• Little Island, a new public park in Hudson River Park in New York City. The $260 million 'floating' park opened on Friday. AFP
    Little Island, a new public park in Hudson River Park in New York City. The $260 million 'floating' park opened on Friday. AFP
  • Swiss Guards await the arrival of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican for a private audience with the Pope. AFP
    Swiss Guards await the arrival of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican for a private audience with the Pope. AFP
  • A pedestrian walks along a deserted street after the government imposed travel restrictions and a lockdown to curb the spread of the Covid-19 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. AFP
    A pedestrian walks along a deserted street after the government imposed travel restrictions and a lockdown to curb the spread of the Covid-19 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. AFP
  • Dancers dressed in Spider-Man costumes perform for passengers on the Saint Petersburg subway, in Russia. AFP
    Dancers dressed in Spider-Man costumes perform for passengers on the Saint Petersburg subway, in Russia. AFP
  • Shinichiro Sekozawa, 89, a former ship's captain, poses for a portrait as he visits the Sugamo district, an area popular with the Japanese elderly, in Tokyo, Japan, Japan. Reuters
    Shinichiro Sekozawa, 89, a former ship's captain, poses for a portrait as he visits the Sugamo district, an area popular with the Japanese elderly, in Tokyo, Japan, Japan. Reuters
  • Local resident Aisha Ali Mohammed, 75, sorts through donated clothes to be distributed among migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the north coast of Africa. AP Photo
    Local resident Aisha Ali Mohammed, 75, sorts through donated clothes to be distributed among migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the north coast of Africa. AP Photo
  • An aerial view of lettering which translates from Spanish as 'Missing Persons', referring to people reported missing during anti-government protests, in Bogota, Colombia. AFP
    An aerial view of lettering which translates from Spanish as 'Missing Persons', referring to people reported missing during anti-government protests, in Bogota, Colombia. AFP
  • The remains of a person executed between 1936 and 1939 during the Spanish Civil War, in a mass grave in Viznar, near Granada, Spain. An archaeological investigation is being carried out in the area, where hundreds of people could lie buried in mass graves. AFP
    The remains of a person executed between 1936 and 1939 during the Spanish Civil War, in a mass grave in Viznar, near Granada, Spain. An archaeological investigation is being carried out in the area, where hundreds of people could lie buried in mass graves. AFP
  • Inquisitive cows stand at a fence near the village of Eghezee, Belgium. Reuters
    Inquisitive cows stand at a fence near the village of Eghezee, Belgium. Reuters

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From a 'Little Island' in New York to Spider-Man in St Petersburg - today's best pictures

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May 22, 2021

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