• Smoke billows from the site of the Rohingya refugee camp, where fire broke out, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Reuters
    Smoke billows from the site of the Rohingya refugee camp, where fire broke out, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Reuters
  • A hoopoe perches on a tree in woods near Lebanon's northern coastal city of Byblos. AFP
    A hoopoe perches on a tree in woods near Lebanon's northern coastal city of Byblos. AFP
  • Teenagers pose with their phones next to the light installation 'Absorbed By Light', before the launch of the annual River of Light Trail in Liverpool, England. Getty Images
    Teenagers pose with their phones next to the light installation 'Absorbed By Light', before the launch of the annual River of Light Trail in Liverpool, England. Getty Images
  • A herder milks a cow on his farm on the outskirts of Sevare, central Mali. AFP
    A herder milks a cow on his farm on the outskirts of Sevare, central Mali. AFP
  • The Colorados Regiment of Bolivia attend the commemoration of the Day of the Sea, in La Paz, Bolivia. This marks 142 years since Bolivia lost 120,000 kilometres of its coastline to Chile, in the War of the Pacific. EPA
    The Colorados Regiment of Bolivia attend the commemoration of the Day of the Sea, in La Paz, Bolivia. This marks 142 years since Bolivia lost 120,000 kilometres of its coastline to Chile, in the War of the Pacific. EPA
  • A boy sits on a fishing boat wearing a football shirt with the name and number 10 of Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona, in FC Barcelona compound in Fanti town, Robertsport, Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia. EPA
    A boy sits on a fishing boat wearing a football shirt with the name and number 10 of Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona, in FC Barcelona compound in Fanti town, Robertsport, Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia. EPA
  • Residents release balloons with messages relating to R2P – the 'Responsibility to Protect' principle – under which the international community can take action against a state failing to protect its population from atrocities, in Yangon's Hlaing township, Myanmar. AFP
    Residents release balloons with messages relating to R2P – the 'Responsibility to Protect' principle – under which the international community can take action against a state failing to protect its population from atrocities, in Yangon's Hlaing township, Myanmar. AFP
  • A turtle explores its habitat after an ocean-cleaning operation by Sea Shepherd NGO volunteers to remove rubbish around Ancora island at Buzios, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Reuters
    A turtle explores its habitat after an ocean-cleaning operation by Sea Shepherd NGO volunteers to remove rubbish around Ancora island at Buzios, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Reuters
  • Dana McGregor and Pismo his surfing goat catch a wave with friends, while surfing in San Clemente, California, US. Reuters
    Dana McGregor and Pismo his surfing goat catch a wave with friends, while surfing in San Clemente, California, US. Reuters
  • Phillip Alviola, a bat ecologist, holds a bat captured from Mount Makiling in Los Banos, Laguna province, Philippines. Researchers are looking for strains of coronavirus that could to jump to humans. Reuters
    Phillip Alviola, a bat ecologist, holds a bat captured from Mount Makiling in Los Banos, Laguna province, Philippines. Researchers are looking for strains of coronavirus that could to jump to humans. Reuters
  • Starlings form a murmuration at sunset in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, England. Reuters
    Starlings form a murmuration at sunset in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, England. Reuters
  • A Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket, carrying 38 payloads from 18 countries – including a UAE environment nanosat – blasts off from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Reuters
    A Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket, carrying 38 payloads from 18 countries – including a UAE environment nanosat – blasts off from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Reuters
  • Bedouin men ride camels in front of Saint Catherine's monastery, near Saint Catherine, South Sinai, Egypt. The country is trying to boost its tourism sector, which has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. EPA
    Bedouin men ride camels in front of Saint Catherine's monastery, near Saint Catherine, South Sinai, Egypt. The country is trying to boost its tourism sector, which has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. EPA
  • Workers prepare to raise an 18th-century tapestry depicting 'The School of Athens', painted by Renaissance master Raphael, inside the Greek Parliament in Athens, Greece. The tapestry is on loan from France. EPA
    Workers prepare to raise an 18th-century tapestry depicting 'The School of Athens', painted by Renaissance master Raphael, inside the Greek Parliament in Athens, Greece. The tapestry is on loan from France. EPA

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From a hoopoe in Lebanon to an FC Barcelona fishing village - today's best pictures

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