Best pictures from May 9
A long exposure picture shows a seasonal fog illuminated by the lights of Cape Town harbour as the city prepares for the start of the southern hemisphere winter.Mike Hutchings/REUTERS
A Los Angeles county firefighter battles a wall of fire, a result of a brush fire, in Acton, California.Gene Blevins/REUTERS
Palestinian farmers harvest wheat during harvest season, on a farm near the West Bank town of Jenin.Mohammed Ballas/AP Photo
Spectators walk along a hillside as high school golfers tee off in the Idaho High School District III golf tournament at Falcon Crest Golf Club outside Kuna, Idaho.Charlie Litchfield/Idaho Press-Tribune/AP Photo
Zeba, a Kashmiri Bakarwal nomad, drinks tea inside her tent on the outskirts of Srinagar, India. Bakarwals are nomadic shepherds of the Jammu Kashmir state who wander in search of good pastures for their cattle.Dar Yasin/AP Photo
An Afghan refugee girl, center, returns home carrying a basket on her head in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo
A boy jumps into a canal as others take a bath to cool off during a hot day in Peshawar, Pakistan.Fayaz Aziz/REUTERS
Members of the British military's King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery march away after firing a 41 gun salute in Green Park, to mark the arrival of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at the Houses of Parliament to deliver her speech at the State Opening of Parliament in London.Matt Dunham/AP Photo
Pakistani fishermen pull their net out of the sea onto the beach in Karachi, Pakistan.Shakil Adil/AP Photo