Gallery: The best photos from around the world
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The best photos from the international wire agencies as selected by our image editors.
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A boy dressed as a clown dances during a meeting of the Kings’ Revelry groups in the Santa Marta favela, as part of cultural events celebrating Black Awareness month, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Credit:AP
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Extinction Rebellion activists are removed by City of London Police after they blocked the road during the Lord Mayor’s Show 2021 in London, England. This year’s show will celebrate the election of Alderman Vincent Keaveny as the 693rd Mayor of the City of London in a tradition dating back to the 13th century.Credit:Getty
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A woman touches the makeup of an honorary maid outside a church, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Credit:AP
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Members of the National Orchestral System gather to try to break the Guinness World Record for most instruments used in music, in Caracas, Venezuela. The musicians will play a 12-minute Tchaikovsky piece at a military base under the watchful eyes of hundreds of independent supervisors, tasked with verifying that more than 8,097 instruments are being played at a time.Credit:AP
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Vincent “Super Akouma” Homan reacts during the Tekken 7 tournament at Red Bull Kumite at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.Credit:Getty
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Family feeds in a camp while migrants gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus. A large number of migrants are in makeshift camp on the Belarusian side of the border in cold conditions.Credit:AP
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Protesters hold slogans against the tandem presidential candidacy of the son of the late dictator, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte during a protest outside the Human Rights Commission in Quezon City, Philippines. The daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Sara, registered her candidacy for vice president in next year’s elections and was elected as a voting partner by the son of the late dictator, in an alliance that alerted human rights activists.Credit:AP
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A boy looks at flowers in honor of the victims of the 2015 Paris Terror Attack at the corner of Rue Alibert and Rue Bichat, in Paris, France. In November 2015, three teams of jihadists launched a suicide bombing and a gun attack on bars, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall, killing 130, for which the Islamic State claimed responsibility.Credit:Getty
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A woman walks to a polling station in the town of Bankya, on the outskirts of Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the third time in seven months that Bulgarian voters have to vote after no party has secured enough support in the previous two elections in April and July to form a stable government.Credit:AP