Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, May 22

A Jewish man rests at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai during celebrations for the Lag Ba-Omer holiday at on Mount Meron in northern Israel, early morning May 22, 2011. Lag Ba-Omer marks the end of a plague that killed thousands of Jewish scholars in ancient times, as well as the anniversary of the death of Bar Yochai, who had rebelled against Roman rule and is believed to be the author of the Zohar, the core text of Kabbalah mysticism. Holiday traditions include lighting bonfires and cutting the hair of three-year-old boys for the first time. [Photo/Agencies]

Nuns walk to the polling station in the Basque town of Guernica May 22, 2011. Nearly thirty-five million Spanish people are eligible to elect the mayors and local governments of 13 of the 17 autonomous regions in elections marked by the March 15th "los indignados" (the indignant) protest movement. The ruling Socialists are expected to suffer sharp setbacks for their handling of the economic crisis, a year away from general elections. [Photo/Agencies]