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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Updated: March 23, 2021, 12:55 PM