In pictures: Eyewitness May 2009

Alberta, US, 28 May 2009: Canadian Jeff Fehr jumps in front of a cowboy settlement at the historic Bar U Ranch in Alberta before taking part in the Red Bull S-Fighters World Tour 2009 Photograph: Reuters

Gaza Strip, 26 May 2009: People gather by the sea to take advantage of a rare commodity in the territory: space. ‘It’s the one place where you can breathe good air,’ says one resident Photograph: Antonio Olmos

Sri Lanka, 23 May 2009: Aerial view of the abandoned enclave in the north-east where Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam separatists made their last stand before being defeated by the Sri Lankan military Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images

London, UK, 18 May 2009: While the champagne flowed and celebrities mingled, Chelsea’s growers responded to recession with displays including these low-maintenance cacti Photograph: Graeme Robertson

Wimbledon, UK, 17 May 2009: Tim Henman and Andre Agassi take part in a mini-tournament to inaugurate Centre Court’s retractable roof. Rain dutifully fell, but it failed to stop play Photograph: Tom Jenkins

Chota Lahore, Pakistan, 12 May 2009: A young girl outside her tent in the Chota Lahore relief camp. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled homes in north-western Pakistan as the military battles the Taliban Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Jerusalem, 12 May 2009: Pope Benedict XVI leaves a prayer asking for peace in the Middle East at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, one of Judaism's holiest sites, as part of his tour of the region Photograph: Reuters

Beichuan, China, 10 May 2009: Visitors to the town burn offerings to mark the first anniversary of the earthquake which devastated south-west China. Up to 90,000 people were killed in Sichuan and Beichuan lost more than 80% of its population Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images

Las Vegas, US, 2 May 2009: British boxer Ricky Hatton lies on the canvas after suffering a brutal knockout by Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines in the secondround of their IBO light-welterweight world title fight. It was Hatton’s second, and heaviest, defeat in 47 bouts, and may preface the 30 -year-old’s retirement Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images