From a Grand Prix crash to children dressed as Ekeko - today's best pictures

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

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  Japanese rider Takaaki Nakagami crashes in a MotoGP free practice session, at the Portuguese Grand Prix at the Algarve International Circuit in Portimao. The LCR Honda rider recovered to finish 10th on day one. AFP

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  Children dressed as the Ekeko character in a costume contest honouring the central figure of the Alasita Fair, in La Paz, Bolivia. The Ekeko is often portrayed as a short, chubby man who wears traditional Andean clothes and carries tiny items that people believe will bless them with better lives in the coming year. AP Photo

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  Health workers treat a Covid-19 patient with a bubble helmet in the city of Sao Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Medics in parts of Brazil are distributing bubble helmets among Covid-19 patients to reduce the need for intubation. EPA

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  A detail of US artist Alex Da Corte's sculpture 'As Long as the Sun Lasts', on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Iris and B Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, in New York, US. EPA

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  A man with an Islamic prayer mat on his head leaves Wilayah Mosque, on the first Friday of Ramadan, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Getty Images

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  A worker cleans the tomb of Napoleon I during restoration works under the Dome des Invalides, at the Saint Louis des Invalides Cathedral in Paris. France is preparing to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte, who died on May 5, 1821. EPA

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  The New Safe Confinement structure covering the remains of number four reactor unit at Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine. The country will mark the 35th anniversary of Chernobyl tragedy on April 26, 2021. EPA

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  Following renovations, Dutch East India Company ship 'Amsterdam' sails across the River IJ to a temporary berth, from where it will return to the museum jetty at the Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam. EPA

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