• Poppy blooms in a field at Oroshaza, southeastern Hungary, 23 May 2023. EPA / Tibor Rosta HUNGARY OUT
    Poppy blooms in a field at Oroshaza, southeastern Hungary, 23 May 2023. EPA / Tibor Rosta HUNGARY OUT
  • A fruit and vegetable market in southern Khartoum. Fighting has calmed following a US and Saudi-brokered ceasefire in the Sudanese capital. AFP
    A fruit and vegetable market in southern Khartoum. Fighting has calmed following a US and Saudi-brokered ceasefire in the Sudanese capital. AFP
  • Portuguese and German police search a reservoir in the Algarve, near where British girl Madeleine McCann went missing in 2007. Reuters
    Portuguese and German police search a reservoir in the Algarve, near where British girl Madeleine McCann went missing in 2007. Reuters
  • Atlanta Braves batter Sean Murphy (12) scores a home run as he gets past Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith during the first inning of a baseball game in Atlanta. AP
    Atlanta Braves batter Sean Murphy (12) scores a home run as he gets past Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith during the first inning of a baseball game in Atlanta. AP
  • American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford on its way into the Oslo Fjord in Norway. Reuters
    American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford on its way into the Oslo Fjord in Norway. Reuters
  • A straw hat in a puddle after a house under construction collapsed in high winds in Conroe, Texas, killing two people. AP
    A straw hat in a puddle after a house under construction collapsed in high winds in Conroe, Texas, killing two people. AP
  • Jim Linehan and his granddaughter Ellie Paxton, 5, at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, in Yorba Linda, California, where flags were flown to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the return of US prisoners of war from Vietnam. AP
    Jim Linehan and his granddaughter Ellie Paxton, 5, at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, in Yorba Linda, California, where flags were flown to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the return of US prisoners of war from Vietnam. AP
  • A balloon seller pushes his bicycle while looking for customers in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters
    A balloon seller pushes his bicycle while looking for customers in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters
  • A Palestinian clown entertains children in the Gaza Strip. Reuters
    A Palestinian clown entertains children in the Gaza Strip. Reuters
  • A yellow rapeseed field in bloom in Hemel Hempstead, southern Britain. Reuters
    A yellow rapeseed field in bloom in Hemel Hempstead, southern Britain. Reuters

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Today's best photos: From poppy blooms to rapeseed fields

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May 24, 2023

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