• A spiral in the Alaska skies near Fairbanks. It was formed when excess fuel from a SpaceX rocket turned to ice, with the water vapour then reflecting the sunlight. AP
    A spiral in the Alaska skies near Fairbanks. It was formed when excess fuel from a SpaceX rocket turned to ice, with the water vapour then reflecting the sunlight. AP
  • Retired army members and other protesters scuffle with Lebanese security forces at a rally in Beirut. AP
    Retired army members and other protesters scuffle with Lebanese security forces at a rally in Beirut. AP
  • Cars in disarray after a parking garage collapsed in the financial district of New York City. AP
    Cars in disarray after a parking garage collapsed in the financial district of New York City. AP
  • Boys dive into the Ganges to cool off on a hot afternoon in Kolkata. EPA
    Boys dive into the Ganges to cool off on a hot afternoon in Kolkata. EPA
  • Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh greets fans during a public appearance at the Pavilion KL Centre Court in Kuala Lumpur. Getty
    Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh greets fans during a public appearance at the Pavilion KL Centre Court in Kuala Lumpur. Getty
  • A traffic jam at a motorway toll in Karawang, Indonesia, as Muslims return to their hometowns for Eid Al Fitr. Reuters
    A traffic jam at a motorway toll in Karawang, Indonesia, as Muslims return to their hometowns for Eid Al Fitr. Reuters
  • A Chinese honour guard is part of a welcome ceremony for Ali Bongo Ondimba, the Gabonese President, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. EPA
    A Chinese honour guard is part of a welcome ceremony for Ali Bongo Ondimba, the Gabonese President, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. EPA
  • A baby boy sits on a jetty in Yangon, Myanmar. AFP
    A baby boy sits on a jetty in Yangon, Myanmar. AFP
  • A worker cleans a statue of Vladimir Lenin in front of the House of Soviets, in Moscow Square, St Petersburg. AFP
    A worker cleans a statue of Vladimir Lenin in front of the House of Soviets, in Moscow Square, St Petersburg. AFP
  • Emergency services mount a rescue operation after a four-storey building collapsed in Chennai. EPA
    Emergency services mount a rescue operation after a four-storey building collapsed in Chennai. EPA
  • Koller auction house director Cyril Koller (C) gestures next to the skull of the 'Trinity' during sale of the skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus-Rex (T-Rex) by Koller auction house in Zurich, on April 18, 2023. - The T-Rex's skeleton, dating back 67 million years and made up of bones from three dinosaurs excavated between 2008 and 2013 from the Hell Creek and Lance Creek formations in Montana and Wyoming, was sold for 4,8 million Swiss francs ($5,333333 million). (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
    Koller auction house director Cyril Koller (C) gestures next to the skull of the 'Trinity' during sale of the skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus-Rex (T-Rex) by Koller auction house in Zurich, on April 18, 2023. - The T-Rex's skeleton, dating back 67 million years and made up of bones from three dinosaurs excavated between 2008 and 2013 from the Hell Creek and Lance Creek formations in Montana and Wyoming, was sold for 4,8 million Swiss francs ($5,333333 million). (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

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Today's best photos: from an Alaskan spiral to a T-Rex skull auction

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April 19, 2023

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