A roadside statue of Jesus Christ is submerged by floodwaters in Pugoda, Sri Lanka. Heavy rains have claimed lives and forced scores to evacuate flooded homes, officials said. ishara s.kodikara/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images …  An Indian man sits under running water at a common bathing place on a hot and sunny day in Amritsar, India. Amritsar is experiencing a severe heat wave. raminder pal singh/European Pressphoto Agency …  A man stands in a building earmarked for demolition in the Mathare neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya. Authorities tore down a badly built residential block in the poor Nairobi district. More than 250 shoddy buildings could face demolition after a six-story structure collapsed. goran tomasevic/Reuters …  Orphan children rest at a shelter in the city of Aleppo, Syria. Eduardo Martins/NurPhoto/Zuma Press …  Kurdish mourners pray as they gather around coffins in the area of Sarikamis, Turkey, on the outskirts of the majority Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, after a massive explosion hit the area. ilyas akengin/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images …  Charlie Lowthian-Rickert, a transgender 10-year-old, is kissed by her father, Chris, following a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa to announce that Canada will introduce legislation to protect transgender people from discrimination and hate crimes. chris wattie/Reuters …  New York City police officers stand guard as a couple share breakfast in Times Square. jewel samad/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images …  Nathan Law, chairman of Demosisto, a political party advocating democratic self-determination and autonomy of Hong Kong, is subdued by police after trying to cross into a security area where Chinese state leader Zhang Dejiang was residing during his visit in Hong Kong. demosisto / handout/European Pressphoto Agency …  A Syrian refugee boy makes shoe parts at a Turkish-owned shoe factory in Gaziantep, Turkey. Turkey’s massive and largely unregulated garment industry is an attractive option for Syrians to work, despite low wages, long hours and poor conditions. Chris McGrath/Getty Images …  Security forces and citizens inspect the scene after a suicide car bomb hit a crowded outdoor market in Baghdad’s eastern Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, Iraq. Karim Kadim/Associated Press …  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura attend talks on Syria in Vienna. dieter nagl/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images …  Photos of the Day: May 17
In photos selected by Wall Street Journal editors on Tuesday, floodwaters cover parts of Sri Lanka, an Indian man cools off during a heat wave, Kurdish mourners pray, and more.