In pictures: World & nation today
Fans take their picture wearing wrestling masks given away as a promotion as they later set a Guinness World Record for 'largest gathering of people wearing costume masks' during the game between the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, in Anaheim, California.
Actress Sonakshi Sinha strikes a pose during the launch of May issue of the Filmfare Magazine in Mumbai on Wednesday - PTI
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives at Kabul International Airport on Thursday.
Lobsang Sangay, the Prime Minister of Tibetan government-in-exile, speaks to the media during a hunger strike of the members of Tibetan Youth Congress at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
This photo taken on May 6, 2011 shows the dried up bank of the Yangtze River in southwest China's Chongqing municipality. The drought on China's Yangtze river has led to historically low water levels that have forced authorities to halt shipping on the nation's longest waterway.
The morning sun shines on the Kamaishi Bay while a Buddha statue of 'Kamaishi Kannon' stands on the top of the mountain at the tsunami-devastated city of Kamaishi, Iwate state, Japan. The March 11 earthquake and subsequent tsunami left some 26,000 dead or missing and obliterated whole towns and villages on the country's northeast coast.
Residents wait outside the city of Lorca, southern Spain, after a magnitude 5.2 quake killed at least 10 people, toppling buildings into the streets and sending panicked residents fleeing. Ten people have perished, officials said.
The second of six C-17 Globemaster III airlifters for the United Arab Emirates Air Force and Air Defence is being assembled at the Boeing assembly facility in Long Beach, California. The UAE will take delivery of three more C-17s this year and two in 2012 as it modernizes its airlift capabilities.
A local man fishes while standing on a flooded section of the Bill Ramsey Memorial Highway near Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. The Mississippi river at Vicksburg is expected to rise an additional four feet. Heavy rains have left the ground saturated, rivers swollen, and have caused widespread flooding in the American states of Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
Angelina Jolie and Jack Black pose in front of a giant panda during a photo call for Kung Fu Panda 2, at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France.
Police lathicharge Congress activists during their chakka jam in Lucknow in protest against the arrest of Rahul Gandhi in Greater Noida.
Senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi stage a 24-hr dharna at Ambedkar Park in Ghaziabad on Thursday in support of farmers of Greater Noida who want more compensation from the state government for their acquired land.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai during a ceremonial welcome on his arrival in Kabul on Thursday.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Afghan President Hamid Karzai attend a luncheon at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. PM Singh flew into Afghanistan for a two-day visit set to include talks on the regional impact of Osama bin Laden's death and future aid projects.
A visitor walks at the Great Roman Empire sand sculpture exhibition in Moscow's Kolomenskoye open-air museum. According to the sculptures' creators the statues depict G8 leaders in Roman togas, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, US President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Howitzers are tested during the joint military drill Vijayee Bhava of Army and Air Force near Indo-Pak border, in Bikaner.
Participants of the Suit-and-High-heels Run a 50-metres race in the business district Zuidas in Amsterdam. The run is a teaser for the running event, 'Zuidas Run', for charity that will take place on May 19th.
Social activist Medha Patkar being arrested by the UP police when she tried to visit Bhatta Parsaul village in Greater Noida on Thursday. She was released later.
Man hangs up giant cut-out of election symbol of Trinamool Congress party outside home of party leader Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata.
Pakistani security officials inspect site following a suicide and bomb attack in Peshawar.
Trinamool Congress party supporters pose as they celebrate outside residence Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata.
Trinamool Congress party leader Mamata Banerjee speaks to party supporters outside her residence in Kolkata.
Trinamool Congress party supporters paint their faces with colored powder as they celebrate.