Today's best photos: from skateboarding in Ghana to marshland harvest

  • Men collect reed harvested from the marshlands in Dhi Qar province, southern Iraq. It is used to feed buffalo and cattle, and as a raw material in the construction of traditional houses. AFP
    Men collect reed harvested from the marshlands in Dhi Qar province, southern Iraq. It is used to feed buffalo and cattle, and as a raw material in the construction of traditional houses. AFP
  • Pope Francis poses with members of the Italian Chefs Federation during his weekly general audience at the Vatican. Reuters
    Pope Francis poses with members of the Italian Chefs Federation during his weekly general audience at the Vatican. Reuters
  • Family members of Borys Romanchenko attend the funeral of the Holocaust survivor in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Romanchenko was killed by Russian shelling, aged 96. Reuters
    Family members of Borys Romanchenko attend the funeral of the Holocaust survivor in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Romanchenko was killed by Russian shelling, aged 96. Reuters
  • Men lead camels at the port of La Goulette in Tunis, as Tunisia welcomes the first cruise from Europe since 2019 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. AFP
    Men lead camels at the port of La Goulette in Tunis, as Tunisia welcomes the first cruise from Europe since 2019 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. AFP
  • Action from the 11th GCC sailing championship in Kuwait City. AFP
    Action from the 11th GCC sailing championship in Kuwait City. AFP
  • Children play in front of a building damaged in the Ukraine-Russia conflict, in the besieged southern port of Mariupol. Reuters
    Children play in front of a building damaged in the Ukraine-Russia conflict, in the besieged southern port of Mariupol. Reuters
  • Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson wipes away tears as she appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination to be an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court, in Washington. AFP
    Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson wipes away tears as she appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination to be an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court, in Washington. AFP
  • Twins Adelaide and Adeline Yeboah, 18, get ready to practise at the Freedom Skate Park in Accra, Ghana. It is open every Thursday exclusively to women and girls, who can use the equipment and take lessons for nothing. Reuters
    Twins Adelaide and Adeline Yeboah, 18, get ready to practise at the Freedom Skate Park in Accra, Ghana. It is open every Thursday exclusively to women and girls, who can use the equipment and take lessons for nothing. Reuters
  • Forensics officers take samples on a balcony after five people appeared to have jumped from a seventh-floor apartment, in Montreux, Switzerland. Reuters
    Forensics officers take samples on a balcony after five people appeared to have jumped from a seventh-floor apartment, in Montreux, Switzerland. Reuters
  • Emergency teams using sniffer dogs to find the black box after a plane crashed with 132 people on board in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. AP
    Emergency teams using sniffer dogs to find the black box after a plane crashed with 132 people on board in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. AP