Snapshots: the world in 24 hours, May 8

Spanish mounted official ride his horse before the start of a bullfight in The Maestranza bullring in Seville May 8, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

An Israeli soldier stands still at an Iron Dome unit in the coastal city of Ashkelon, north of the Gaza Strip, as a one-minute siren marking Memorial Day is sounded across Israel May 8, 2011. Israel commemorates its fallen soldiers on Memorial Day, which begins Sunday night. [Photo/Agencies]