• Members of the Huinchiri community repair the Q’eswachaka hanging bridge, which crosses the Apurimac River in Quehue, Peru. The rope walkway was built by the Incas more than 500 years ago and the skills associated with maintaining it were added to Unesco’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list in 2013. The bridge took three months to restore after it fell into disrepair during the Covid-19 pandemic. AFP
    Members of the Huinchiri community repair the Q’eswachaka hanging bridge, which crosses the Apurimac River in Quehue, Peru. The rope walkway was built by the Incas more than 500 years ago and the skills associated with maintaining it were added to Unesco’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list in 2013. The bridge took three months to restore after it fell into disrepair during the Covid-19 pandemic. AFP
  • A visitor looks at a large sculpture entitled 'Hahn/Cock', by German-born artist Katharina Fritsch, on the first day of the reopening to the public of the National Gallery of Art's East Building, in Washington, DC, US. EPA
    A visitor looks at a large sculpture entitled 'Hahn/Cock', by German-born artist Katharina Fritsch, on the first day of the reopening to the public of the National Gallery of Art's East Building, in Washington, DC, US. EPA
  • A dog is seen on a canoe next to cattle on the banks of the Solimoes river that flooded the rural municipality of Manacapuru, in Amazonas state, Brazil. Reuters
    A dog is seen on a canoe next to cattle on the banks of the Solimoes river that flooded the rural municipality of Manacapuru, in Amazonas state, Brazil. Reuters
  • Musicians Roni Aran and Herman Artuc, members of the ethnic instrumental music band of Fungistanbul, perform with instruments made by materials collected from landfills, at a recycling depot in Istanbul, Turkey. Reuters
    Musicians Roni Aran and Herman Artuc, members of the ethnic instrumental music band of Fungistanbul, perform with instruments made by materials collected from landfills, at a recycling depot in Istanbul, Turkey. Reuters
  • Ethiopian police officers march as a ceremony is held to show the new uniforms and logo in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AFP
    Ethiopian police officers march as a ceremony is held to show the new uniforms and logo in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AFP
  • A Royal Moroccan Air Force Aerospatiale SA 330 Puma flies over during the "African Lion" military exercise in the Tan-Tan region in southwestern Morocco. AFP
    A Royal Moroccan Air Force Aerospatiale SA 330 Puma flies over during the "African Lion" military exercise in the Tan-Tan region in southwestern Morocco. AFP
  • Ethiopian Orthodox children play near a church in Bahir Dar, northern Ethiopia. AFP
    Ethiopian Orthodox children play near a church in Bahir Dar, northern Ethiopia. AFP
  • Palestinian youths ride horses in a street in Gaza City. AFP
    Palestinian youths ride horses in a street in Gaza City. AFP
  • A composite image of 5 separate photographs taken with a single fixed camera shows a sunspot and the International Space Station in silhouette as it transits the Sun, as seen from near Tbilisi, Georgia. Picture taken through a telescope. Reuters
    A composite image of 5 separate photographs taken with a single fixed camera shows a sunspot and the International Space Station in silhouette as it transits the Sun, as seen from near Tbilisi, Georgia. Picture taken through a telescope. Reuters
  • Houseboats anchored in low water levels at Lake Oroville, which is the second largest reservoir in California and according to daily reports of the state's Department of Water Resources is near 35% capacity, near Oroville, California, US. Picture taken with a drone. Reuters
    Houseboats anchored in low water levels at Lake Oroville, which is the second largest reservoir in California and according to daily reports of the state's Department of Water Resources is near 35% capacity, near Oroville, California, US. Picture taken with a drone. Reuters
  • Communal workers clean a giant clock in downtown Kiev, Ukraine. EPA
    Communal workers clean a giant clock in downtown Kiev, Ukraine. EPA

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From a Peruvian bridge being repaired to a giant clock in Kiev - today's best pictures

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June 19, 2021

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