Today's best photos: from Cannes Film Festival to Alexei Navalny - in pictures

  • A guest arrives to attend the screening of 'Final Cut (Coupez !)' ahead of the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival in southern France. AFP
    A guest arrives to attend the screening of 'Final Cut (Coupez !)' ahead of the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival in southern France. AFP
  • A controlled detonation of explosive devices found by members of the Special Demining Unit of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, near Borodianka. Reuters
    A controlled detonation of explosive devices found by members of the Special Demining Unit of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, near Borodianka. Reuters
  • Lightning illuminates the sky over Nagykanizsa in Hungary. AP
    Lightning illuminates the sky over Nagykanizsa in Hungary. AP
  • A person passes Australian artist Ron Mueck’s large-scale installation 'Mass' which comprises more than 100 hand-cast skulls at an exhibition in Melbourne. AFP
    A person passes Australian artist Ron Mueck’s large-scale installation 'Mass' which comprises more than 100 hand-cast skulls at an exhibition in Melbourne. AFP
  • Workers watch the launch of the second advanced stealth frigate warship named 'Udaygiri', in Mumbai, India. Reuters
    Workers watch the launch of the second advanced stealth frigate warship named 'Udaygiri', in Mumbai, India. Reuters
  • Sled dogs are pictured during a tour in Bolterdalen valley, located on Spitsbergen island in northern Norway. AFP
    Sled dogs are pictured during a tour in Bolterdalen valley, located on Spitsbergen island in northern Norway. AFP
  • The Duchess of Cornwall looks on as Prince Charles reacts to a bad pour of beer he made at the Quidi Vidi Brewery in Newfoundland and Labrador, as they begin a three-day Canadian tour. AFP
    The Duchess of Cornwall looks on as Prince Charles reacts to a bad pour of beer he made at the Quidi Vidi Brewery in Newfoundland and Labrador, as they begin a three-day Canadian tour. AFP
  • A migrant walks on the Mexico side of the border wall across from Yuma, Arizona. AFP
    A migrant walks on the Mexico side of the border wall across from Yuma, Arizona. AFP
  • Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via video link from a corrective penal colony in Pokrov before a court hearing to consider an appeal against his prison sentence in Moscow. Reuters
    Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via video link from a corrective penal colony in Pokrov before a court hearing to consider an appeal against his prison sentence in Moscow. Reuters