The Week in Pictures: May 22 - 29

Caps off for cadets, a spelling bee stumps, Ukraine elects a candy man, baby birds beckon, canoes paddle down the highway, and more.

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 May 22, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY MILITARY)GORAN TOMASEVIC / Reuters
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