Today's best photos: From T20 cricket fans to missing hiker found - in pictures

  • Afghan fans gather to watch the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh at a live screening in Jalalabad. Afghanistan made it to their first T20 World Cup semi-final with an eight-run victory. AFP
    Afghan fans gather to watch the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh at a live screening in Jalalabad. Afghanistan made it to their first T20 World Cup semi-final with an eight-run victory. AFP
  • Models are helped down after presenting creations by Iris van Herpen as 'aerial sculptures' at her haute couture autumn/winter show at Paris Fashion Week. AFP
    Models are helped down after presenting creations by Iris van Herpen as 'aerial sculptures' at her haute couture autumn/winter show at Paris Fashion Week. AFP
  • Ali Abdula, 16, carries his two malnourished younger siblings on a donkey past people lining up to register for aid at a camp in Agari, North Kordofan, Sudan. More than 10 million people have been displaced within Sudan since the civil war broke out in April 2023, according to the International Organisation for Migration. AFP
    Ali Abdula, 16, carries his two malnourished younger siblings on a donkey past people lining up to register for aid at a camp in Agari, North Kordofan, Sudan. More than 10 million people have been displaced within Sudan since the civil war broke out in April 2023, according to the International Organisation for Migration. AFP
  • Smoke rises following unrest in Dumbea, New Caledonia, as anger over a controversial electoral reform bill lingers. It comes as independence activists linked to a group accused of orchestrating deadly riots last month in the French Pacific territory have been sent to mainland France for pre-trial detention. AFP
    Smoke rises following unrest in Dumbea, New Caledonia, as anger over a controversial electoral reform bill lingers. It comes as independence activists linked to a group accused of orchestrating deadly riots last month in the French Pacific territory have been sent to mainland France for pre-trial detention. AFP
  • Ukrainian soldiers of 43rd Artillery Brigade fire a 2S7 self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions at the frontline in Donetsk region. AP
    Ukrainian soldiers of 43rd Artillery Brigade fire a 2S7 self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions at the frontline in Donetsk region. AP
  • Investigators at the scene of a fire at a lithium battery plant in Hwaseong, South Korea, which killed at least 22 people, including 20 foreign nationals. EPA
    Investigators at the scene of a fire at a lithium battery plant in Hwaseong, South Korea, which killed at least 22 people, including 20 foreign nationals. EPA
  • A prototype eight-wheeled armoured fighting vehicle with a 105mm tank gun on display at a military testing facility in Nantou county, central Taiwan. EPA
    A prototype eight-wheeled armoured fighting vehicle with a 105mm tank gun on display at a military testing facility in Nantou county, central Taiwan. EPA
  • Kenyan protesters chant anti-government slogans during a nationwide strike to demonstrate against tax hikes and a finance bill in downtown Nairobi. AFP
    Kenyan protesters chant anti-government slogans during a nationwide strike to demonstrate against tax hikes and a finance bill in downtown Nairobi. AFP
  • A stork sets off from its nest in the outskirts of Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany. AP
    A stork sets off from its nest in the outskirts of Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany. AP
  • Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak delivers a speech in central London, as part of the Conservatives' general election campaign. AFP
    Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak delivers a speech in central London, as part of the Conservatives' general election campaign. AFP
  • French photographer Raymond Depardon poses with his Leica camera during the installation of an exhibition of some of his photographs taken during the Olympic Games, in Paris. AFP
    French photographer Raymond Depardon poses with his Leica camera during the installation of an exhibition of some of his photographs taken during the Olympic Games, in Paris. AFP
  • A homeless man pulls a cart carrying his belongings along the road in Mexico City. AFP
    A homeless man pulls a cart carrying his belongings along the road in Mexico City. AFP
  • Hiker Lukas McClish, 34, is reunited with his family in rural Boulder Creek after going missing for 10 days in the mountains of Northern California, US. AP
    Hiker Lukas McClish, 34, is reunited with his family in rural Boulder Creek after going missing for 10 days in the mountains of Northern California, US. AP