Today's best photos: from Chinese oysters to Sumatran tigers - in pictures

  • Chinese oyster farmers manoeuvre their boat at an oyster farm at Qiangjiao town in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. AFP
    Chinese oyster farmers manoeuvre their boat at an oyster farm at Qiangjiao town in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. AFP
  • Dancers on the opening day of the Fiba Basketball World Cup outside the Mall of Asia arena in Manila, Philippines. EPA
    Dancers on the opening day of the Fiba Basketball World Cup outside the Mall of Asia arena in Manila, Philippines. EPA
  • Muslim students decorate a flower carpet, or 'pookalam', during a competition as part of the Onam festival celebrations in Chennai, India. EPA
    Muslim students decorate a flower carpet, or 'pookalam', during a competition as part of the Onam festival celebrations in Chennai, India. EPA
  • A French tug accompanies about 50 migrants drifting into English waters to be met by a UK Border Force boat in the English Channel. Getty Images
    A French tug accompanies about 50 migrants drifting into English waters to be met by a UK Border Force boat in the English Channel. Getty Images
  • Emmanuel Macron, second right, attends a national homage to Jean-Louis Georgelin, a former French army chief in charge of restoring Paris's emblematic Notre-Dame cathedral. AFP
    Emmanuel Macron, second right, attends a national homage to Jean-Louis Georgelin, a former French army chief in charge of restoring Paris's emblematic Notre-Dame cathedral. AFP
  • Workers clear a site destroyed by a Russian military strike, Dnipro, Ukraine. Reuters
    Workers clear a site destroyed by a Russian military strike, Dnipro, Ukraine. Reuters
  • Former US president Donald Trump in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office. Reuters
    Former US president Donald Trump in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office. Reuters
  • Henry Gomez of El Salvador uses a blower to cool off during a heat wave in Houston, Texas. Reuters
    Henry Gomez of El Salvador uses a blower to cool off during a heat wave in Houston, Texas. Reuters
  • Competitors during the 96th French Chess Championship in L’Alpe d’Huez. AFP
    Competitors during the 96th French Chess Championship in L’Alpe d’Huez. AFP
  • A Sumatran tiger cub, bred as part of a conservation programme at London Zoo, grooms one of its parents. Reuters
    A Sumatran tiger cub, bred as part of a conservation programme at London Zoo, grooms one of its parents. Reuters