Top photos of the day: Wednesday, May 7, 2014

From the archives:

25 years ago today, Michael Jordan made ‘The Shot’ in Cleveland. Watch it here.

A selection of some of the best photographs from around the world:

Andy Murray of Great Britain goes against Nicolas Almagro of Spain during day five of the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain. | Getty Images

A worker walks past under a building construction site banner in Jakarta. Indonesian growth slowed more than expected in the first quarter, official data showed on May 5, as weak exports and tight monetary policy weighed on Southeast Asia’s top economy. | Getty Images

The Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton slides past the tag from the Mets’ Anthony Recker to score the winning run on a sac fly by Marcell Ozuna Wednesday in Miami, Florida. | Getty Images

A man prepares ballots and flyers for a planned referendum seeking greater autonomy from the central government in Kiev, scheduled for May 11, in a building occupied by pro-Russian protesters in Donetsk, Ukraine. Tensions in Eastern Ukraine are high after pro-Russian activists seized control of at least ten cities ahead of the Victory Day holiday and a planned referendum on greater autonomy for the region. | Getty Images

Jimmy Walker of plays a bunker shot during a practice round ahead of The Players Championship on The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. | Getty Images

Thai Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, said goodbye to her supporters at the Defence Permanent Secretary Office in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai Constitutional Court has ruled that Thai Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, and 9 cabinet ministers are to step down. The charges relate to complaints filed by senators which suggested that Yingluck’s party improperly transferred her security chief in 2011. | Getty Images

Rafael Nadal plays against Juan Monaco during day five of the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament at the Caja Magica in Madrid, Spain. | Getty Images

Protesters lobby for higher wages for fast food workers and urge fast food workers from around the globe to join their campaign outside a McDonalds in New York City. Fast food workers have been fighting for higher wages, which has been in parallel to recent calls for a raise in the national minimum wage. | Getty Images

An Indian army soldier keeps watch from the top of an armoured vehicle outside a polling station in the Lalad village of Sopore in restive Kashmir’s Baramulla constituency, where elections are being held with the remaining Ladakh seat in the eighth phase of general elections in the world’s largest democracy. More than 95 million voters are eligible to vote in the penultimate leg of the election that ends on May 12, with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expected to oust Congress from power after 10 years. | Getty Images