Best photos of April 23: Canoes in Mauritania to settlers arrested in the Golan Heights

Docked pirogues at the Port Artisanal in Nouadhibou, Mauritania. AFP
Columns of smoke rise from a mountainous area as wildfires burn around the town of Otsuchi in north-eastern Japan. Reuters
Displaced women hold their severely malnourished babies at a medical centre in Kismayo, Somalia. AFP
Scaffolding set up in London's Westminster Abbey amid preparations for repairs to the nave ceiling. PA
An employee checks the quality of raw cotton at a warehouse in Gujarat, India. Reuters
The US Navy's Blue Angels perform during the Cocoa Beach Airshow in Florida. Photo: US Navy
Israeli settlers from the right-wing Nachala movement march near the border with Gaza, calling for the resettlement of the enclave. Getty Images
Israeli soldiers detain a group of far-right activists after they crossed the security fence into the Syrian buffer zone near Majdal Shams, in the occupied Golan Heights. EPA