Best pictures from April 30
Michael Stanek hugs his daughter Kennedy Stanek as they take a break from helping friends sift though the rubble of their homes in Vilonia, Arkansas April 30, 2014. Severe floods in Florida's Panhandle and coastal Alabama deluged roads and engulfed homes and cars on Wednesday, the latest mayhem created by a tornado-packing storm system that has killed at least 34 people in the United States this week.CARLO ALLEGRI/Reuters
Pakistani children play cricket in the suburbs of Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, April 30, 2014.K.M. Chaudary/The Associated Press
A masked pro-Russian protester sits beside a dog as he poses for a picture inside a regional government building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine April 25, 2014. Picture taken April 25, 2014.MARKO DJURICA/Reuters
A tribal woman shows her ink-marked finger after voting at a polling centre during the seventh phase of India's general election, in Rangareddy district in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh April 30, 2014. Around 815 million people have registered to vote in the world's biggest election - a number exceeding the population of Europe and a world record - and results of the mammoth exercise, which concludes on May 12, are due on May 16.DANISH SIDDIQUI/Reuters
A child holds a candle as Nepalese from youth groups participate in a candlelight vigil in memory of those killed in a recent avalanche at Mount Everest, in Kathmandu April 30, 2014. 16 local guides were killed during the April 18 avalanche, the highest in a single day in Everest history.BIKASH DWARE/Reuters
A lone boat sails under sunny skies and warm weather in view of hundreds still moored in Elliott Marina in Smith Cove Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Seattle. The National Weather Service says the heat could set records in western Washington and Oregon before things start to cool off Friday as clouds return for the weekend.The Associated Press
In this photo taken on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, Hartford Union's Jacob Ehmke attempts to hand off the baton to Nolan Wallenkamp after falling near the relay point in the 4x800 meter relay during the Washington County Invitational boys' high school athletics meet in Hartford, Wis.John Ehlke/The Associated Press
Metro Meteor, a retired thoroughbred whose abstract art paintings have made him a demi-celebrity in the art world, in Rocky Ridge, Md., April 24, 2014. Proceeds from the wildly successful equine art endeavor help pay Metro's sizable veterinary bills as well as toward a charity finding homes for other retired racehorses.MATT ROTH/The New York Times
A gust of wind blows off Pope Francis' cap during his weekly general audience at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 30, 2014.ALESSANDRO BIANCHI/Reuters