Today's best photos: From Ramadan preparations to Chanel's ready-to-wear show - in pictures
Egypt's traditional Ramadan lanterns - or fanous - are displayed in a market in Cairo. EPA
The Mustansiriya School, opened in 1233, in Iraq's capital Baghdad, is the oldest Arabian-Islamic university for theology, astronomy, philosophy and maths. AFP
Displaced Palestinians try to get internet service on their phones in Rafah, southern Gaza. Reuters
The Northern Lights illuminate the sky above F-35B Lightning jets on the flight deck of the Royal Navy's HMS Prince of Wales, off the coast of Norway. AP
Chinese ethnic minority delegates leave the Great Hall of the People after the opening ceremony of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress of China in Beijing. EPA
A security officer stands guard near the venue where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to speak at a public rally on March 7 in Srinagar. AFP
A child runs across the shot as national leaders sit for a photo at the Asean-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne. Reuters
A lone walker at the shuttered Boreal Mountain Resort, in Soda Springs, California, US, after a four-day storm dumped three metres of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains. AFP
Counter-protesters fix a ripped banner of Indonesia's President Joko Widodo as a demonstrators demanded his impeachment, the rejection of the general election results and the removal of members of the General Election Commission, at the entrance to parliament in Jakarta. AFP
Soledad Ruiz holds an image of her son Apolinar Silgado Ruiz, a victim of paramilitaries in Colombia. After searching for him for 24 years ago, she received his remains in a small coffin at her home in San Onofre. AFP
A man carries firewood along a snow-laden road in Kalam, Pakistan. AFP
Models present creations at Chanel's ready-to-wear, autumn-winter 2024/2025 show at Paris Fashion Week. AFP