Best pictures from May 5
Nacional supporters cheer amidst smoke from fireworks, before their Uruguayan Tournament soccer match against Penarol in Montevideo May 5, 2013.ANDRES STAPFF/Reuters
A man shows a girl how to hold an airsoft gun during the NRA Youth Day at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Houston, Texas on May 5, 2013. The National Rifle Association is showcasing women members and emphasizing that increasingly it's not just men who own firearms and oppose gun-control efforts. Female membership is up, the nation's leading advocate for gun ownership says, and its revamped website features profiles of "armed and fabulous" women and describes how women are bringing "new energy" to the NRA.ADREES LATIF/Reuters
Houston resident Carolina Lopez is photographed by a friend as she poses next to a taxidermied lion at an exhibit booth advertising South African safaris inside the George R. Brown Convention Center, the site for the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Houston, Texas May 5, 2013.ADREES LATIF/Reuters
Local chiefs from the Upper Nile state await the arrival of South Sudan's Petroleum and Mining Minister Stephen Dhieu Dau (not pictured) during a ceremony to restart oil production at the main oil field in Palouge after a 16-month shutdown May 5, 2013. South Sudan's Palouge oilfield, the country's biggest, will reach production of up to 180,000 barrels per day within a month after starting at 125,000, oil consortium Dar Petroleum said on Sunday, ramping up output slower than initially planned.STRINGER/Reuters
River Plate's Cristian Ledesma (L) and Boca Juniors' Pablo Ledesma crash as they fight for the ball during their Argentine First Division soccer match in Buenos Aires May 5, 2013.MARCOS BRINDICCI/Reuters
Israeli soldiers walk past signs pointing out distances to different cities at an observation point on Mount Bental in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights May 5, 2013.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday voiced alarm at reports Israel has struck targets inside Syria, but said the United Nations was unable to confirm whether any such attacks had taken place.BAZ RATNER/Reuters
Chicago Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro, top, jumps after forcing out Cincinnati Reds' Devin Mesoraco during the eighth inning of an MLB National League baseball game in Chicago, Sunday, May 5, 2013. Cincinnati Reds' Donald Lutz was safe at first.Nam Y. Huh/The Associated Press
Activists of Hefajat-e Islam throw pieces of bricks as they clash with police in front of the national mosque in Dhaka May 5, 2013. At least one person was killed, more than one hundred injured, including journalists, and thirteen vehicles torched as activists from Hefajat-e Islam and Islami Chhatra Shibir clashed with police at the city's Paltan area. According to local media, Hefajat activists demanded for the introduction of blasphemy laws and a 13-point agenda, while blocking major roads in Dhaka.ANDREW BIRAJ/Reuters
Members of the Canadian military march past the National War Memorial during a ceremony in commemoration of the Battle of the Atlantic, in Ottawa Sunday May 5, 2013.FRED CHARTRAND/The Canadian Press
Norway's goalie Lars Haugen eyes the puck during their 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship preliminary round match against Denmark at the Globe Arena in Stockholm May 5, 2013.ARND WIEGMANN/Reuters
Competitors crawl up the bank of the Blackwater River at low tide during the Maldon Mud Race in Maldon, southeast England May 5, 2013.LUKE MACGREGOR/Reuters
Hundreds of police officers from around Ontario take part in a ceremony for the 14th annual Ontario police memorial ceremony of the remembrance to honour the 253 Ontario police officers who were killed in the line of duty at Queen's Park in Toronto on Sunday, May 5, 2013.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
Police stand guard as runners gather near the start of the Pittsburgh Marathon, Sunday, May 5, 2013, in Pittsburgh. About three dozen participants in the marathon are runners who weren't able to finish last month's Boston Marathon due to the bombings.Keith Srakocic/The Associated Press
A resident walks past a car parked among debris at a site demolished as part of a street broadening project in Taiyuan, Shanxi province May 6, 2013. The site used to be a parking lot of a local company. The owner of the car could not be reached for over ten days, hence the workers were told to carry on demolishing operations around the car, according to local media.STRINGER/CHINA/Reuters
Two women take photos of cherry blossoms at Toronto's High Park Sunday, May 5, 2013. The park was filled with sight-seers as the area experienced warm temperatures.Graeme Roy/The Canadian Press
New York Islanders' John Tavares celebrates his goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins during the third period of their Stanley Cup playoffs Eastern Conference quarter-final game in Uniondale, New York, May 5, 2013.SHANNON STAPLETON/Reuters