Week in pictures: 3-9 May

Pilgrims ride to the El Rocio shrine in southern Spain. The pilgrimage is the largest in Spain with devotees in traditional outfits travelling on horseback across Andalusia.

Barack Obama wins North Carolina's Democratic primary, boosting his campaign after a recent rocky patch.

Violence erupts in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, with clashes between government supporters and the Hezbollah-led opposition.

Israel celebrates its 60th anniversary with fireworks, light shows and parties.

Prince William plays a game on a Wii console with Martyn James during a visit to the Valleys Kids Project.

Workers begin the huge task of cleaning Beijing's Tiananmen Square ahead of the city's hosting of the Olympic Games in August.

Almost a week after a devastating cyclone hit low-lying areas of southern Burma, hundreds of thousands of people are still in urgent need of help.

A Serbian woman looks through a window of a tram as supporters of the pro-Western Liberal Democratic Parties wave flags in Belgrade.

Tanks and other military hardware parade through Moscow's Red Square for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The restored Vulcan XH558 arrives back at Bruntingthorpe airfield in England.

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