Best pictures from May 26
A couple photograph themselves amongst a sea of flags on Boston Common in Boston, Sunday, May 26, 2013. The flags were placed by the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund in memory of every fallen Massachusetts service member from the Civil War to the present.Michael Dwyer/The Associated Press
Kristiaan Engel leads a team of Markham Fire Fighters, during the 2013 Bombardier Plane Pull for ALS Canada at the Bombardier Aerospace in Toronto, Canada, Sunday, May 26, 2013. Teams signed up to pull a Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft, weighing approximately 37,000 lbs. for a distance of 100 metres to raise money for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Canada.Brett Gundlock
The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft is transported to its launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome May 26, 2013. Soyuz with U.S. astronaut Karen Nyber, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin is due to travel to the International Space Station on May 29.SHAMIL ZHUMATOV/Reuters
Actress Berenice Bejo poses with the Best Actress award for her role in The Past during a photo call after an awards ceremony at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 26, 2013.Joel Ryan/The Associated Press
Toronto Blue Jays Munenori Kawasaki raises his arm to celebrate as he is hoisted by his team after hitting a game-winning walk off double against the Baltimore Orioles in AL action in Toronto on Sunday May 26, 2013. Jays won 6-5.Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press
U.S. President Barack Obama greets tornado survivors (L-R) Julie Lewis, her husband Scott and son Zack, on the grounds of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, May 26, 2013. Obama arrived in Moore on Sunday to tour the town that was hammered last week by a powerful tornado that killed 24 people and assure its residents that the federal government would provide long-term help.JONATHAN ERNST/Reuters
Racers speed down the hill during the Britannia Classic longboarding championship in Britannia, B.C., on Sunday, May 26, 2013.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press
Strangely shaped cumulonimbus clouds form above the Sacramento Mountains shortly after sunset Friday, May 24, 2013. The storm clouds produced a wide range of weather, from hail, rain and high winds to thunder and lightning, across a large swath of the Sacramento Mountains.Michael Johnson/The Associated Press
Tina Taylor salvages items at her brother-in-law's tornado-ravaged home Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses.Charlie Riedel/The Associated Press
Supporters stand in the bleachers during the Italian Cup final soccer match between AS Roma and S.S. Lazio at the Olympic stadium in Rome May 26, 2013.ALESSANDRO BIANCHI/Reuters
A man in an army uniform salutes as bikers pass him during the Rolling Thunder ride in Washington May 26, 2013. The 26th Annual Rolling Thunder is organised to show support for veterans past and present, and those who have fallen in war or missing in action.JOSHUA ROBERTS/Reuters
Spectators are briefly blocked by smoke while watching an Argentina's league soccer match between River Plate and Atletico Rafaela in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, May 26, 2013.Natacha Pisarenko/The Associated Press
A boy walks by graffiti in Tavros neighbourhood in central Athens, May 26, 2013.YANNIS BEHRAKIS/Reuters