From Christ the Redeemer to Holi festival frolics - today's best photos

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

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  The sun rises over the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. Christ the Redeemer is celebrating its 90th anniversary in October 2021 and is being restored to ensure that it looks its best for the public and visiting tourists. AFP

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  Devotees dressed as Hindu gods prepare to participate in a religious procession from a crematorium on the banks of the Ganges river in Varanasi, India. AFP

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  The celebration cauldron after being lit on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture. AFP

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  A boy attempts a bicycle kick in a flooded area of the Belen community in Iquitos, Peru. AP Photo

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  A long-exposure shows a streak across the sky above an abandoned boat during the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket and 60 Starlink satellites. The launch was from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Florida Today via AP

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  Architect Cristina Ventura, who is in charge of the Christ the Redeemer statue restoration, checks the statue's arm. Work is under way ahead of the statue's 90th anniversary this year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Reuters

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  A Rohingya refugee boy on a stack of burnt material after a fire broke out and destroyed thousands of shelters in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on March 24, 2021. Reuters

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  A satellite image shows Chinese vessels anchored at the Whitsun Reef in the disputed South China Sea. The Philippines government expressed grave concern at the presence of more than 200 Chinese militia boats in the Whitsun Reef area, calling it 'a clear provocative action of militarising the area'. The Chinese embassy in Manila denied the accusations saying they were fishing vessels taking shelter from rough seas. EPA/Maxar Technologies

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  A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage and 36 UK telecommunications and internet satellites blasts off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's far east. AFP Photo / Russian space agency Roscosmos

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  Men throw coloured powder at each other during Lathmar Holi celebrations, held despite the spread of the coronavirus, in the town of Nandgaon, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Reuters

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