Best pictures from April 27
An Orthodox priest baptizes a family at Zaozyorny, Russia, on the church car of the Doctor Voino-Yasenecky Saint Luka train, which serves as a free diagnostic medical centre for distant settlements.
Ground personnel assist International Space Station (ISS) crew member U.S. astronaut Daniel Burbank shortly after his landing in Kazakhstan.
The few-weeks-old Asian elephant bull Assam plays in the sand during his first appearance in the outdoor enclosure at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, Germany.
A participant has tanning lotion applied on his body during a regional bodybuilding and fitness competition in Minsk, Belarus.
Space shuttle Enterprise, riding on the back of the NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, flies over New York. Enterprise is eventually going to make its new home in New York City at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.
Grizzly bear Grinder, right, knocks snow onto playmate Coola as he tries to dig out of their den after five months of hibernation at Grouse Mountain ski resort's wildlife refuge in North Vancouver, B.C. The two male bears were found orphaned in different areas of British Columbia in 2001.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford fills a pothole during a press conference announcing the introduction of a smartphone application that allows users to photograph potholes and forward the image and location to the city.
Glenn Donnellan performs the national anthem on a baseball bat that he fashioned into a violin before a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore.