Today's best photos: from Christ the Redeemer to Pope Francis - in pictures
Christ the Redeemer towers over another sunrise in Rio de Janeiro. AFP
An Angolan lion at the Planete Sauvage zoo in Port-Saomt-Pere, outside Nantes, western France. AFP
A helicopter collects water as part of efforts to extinguish a wildfire near Fuente la Reina, in Castellon, Spain. EPA
Floodwater fills the Tulare Lake bed after days of heavy rain in Corcoran, California. Reuters
A visitor admires the grandeur of Mahar Myat Muni pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar. AFP
The International Space Station passes in front of the Moon, as seen from Buzitka, Slovakia. EPA
Colourful scenes from the Seto Machindranath chariot festival in Kathmandu. AFP
Soldiers conduct a joint drill, part of an Africa-India field training exercise, in Pune, India. AFP
Protesters roll tyres towards a barricade in the Kibera neighbourhood of Nairobi, where supporters of Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga have again clashed with police. AFP
A nun in St Peter’s Square, the Vatican, after Pope Francis was taken to hospital for treatment for a respiratory infection. Reuters
Birds fly past the twin steeples of the Hosanna Karen Baptist church as the sun sets in Kansas City. AP
