• A skier follows a track towards Chimmispitz mountain, in St Margrethenberg, Switzerland. EPA
    A skier follows a track towards Chimmispitz mountain, in St Margrethenberg, Switzerland. EPA
  • A female houbara bustard looks on while a male performs a courtship dance, in the Al Dhafra desert, in western UAE. AFP
    A female houbara bustard looks on while a male performs a courtship dance, in the Al Dhafra desert, in western UAE. AFP
  • A man stands on the spiral ramp of the 52-metre high Al Malwiya minaret – known as the Snail Shell minaret – at the Al Mutawakkil Mosque, Samarra, Iraq. AP Photo
    A man stands on the spiral ramp of the 52-metre high Al Malwiya minaret – known as the Snail Shell minaret – at the Al Mutawakkil Mosque, Samarra, Iraq. AP Photo
  • An Orthodox Christian Tigrayan refugee, who fled the conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray region, reads prayers with his son in front of a church at the Hamdeyat Transition Center, near the Sudan-Ethiopia border, eastern Sudan. AP Photo
    An Orthodox Christian Tigrayan refugee, who fled the conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray region, reads prayers with his son in front of a church at the Hamdeyat Transition Center, near the Sudan-Ethiopia border, eastern Sudan. AP Photo
  • Camels race near the Sudanese village of Al Ikhlas, west of the city of Omdurman. The event is organised by camel-rearing tribal families to celebrate their heritage. AFP
    Camels race near the Sudanese village of Al Ikhlas, west of the city of Omdurman. The event is organised by camel-rearing tribal families to celebrate their heritage. AFP
  • A prisoner receives the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine, during a campaign to inoculate inmates at the Santiago Vazquez prison in Montevideo, Uruguay. Reuters
    A prisoner receives the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine, during a campaign to inoculate inmates at the Santiago Vazquez prison in Montevideo, Uruguay. Reuters
  • Dustin, an asylum-seeking migrant from Honduras, holds his son Jerrardo, 6, as they wake at sunrise next to other migrants, in La Joya, Texas, US, after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico on rafts. Reuters
    Dustin, an asylum-seeking migrant from Honduras, holds his son Jerrardo, 6, as they wake at sunrise next to other migrants, in La Joya, Texas, US, after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico on rafts. Reuters
  • Helen Park Truong, 34, and Sarah Tang, 31, embrace after laying flowers at a makeshift memorial outside the Gold Spa, following the deadly shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, US. Reuters
    Helen Park Truong, 34, and Sarah Tang, 31, embrace after laying flowers at a makeshift memorial outside the Gold Spa, following the deadly shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, US. Reuters
  • A worker in a hazmat suit disinfects a street as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19, at a village in the Manila metropolitan area, Philippines. Reuters
    A worker in a hazmat suit disinfects a street as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19, at a village in the Manila metropolitan area, Philippines. Reuters
  • Crew member Paul Laity poses with a lobster on the 'Harvester II' trawler, off coast of Falmouth, Cornwall, England. Due to export issues since the UK left the EU, the trawler's owners now sell their catch to local markets. Getty Images
    Crew member Paul Laity poses with a lobster on the 'Harvester II' trawler, off coast of Falmouth, Cornwall, England. Due to export issues since the UK left the EU, the trawler's owners now sell their catch to local markets. Getty Images
  • A boy peers out of a shattered window in the aftermath of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least four people were killed and 11 injured in a bomb attack targeting a minibus carrying government employees. EPA
    A boy peers out of a shattered window in the aftermath of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least four people were killed and 11 injured in a bomb attack targeting a minibus carrying government employees. EPA

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From Houbara bustard courtship in UAE to a 52-metre high minaret in Iraq - today's best pictures

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March 20, 2021

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