Today's best photos: from dhow racing to cycling - in pictures

  • Sailors take part in the annual long-distance Al Gaffal dhow sailing race near Sir Abu Nu'Ayr island, part of Sharjah. AFP
    Sailors take part in the annual long-distance Al Gaffal dhow sailing race near Sir Abu Nu'Ayr island, part of Sharjah. AFP
  • The National Gun Violence Memorial in Washington, DC. It displays '45,000 flowers representing the number of Americans who die from gun violence each year'. EPA
    The National Gun Violence Memorial in Washington, DC. It displays '45,000 flowers representing the number of Americans who die from gun violence each year'. EPA
  • Taking in the view in Beijing, China, where the World Bank says growth has been disrupted by several Covid-19 outbreaks and will slow to 4.3 per cent this year. EPA
    Taking in the view in Beijing, China, where the World Bank says growth has been disrupted by several Covid-19 outbreaks and will slow to 4.3 per cent this year. EPA
  • Logger Egbontoluwa Marigi, 61, paddles across a flooded forest floor in Ipare, Nigeria. Reuters
    Logger Egbontoluwa Marigi, 61, paddles across a flooded forest floor in Ipare, Nigeria. Reuters
  • Taking pictures of the 'Black Chapel' exhibit, designed by US artist Theaster Gates, at the Serpentine Galleries in London. EPA
    Taking pictures of the 'Black Chapel' exhibit, designed by US artist Theaster Gates, at the Serpentine Galleries in London. EPA
  • Fish vendor Somporn Thathom watches a passenger train rush past her stall at the Mae Klong railway market in Samut Songkhram province, Thailand. AFP
    Fish vendor Somporn Thathom watches a passenger train rush past her stall at the Mae Klong railway market in Samut Songkhram province, Thailand. AFP
  • Young Iraqis swim on a shipwreck in the Shatt Al Arab river, near Basra, in a photo taken by drone. AFP
    Young Iraqis swim on a shipwreck in the Shatt Al Arab river, near Basra, in a photo taken by drone. AFP
  • Iraqi security forces disperse protesters during a demonstration over unemployment in Baghdad's Green Zone. AFP
    Iraqi security forces disperse protesters during a demonstration over unemployment in Baghdad's Green Zone. AFP
  • The pack rides in the third stage of the Criterium du Dauphine cycling race in the south of France. AFP
    The pack rides in the third stage of the Criterium du Dauphine cycling race in the south of France. AFP