Today's best photos: from Queen Elizabeth with her ponies to dusk in Tokyo

  • Queen Elizabeth II holds her Fell ponies, Bybeck Nightingale, right, and Bybeck Katie in this picture released by The Royal Windsor Horse Show to mark her 96th birthday. Reuters
    Queen Elizabeth II holds her Fell ponies, Bybeck Nightingale, right, and Bybeck Katie in this picture released by The Royal Windsor Horse Show to mark her 96th birthday. Reuters
  • Women cross a street at dusk in Tokyo. AFP
    Women cross a street at dusk in Tokyo. AFP
  • A US Bradley Fighting Vehicle patrols the countryside of the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in Syria's Hasakeh province. AFP
    A US Bradley Fighting Vehicle patrols the countryside of the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in Syria's Hasakeh province. AFP
  • Worshippers place the Quran on their heads during prayer rituals which mark the night the holy book was first revealed to the Prophet Mohammed, at the Imam Ali shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf. AFP
    Worshippers place the Quran on their heads during prayer rituals which mark the night the holy book was first revealed to the Prophet Mohammed, at the Imam Ali shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf. AFP
  • Aerial view showing the construction of the Mayan Train between Tulum and Playa del Carmen in Mexico. A Mexican judge suspended construction of part of the tourist train project due to a lack of environmental impact studies. AFP
    Aerial view showing the construction of the Mayan Train between Tulum and Playa del Carmen in Mexico. A Mexican judge suspended construction of part of the tourist train project due to a lack of environmental impact studies. AFP
  • Elvia Garcia kisses her 2-year-old son Joshua while they wait with hundreds of other residents to pick up free groceries from the food pantry in Chelsea, Massachusetts, US. Reuters
    Elvia Garcia kisses her 2-year-old son Joshua while they wait with hundreds of other residents to pick up free groceries from the food pantry in Chelsea, Massachusetts, US. Reuters
  • A couple light a small fire on their family grave during Orthodox Maundy Thursday memorial for the departed ones, at a cemetery in Copaciu, Romania. EPA
    A couple light a small fire on their family grave during Orthodox Maundy Thursday memorial for the departed ones, at a cemetery in Copaciu, Romania. EPA
  • Temporary police personnel practice with canes during their 10-day training in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepal's government recruited about 100,000 civilians to support security forces in the upcoming local elections. EPA
    Temporary police personnel practice with canes during their 10-day training in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepal's government recruited about 100,000 civilians to support security forces in the upcoming local elections. EPA
  • A man explores a destroyed tank in Ivanivka village, in Ukraine. EPA
    A man explores a destroyed tank in Ivanivka village, in Ukraine. EPA
  • Asylum seekers, mainly from Afghanistan, stand by their tents at a makeshift migrant camp in Pantin, in the suburbs of Paris. AFP
    Asylum seekers, mainly from Afghanistan, stand by their tents at a makeshift migrant camp in Pantin, in the suburbs of Paris. AFP
  • Spanish tennis player Carlos Taberner returns the ball against Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime during their tennis match at the Barcelona Open tennis tournament. EPA
    Spanish tennis player Carlos Taberner returns the ball against Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime during their tennis match at the Barcelona Open tennis tournament. EPA
  • Elvis tribute artists on board the Elvis Express train to Parkes NSW in Sydney, Australia. The Parkes Elvis Festival is held annually over five days. Getty Images
    Elvis tribute artists on board the Elvis Express train to Parkes NSW in Sydney, Australia. The Parkes Elvis Festival is held annually over five days. Getty Images