A giant panda cub and its mother have a soak at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on May 14.
Indian village girls carry water in pitchers on their heads at Juval village, about 40 kilometers from Ahmadabad, India on May 15. Water scarcity in the scorching summer is a common sight in villages in India.
An Igorot tribesman fills in a ballot during midterm elections in the northern Philippine city of Baguio on May 13.
A man wearing a skeleton mask prepares to ride a Harley Davidson motorcycle during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Zhejiang Province, in China on May 11.
Women carry lanterns in a parade during the Lotus Lantern Festival to celebrate the upcoming May 17 birthday of Buddha, in Seoul on May 12.
A mother and her baby look at a poster at the Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center in the southern Chinese city on May 8. China's first breast milk bank opened at the center in June.
Cyclists ride past the still-unfinished office tower for the People's Daily newspaper in Beijing on May 8. Chinese bloggers have poked fun at the structure's resemblance to the male anatomy.
Myanmar Hindu devotees stands with his mouth pierced with a metal stick while waiting to walk on burning embers during a traditional Hindu fire festival in Yangon, Myanmar on May 5.
A giant Rubber Duck created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman is towed in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor on May 2.
Travelers check their passports at Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta on April 29. Air travel in Southeast Asia has surged as high economic growth in the region has expanded the middle-class population. Further fueling the growth in air travel is the rise of discount carriers.
