls May 9 frustrated over their prospects and demanding change as growth slows and job prospects fade. The decades-long "Miracle on the Han" propelled the South from a war-ravaged ruin to Asia's fourth-largest economy and the ranks of the OECD. But its younger voters complain bitterly that times have changed dramatically from their parents' generation, when hard work paid off with wealth and success regardless of social origin. Youth unemployment -- defined as those under 30 -- has risen for five consecutive years since to hit an all-time high of 9.8 percent in 2016, more than double the overall average.

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Glen Barber of The Denver Post

Today’s best news photos from around the world, May 8, 2017.