• The Moon sets behind Montevideo port in Uruguay during a lunar eclipse, also known as a super blood moon. AP Photo
    The Moon sets behind Montevideo port in Uruguay during a lunar eclipse, also known as a super blood moon. AP Photo
  • A busload of voters on the way to polling station in Damascus to cast their vote during the presidential elections in Syria. Reuters
    A busload of voters on the way to polling station in Damascus to cast their vote during the presidential elections in Syria. Reuters
  • A member of Gaza's Bar Woolf sports team performs with fire above the ruins of a building destroyed in recent Israeli air strikes in Beit Lahia. AFP
    A member of Gaza's Bar Woolf sports team performs with fire above the ruins of a building destroyed in recent Israeli air strikes in Beit Lahia. AFP
  • A robot barista makes coffee at the Big Data Expo in Guiyang, Guizhou province, China. EPA
    A robot barista makes coffee at the Big Data Expo in Guiyang, Guizhou province, China. EPA
  • Trial judges and lawyers inspect the reconstructed wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 at the Gilze-Rijen Airbase, southern Netherlands. AFP
    Trial judges and lawyers inspect the reconstructed wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 at the Gilze-Rijen Airbase, southern Netherlands. AFP
  • Villagers prepare a boat to rescue people during a flood as Cyclone Yaas makes landfall in Digha, near the Bay of Bengal in India. EPA
    Villagers prepare a boat to rescue people during a flood as Cyclone Yaas makes landfall in Digha, near the Bay of Bengal in India. EPA
  • Villagers from Ja-Ela salvage cargo off the 'MV X-Press Pearl' container ship, on fire in the distance off Colombo harbour in Sri Lanka. Reuters
    Villagers from Ja-Ela salvage cargo off the 'MV X-Press Pearl' container ship, on fire in the distance off Colombo harbour in Sri Lanka. Reuters
  • A Marine holds the door as Gianna Floyd, the daughter of George Floyd, walks into the White House. AP Photo
    A Marine holds the door as Gianna Floyd, the daughter of George Floyd, walks into the White House. AP Photo
  • Lemurs listen to Seenlada Supat, 11, playing the keyboard at a zoo in Chonburi, Thailand. Reuters
    Lemurs listen to Seenlada Supat, 11, playing the keyboard at a zoo in Chonburi, Thailand. Reuters
  • Pope Francis receives a kiss as he arrives at the San Damaso courtyard for the weekly general audience at the Vatican. Reuters
    Pope Francis receives a kiss as he arrives at the San Damaso courtyard for the weekly general audience at the Vatican. Reuters

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From a lunar eclipse to the Pope getting a kiss - 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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May 26, 2021

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