Today's best photos: from a packed house to a balancing act - in pictures

  • Applause at a conference of North Korea's ruling party. Reuters
    Applause at a conference of North Korea's ruling party. Reuters
  • Animal keeper Kirilo Trantin comforts an elephant at Kiev Zoo in Ukraine. AP
    Animal keeper Kirilo Trantin comforts an elephant at Kiev Zoo in Ukraine. AP
  • A replica of the Statue of Liberty in Colmar, eastern France, covered in the national colours of Ukraine. AFP
    A replica of the Statue of Liberty in Colmar, eastern France, covered in the national colours of Ukraine. AFP
  • New Zealand police move in to clear protesters from Parliament grounds in Wellington during demonstrations against Covid-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions. AFP
    New Zealand police move in to clear protesters from Parliament grounds in Wellington during demonstrations against Covid-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions. AFP
  • Icelandic stallions eat hay from a box at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany. AP
    Icelandic stallions eat hay from a box at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany. AP
  • An Atlas V rocket carrying the GOES-T weather satellite takes off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. AFP
    An Atlas V rocket carrying the GOES-T weather satellite takes off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. AFP
  • Vendors carry their goods at a market in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Reuters
    Vendors carry their goods at a market in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Reuters