Today's best photos: from a tornado in the US to royals in Jamaica

  • Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, meet Jamaica's National bobsleigh team in Trench Town, Jamaica, on day four of the Platinum Jubilee Royal Tour of the Caribbean. Reuters
    Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, meet Jamaica's National bobsleigh team in Trench Town, Jamaica, on day four of the Platinum Jubilee Royal Tour of the Caribbean. Reuters
  • A worker checks the electric wires to hang lanterns for Buddha's birthday celebrations on May 8 at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea. AP
    A worker checks the electric wires to hang lanterns for Buddha's birthday celebrations on May 8 at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea. AP
  • A woman walks through a destroyed home following a tornado in Round Rock, Texas, US. Reuters
    A woman walks through a destroyed home following a tornado in Round Rock, Texas, US. Reuters
  • Residents fill water containers and wash their clothes from municipal water pipes alongside a polluted water channel at a slum in Kolkata, India. Reuters
    Residents fill water containers and wash their clothes from municipal water pipes alongside a polluted water channel at a slum in Kolkata, India. Reuters
  • Director of Mykolaiv Zoo, Volodymyr Topchyi, poses with an exploded Russian rocket that landed in his backyard in Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine. AFP
    Director of Mykolaiv Zoo, Volodymyr Topchyi, poses with an exploded Russian rocket that landed in his backyard in Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine. AFP
  • Girls arrive at school in Kabul. The reopening of secondary schools for girls across Afghanistan on March 23 prompted joy and apprehension among students. AFP
    Girls arrive at school in Kabul. The reopening of secondary schools for girls across Afghanistan on March 23 prompted joy and apprehension among students. AFP
  • A firefighter works at a residential district in Kyiv, Ukraine, that was damaged by shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues. Reuters
    A firefighter works at a residential district in Kyiv, Ukraine, that was damaged by shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues. Reuters
  • A Delhi police officer tries to stop an opposition Congress party supporter during a protest against rising inflation and price hikes of essential commodities in New Delhi, India. AP
    A Delhi police officer tries to stop an opposition Congress party supporter during a protest against rising inflation and price hikes of essential commodities in New Delhi, India. AP
  • Pictures lie amid the rubble of former teacher Natalia's house in Kyiv, which was hit in a military strike, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Reuters
    Pictures lie amid the rubble of former teacher Natalia's house in Kyiv, which was hit in a military strike, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Reuters
  • The moon sets behind the Great Giewont peak in the Tatra Mountains, Zakopane, southern Poland. EPA
    The moon sets behind the Great Giewont peak in the Tatra Mountains, Zakopane, southern Poland. EPA
  • A resident twirls a dragon-shaped ribbon near a barricaded coronavirus testing site outside the Drum Tower in Beijing, China. AP
    A resident twirls a dragon-shaped ribbon near a barricaded coronavirus testing site outside the Drum Tower in Beijing, China. AP