Aerial view of people participating in the tenth annual Tomato Fight Festival, known as "Tomatina", in Sutamarchan, Boyaca Department, Colombia, on June 11, 2023. This year's festival is the first held since the lifting of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic restrictions. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP)
Aerial view of people participating in the tenth annual Tomato Fight Festival, known as "Tomatina", in Sutamarchan, Boyaca Department, Colombia, on June 11, 2023. This year's festival is the first held since the lifting of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic restrictions. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP)
People wait as rubbish is unloaded at a dump to collect plastic items to sell for recycling, in Syria's north-western Idlib province. AFP
People wait as rubbish is unloaded at a dump to collect plastic items to sell for recycling, in Syria's north-western Idlib province. AFP
A sailor works on the rigging on the first day of the Richard Mille Cup in Falmouth, south-west England. Getty
A sailor works on the rigging on the first day of the Richard Mille Cup in Falmouth, south-west England. Getty
Barbed wire demarcates the ‘blue line’, drawn by the UN to mark Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, near Kfar Shuba. AFP
Barbed wire demarcates the ‘blue line’, drawn by the UN to mark Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, near Kfar Shuba. AFP
Flooded streets in heavy rain in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Reuters
Flooded streets in heavy rain in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Reuters
Wake Forest celebrate after winning a college baseball game against Alabama, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. AP
Wake Forest celebrate after winning a college baseball game against Alabama, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. AP
Independence day celebrations at the Embassy of the Philippines in Abu Dhabi. Antonie Robertson / The National
Independence day celebrations at the Embassy of the Philippines in Abu Dhabi. Antonie Robertson / The National
Novak Djokovic celebrates alongside the trophy after winning the Roland-Garros French Open tennis tournament in Paris. AFP
Novak Djokovic celebrates alongside the trophy after winning the Roland-Garros French Open tennis tournament in Paris. AFP
Chinese honour guards prepare for the arrival of Honduran President Xiomara Castro and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. EPA
Chinese honour guards prepare for the arrival of Honduran President Xiomara Castro and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. EPA
A fisherman stores blocks of ice on a boat in preparation for the end of a 61-day fishing ban in Chennai, India. EPA
A fisherman stores blocks of ice on a boat in preparation for the end of a 61-day fishing ban in Chennai, India. EPA
One of two large inflatables named ‘Double Ducks’, by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, is reinflated at Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. AFP
One of two large inflatables named ‘Double Ducks’, by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, is reinflated at Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. AFP

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Today's best photos: from a Tomato Fight Festival to two large inflatable ducks

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June 12, 2023

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