Today's best photos: from a shuttle launch to a volcanic eruption – in pictures

  • A rocket carrying the Boeing Starliner crew capsule lifts off on a second test flight to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral, Florida. AP
    A rocket carrying the Boeing Starliner crew capsule lifts off on a second test flight to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral, Florida. AP
  • Baltimore Orioles' Anthony Santander is doused as he celebrates heading home in the ninth innings of a baseball game against the New York Yankees in Baltimore. The Orioles won 9-6. AP
    Baltimore Orioles' Anthony Santander is doused as he celebrates heading home in the ninth innings of a baseball game against the New York Yankees in Baltimore. The Orioles won 9-6. AP
  • The orange glow of continuing battle is projected on to the clouds as a satellite crosses the starry sky above Kharkiv, Ukraine. EPA
    The orange glow of continuing battle is projected on to the clouds as a satellite crosses the starry sky above Kharkiv, Ukraine. EPA
  • A boy stands by empty cylinders as queues to buy domestic gas at a distribution centre, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters
    A boy stands by empty cylinders as queues to buy domestic gas at a distribution centre, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters
  • Riders of stables run by French trainer Francois Nicolle participate in a practice session in Saint-Augustin-sur-Mer, south-western France. Nicolle will on Sunday try to win the Grand Steeplechase of Paris. AFP
    Riders of stables run by French trainer Francois Nicolle participate in a practice session in Saint-Augustin-sur-Mer, south-western France. Nicolle will on Sunday try to win the Grand Steeplechase of Paris. AFP
  • Lava flows from the crater of Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, as seen from Turgo village in Sleman. AFP
    Lava flows from the crater of Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, as seen from Turgo village in Sleman. AFP