Snapshots: the world in 24 hours, May 8

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev lays flowers during a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier on the eve of Victory Day celebrations in Moscow, May 8, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

Buddhists pray during a ceremony to commemorate the birth of Buddha, at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei May 8, 2011. Buddha's birthday falls on the eighth day of the fourth month of the Chinese lunar calendar and was marked in Taipei on Sunday with a statue bathing ceremony. [Photo/Agencies]