PHOTOS of the month: May

We bring you a presentation of some of the best photos from around the world in the month gone by.

Ding Ning of China eyes the ball as she plays against Zhu Fang of Spain during their second round women's singles match at the World Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam May 11

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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011.

Seated, from left, are: Brigadier General Marshall B 'Brad' Webb, Assistant Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command; Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

Standing, from left, are: Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President; Audrey Tomason Director for Counterterrorism; John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth looks at a pint of Guinness poured by Master Brewer Fergal Murray at the Guinness Storehouse, in Dublin May 18. Britain's Queen Elizabeth was on the second day of a four day state visit, the first by a British monarch since Ireland's independence.

A soldier helps a girl to adjust a helmet during the "The great strength of Mexico" army exhibition at the Fundidora park in Monterrey May 5

Spanish assistant bullfighter jumps to drive banderillas into a bull during a bullfight in The Maestranza bullring in Seville on May 4

A man is detained by riot police during demonstrations in north Dublin on May 17. Britain's Queen Elizabeth was on a four day state visit to Ireland during the protest, the first state visit by a British monarch since Ireland's independence

England's Gary Hunt competes in the final of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2011 at Vouliagmeni lake southeast of Athens on May 22

Alejo Muniz of Brazil surfs a wave during a training session for the men's Association of Surfing Professionals Billabong Rio Pro championship at Barra da Tijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro May 11.

Residents on a boat navigate down a flooded farm in the municipality of Cajica near in Bogota on May 21. Downpours due to La Nina have rocked the Andean nation since last year, displacing 3.8 million people and killing almost 450, authorities said

Supporters (Left) of Bulgaria's nationalist party "Attack" clash with Muslim worshippers during Friday prayers in front of the Banya Bashi Mosque in central Sofia on May 20. Supporters of the party clashed with Muslim worshippers on Friday during a rally organised by the party to protest the use of loudspeakers at the mosque

A North Korean soldier holds a badminton racket on the banks of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, May 20

European milk farmers light flares during a demonstration outside the European Parliament in Brussels May 4, 2011. Milk producers protested against lower selling prices of milk

A home is seen protected from encroaching floodwaters by a levee near Yazoo City, Mississippi on May 18. Floodwater released from a key Mississippi River spillway surged through the Louisiana bayou, and levees protecting the state's two biggest cities held as river flows neared their peak.

Weeks of heavy rains and runoff from an unusually snowy winter caused the Mississippi River to rise, flooding thousands of homes and 3 million acres (1.2 million hectares) of farmland in Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas and evoking comparisons to historic floods in 1927 and 1937.