Today's best photos: from Tom Cruise to Amber Heard - in pictures

  • Green tea plantations in Boseong, South Korea. AFP
    Green tea plantations in Boseong, South Korea. AFP
  • Tom Cruise attends the world premiere of 'Top Gun: Maverick' on the USS Midway in San Diego, California. The film is set for release in US cinemas on May 27. EPA
    Tom Cruise attends the world premiere of 'Top Gun: Maverick' on the USS Midway in San Diego, California. The film is set for release in US cinemas on May 27. EPA
  • Visibility is severely reduced in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, during a heavy sandstorm. AFP
    Visibility is severely reduced in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, during a heavy sandstorm. AFP
  • Israeli police secure a door of the Al Aqsa Mosque after clashes erupted between Israelis and Palestinians at the compound in Old Jerusalem. AFP
    Israeli police secure a door of the Al Aqsa Mosque after clashes erupted between Israelis and Palestinians at the compound in Old Jerusalem. AFP
  • France's President Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by his wife Brigitte, welcomes India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Reuters
    France's President Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by his wife Brigitte, welcomes India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Reuters
  • Tourists playing with bubbles at a park in Qianxinan, in China's southwestern Guizhou province. AFP
    Tourists playing with bubbles at a park in Qianxinan, in China's southwestern Guizhou province. AFP
  • US President Joe Biden welcomes Olympians to the White House in Washington, DC, USA. They participated in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. EPA
    US President Joe Biden welcomes Olympians to the White House in Washington, DC, USA. They participated in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. EPA
  • Girls look out from a window on a visit to Wadi Hussein Mosque, also known as the Talo Mano – one of the oldest mosques in Thailand – on a public holiday following Eid Al Fitr. AFP
    Girls look out from a window on a visit to Wadi Hussein Mosque, also known as the Talo Mano – one of the oldest mosques in Thailand – on a public holiday following Eid Al Fitr. AFP
  • US actress Amber Heard stands in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Court during a defamation case against her by ex-husband Johnny Depp, in Virginia. AFP
    US actress Amber Heard stands in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Court during a defamation case against her by ex-husband Johnny Depp, in Virginia. AFP