Today in Pictures, May 5, 2016

Raging wildfires in Alberta, Canada, religious celebrations in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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May 05, 2016, 12:02 PM

An aerial view from the helicopter of Alberta Premier Rachel Notley shows smoke rising from raging wildfires in Alberta, Canada, on May 4, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Kashmiri Muslims pray as an unseen custodian displays a holy relic, believed to be hair from Prophet Muhammad's beard, during celebrations for Miraj-Ul-Alam (ascension to heaven) at Kashmir's main Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, on May 5, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Residents stay on tombs after their makeshift houses were hit by fire inside a public cemetery in Manila, on May 4, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A man moves a block of balls in the Underground Recycled Balls Exhibit below Dupont Circle in the former trolley station in Washington, on May 4, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Elderly people attend an aquatic exercise at a private pool in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 28, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Turkish plain clothes police officers clash with protesters against the fights between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP), in Istanbul, on May 4, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A Jordanian soldier searches a Syrian refugee crossing into Jordanian territory after a group of refugees had crossed into Jordanian territory, near the town of Ruwaished, at the Hadalat area, east of the capital Amman, May 4, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Supporters of Brazilian Corinthians cheer for their team during the 2016 Copa Libertadores football match against Uruguay's Nacional held at Arena Corinthians stadium, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on May 4, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A Flamingo rests in the sun in their enclosure at the zoo in Cologne, western Germany, on May 4, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Russell Martin #55 of the Toronto Blue Jays has Gatorade dumped on him by Darwin Barney #18 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, on May 4, 2016. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

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