Pictures of the day: May 18, 2017

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world

A grocer waits for customers next to his stand at a food market in Madrid, Spain. PHOTO: REUTERS

Honour guards prepare for a welcoming ceremony for Argentina's President Mauricio Macri at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. PHOTO: REUTERS

70th Cannes Film Festival - Photocall for the film "Les fantomes d'Ismael" (Ismael's Ghosts) out of competition - Cannes, France. Cast member Marion Cotillard poses. PHOTO: REUTERS

An LGBT activist attends a rally against Homophobia and Transphobia in Kiev, Ukraine. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Brazilian Public-Safety National Force policeman patrols the streets near the Chapadao slums complex during a security operation on an effort to crack down on crime in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PHOTO: REUTERS

Tennis - WTA - Rome Open - Maria Sharapova of Russia v Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia - Rome, Italy. Sharapova serves the ball. PHOTO: REUTERS

An Indian tiger rests in a pool of water amid rising temperatures at Alipore Zoological Gardens in Kolkata. PHOTO: REUTERS

A picture shows a funicular on its way to the top of the ancient hilltop fortress of Masada in the Judean desert, overlooking the Dead Sea. PHOTO: REUTERS

The skyline of Dubai is pictured from the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world standing at 828 metres, PHOTO: REUTERS

People are transported in a canoe along a flooded street in Cali, Colombia. PHOTO: AFP

An Indian man walks over the parched bed of a reservoir on the outskirts of Chennai. PHOTO: AFP

Indian children eat food on a foothpath in New Delhi. PHOTO: AFP

Indian fishermen use nets to tray to catch fish at a lake in New Delhi. PHOTO: AFP

Relatives of the victims of the Hotel Rigopiano hit by an avalanche last January killing 29 people, release white balloons in the sky during a weekly general audience of Pope Francis at St Peter's square in Vatican. PHOTO: AFP