some pics..
Festive flames
An ultra-Orthodox boy runs in front of a bonfire in Jerusalem on May 19, celebrating the holiday of Lag Ba'omer, during which fires are lit to commemorate the end of a plague said to have decimated Jews in Roman times.
Row of riders
Cyclists competing in the Giro d'Italia race stretch out on the course under heavy rain clouds May 21, during the 138-mile 11th stage from Faenza to San Dona' di Piave. The race ends June 1 in Milan.
Iraq's precious water
An Iraqi woman washes herself at a broken water pipe in the water-starved Diyala Bridge area of Baghdad on May 19. The pipe is the main water source for an area with more than 50,000 homes.