Best pictures from August 4
A World War II American plane flies in front of a wall of fire as it takes part in a re-enactment of the attack on Pearl Harbor during an afternoon air show at the EAA AirVenture at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin August 3, 2013.DARREN HAUCK/Reuters
Men wearing traditional knight costumes take part in the Alka competition in the town of Sinj in southern Croatia August 4, 2013. Alka is a horseback riding tournament which has been held every August in the Croatian town of Sinj since 1715, commemorating the victory over Ottoman Turkish administration.ANTONIO BRONIC/Reuters
Los Angeles Angels shortstop Erick Aybar (2) and Toronto Blue Jays' Brett Lawrie (R) react at second base after an umpire's safe call after Lawrie decided to return to second on a botched pick off attempt in the ninth inning during their MLB American League baseball game in Anaheim, California August 4, 2013.ALEX GALLARDO/Reuters
The shadow of a semi-rigid and helium-filled airship, the Zeppelin NT, is cast on a harvested wheat field as it approaches an airport outside Cergy-Pointoise, near Paris, August 4, 2013.JOHN SCHULTS/Reuters
Honey bees collect nectar from an Eryngium plant in the gardens of Great Dixter in Northiam, East Sussex August 4, 2013. Great Dixter was the family home of gardener and gardening writer Christopher Lloyd.CHRIS HELGREN/Reuters
Christine Swidorsky carries her son and the couple's best man, Logan Stevenson, 2, down the aisle to her husband-to-be Sean Stevenson during the wedding ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013 in Jeannette, Pa. The Stevensons abandoned an original wedding date of July 2014 after learning from doctors late last month that their son had two to three weeks to live. The couple wanted Logan to see them marry and to be part of family photos. Logan, who was born Oct. 22, 2010, was diagnosed shortly after his first birthday with acute myeloid leukemia. He has Fanconi anemia, a rare disease that often leads to cancer.Eric Schmadel
A girl cries while playing with other children in Mbare township, outside Harare August 4, 2013.SIPHIWE SIBEKO/Reuters
A H-2B rocket carrying cargo for the International Space Station blasts off from the launching pad at Tanegashima Space Center on the Japanese southwestern island of Tanegashima, about 1,000km southwest of Tokyo, August 4, 2013. The rocket, also known as "Kounotori," which means stork, is carrying a small robot that will help Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata conduct experiments in space. Picture taken with a fish-eye lens and four-minute exposure time.KYODO/Reuters
Competitors start a Women's 4x100m individual medley relay heat at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013.Daniel Ochoa de Olza/The Associated Press
Summer vacationers pack a mammoth pool at the Tokyo Summerland in Akiruno on the outskirts of Tokyo, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. About 12,000 people flocked to the pool to cool off under heat on Sunday.Itsuo Inouye/The Associated Press
A man performs a jump on his bicycle across from the skyline of New York in a park along the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey, August 4, 2013.GARY HERSHORN/Reuters