Best pictures from May 7
A Kashmiri farmer crosses a barbed wire fence to check his crop on a foggy morning on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, May 7, 2013.Dar Yasin/The Associated Press
Tulips bloom on Parliament Hill Tuesday May 7, 2013 in Ottawa.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
Firefighters and rescue workers stand amidst the rubble of destroyed houses after the explosion of a gas tanker truck in San Pedro Xalostoc, on the outskirts of Mexico City May 7, 2013. A gas tanker truck exploded on a highway north of Mexico City early on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and injuring 36 others as a fireball tore through cars and homes.STRINGER/MEXICO/Reuters
A boy jumps into a swimming pool to cool himself on a hot day in the southern Indian city of Chennai May 7, 2013.BABU/Reuters
An Israeli soldier from the Golani Brigade sleeps as others, seen through a black netting, pray close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria on the Israeli occupied Golan Heights May 7, 2013. Israel played down weekend air strikes close to Damascus reported to have killed dozens of Syrian soldiers, saying they were not aimed at influencing its neighbour's civil war but only at stopping Iranian missiles reaching Lebanese Hezbollah militants.BAZ RATNER/Reuters
A World War Two veteran dances with a girl dressed in a Red Army uniform during a street performance ahead of Victory Day in the Russian Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, May 7, 2013. Russia marks its victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two every year on May 9.STRINGER/RUSSIA/Reuters
BC Liberal Leader Christy Clark (reflected in glasses) tours a natural gas facility in Fort Nelson May 7, 2013.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
The pack pedals on the littoral street near Salerno in Southern Italy during the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, a hilly and lengthy 246-kilometer (153-mile) leg from Policastro Bussentino to Serra San Bruno, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. It is the second-longest leg of this year's Giro.Fabio Ferrari/The Associated Press
A cloud of volcanic ash shoots up to the sky as Mayon volcano, one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes, erupts after daybreak, viewed from Legazpi in Albay province in the central Philippines, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. At least five climbers were killed and more than a dozen others are trapped near the crater in its first eruption in three years, officials said. Rescue teams and helicopters were sent to Mayon volcano to bring out the dead.Allan Imperial/The Associated Press
In this Monday May 6, 2013 photo, Zhang Kai holds up baby pigeons at his pigeon farm in Quzhou city in east China's Zhejiang province. Zhang farms pigeons for meat and eggs and claims to have revenues of US$10,000 monthly but sales have dried up due to fears over the H7N9 avian flu since April.The Associated Press