Today's best photos: from tightrope walking to free birds

  • Tightrope walker Tatiana-Mosio Bongonga crosses the market square in the Swiss town of Vevey on a 180-metre cable during the Ligne Ouverte show. AP
    Tightrope walker Tatiana-Mosio Bongonga crosses the market square in the Swiss town of Vevey on a 180-metre cable during the Ligne Ouverte show. AP
  • Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion take part in a demonstration at Oxford Circus in London. Reuters
    Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion take part in a demonstration at Oxford Circus in London. Reuters
  • Stunt performer Ravi Kumar reaches out to receive money from a spectator at Maut ka Kuan, or the Well of Death, at a local fair in the north Indian city of Dharamshala. AP
    Stunt performer Ravi Kumar reaches out to receive money from a spectator at Maut ka Kuan, or the Well of Death, at a local fair in the north Indian city of Dharamshala. AP
  • Senator and former boxer Manny Pacquiao at an event to campaign for the presidency in Manila, Philippines. Getty
    Senator and former boxer Manny Pacquiao at an event to campaign for the presidency in Manila, Philippines. Getty
  • Crocuses bloom in the Chocholowska Valley in the Tatra Mountains, Poland. EPA
    Crocuses bloom in the Chocholowska Valley in the Tatra Mountains, Poland. EPA
  • Cardinals attend the Palm Sunday Mass led by Pope Francis at the Vatican. Reuters
    Cardinals attend the Palm Sunday Mass led by Pope Francis at the Vatican. Reuters
  • Muslims pray around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Makkah. Saudi Arabia has said it will allow a million Muslims to participate in Hajj this year. AFP
    Muslims pray around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Makkah. Saudi Arabia has said it will allow a million Muslims to participate in Hajj this year. AFP
  • Hundreds of drones fly in formation to depict a peace dove as coloured lights illuminate the LNG-run cruise ship 'AIDAcosma' during its christening ceremony in Hamburg. Germany. AFP
    Hundreds of drones fly in formation to depict a peace dove as coloured lights illuminate the LNG-run cruise ship 'AIDAcosma' during its christening ceremony in Hamburg. Germany. AFP
  • A Ukrainian woman waits as rescue workers search for survivors, including her granddaughter, among the rubble after a Russian attack on the northern town of Borodianka. Getty
    A Ukrainian woman waits as rescue workers search for survivors, including her granddaughter, among the rubble after a Russian attack on the northern town of Borodianka. Getty
  • A crowd watches as a horse falls and dies in front of the main stand during Grand National Day at the Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree, UK. EPA
    A crowd watches as a horse falls and dies in front of the main stand during Grand National Day at the Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree, UK. EPA
  • A Ukrainian soldier fends off an ostrich at a heavily damaged private zoo in the village of Yasnohorodka, outside Kyiv. AP
    A Ukrainian soldier fends off an ostrich at a heavily damaged private zoo in the village of Yasnohorodka, outside Kyiv. AP
  • Members of the Kuala Lumpur Free Fly group gather with their macaws in the Malaysian capital. EPA
    Members of the Kuala Lumpur Free Fly group gather with their macaws in the Malaysian capital. EPA