Today's best photos: from a Brazilian police dog to newborn lions

  • 'Officer Olveira' a stray dog adopted by Brazilian police and used for campaigns, peers from a patrol car in Rio de Janeiro. AP
    'Officer Olveira' a stray dog adopted by Brazilian police and used for campaigns, peers from a patrol car in Rio de Janeiro. AP
  • Competitors in the Formula Kite men's race on the fourth day of the 51st Princess Sofia Trophy sailing regatta off Palma de Mallorca, Spain. EPA
    Competitors in the Formula Kite men's race on the fourth day of the 51st Princess Sofia Trophy sailing regatta off Palma de Mallorca, Spain. EPA
  • An activist bandages shrapnel holes on the monument of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko in Borodyanka after Russian forces withdrew from the town north-west of Kyiv. AFP
    An activist bandages shrapnel holes on the monument of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko in Borodyanka after Russian forces withdrew from the town north-west of Kyiv. AFP
  • A white-handed gibbon infant born at Skopje Zoo, North Macedonia. Reuters
    A white-handed gibbon infant born at Skopje Zoo, North Macedonia. Reuters
  • US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen Mark Milley answer questions about the war in Ukraine at a Senate committee meeting in Washington. EPA
    US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen Mark Milley answer questions about the war in Ukraine at a Senate committee meeting in Washington. EPA
  • President Joe Biden and Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson watch from the White House in Washington as the Senate votes on her confirmation. AP
    President Joe Biden and Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson watch from the White House in Washington as the Senate votes on her confirmation. AP
  • A DHL cargo plane that broke in two after it skidded off the runway at Juan Santamaria airport, Costa Rica. The Boeing 757 returned to the airport after experiencing problems after take-off. EPA
    A DHL cargo plane that broke in two after it skidded off the runway at Juan Santamaria airport, Costa Rica. The Boeing 757 returned to the airport after experiencing problems after take-off. EPA
  • Pakistan Peoples Party supporters celebrate on the street after a Supreme Court ruling that the National Assembly should reconvene after it was dissolved by Prime Minister Imran Khan. AFP
    Pakistan Peoples Party supporters celebrate on the street after a Supreme Court ruling that the National Assembly should reconvene after it was dissolved by Prime Minister Imran Khan. AFP
  • A Palestinian child peeks out of an abandoned vehicle next to his house on the Gaza-Israel border in Al Bureij. AFP
    A Palestinian child peeks out of an abandoned vehicle next to his house on the Gaza-Israel border in Al Bureij. AFP
  • A Ukrainian refugee carries a dog in a backpack at Poland's Przemysl Glowny station after arriving on a train from Odesa. Reuters
    A Ukrainian refugee carries a dog in a backpack at Poland's Przemysl Glowny station after arriving on a train from Odesa. Reuters
  • Three newborn white lions with their mother in their enclosure at Skopje Zoo, North Macedonia. AFP
    Three newborn white lions with their mother in their enclosure at Skopje Zoo, North Macedonia. AFP
  • Displaced Syrians share an iftar meal, donated by relief organisation ULFAH with support from Malaysia, near Al Bab in Aleppo province. AFP
    Displaced Syrians share an iftar meal, donated by relief organisation ULFAH with support from Malaysia, near Al Bab in Aleppo province. AFP
  • A forest fire is continuing to destroy thousands of hectares of Parque Cumbres, in Nuevo Leon state, Mexico, more than two weeks after it started. EPA
    A forest fire is continuing to destroy thousands of hectares of Parque Cumbres, in Nuevo Leon state, Mexico, more than two weeks after it started. EPA
  • A sandstorm in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq. AFP
    A sandstorm in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq. AFP