From a robot artist to wax US President - 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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Immigrants walk for a better future in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Getty

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Iranian women check their ID papers to vote in the presidential election, in Tehran, Iran. Conservative cleric and head of Iran’s judiciary Ebrahim Raisi was victorious. EPA

Conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi wins Iran's presidential election in a landslide​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - June 14, 2021: HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, participates in a turtle release with the The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi. (Abdullah Al Junaibi for the Ministry of Presidential Affairs )​ ---

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Lung cancer is responsible for seven per cent of all UAE cancer cases, 90 per cent of which are caused by smoking. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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Skyscrapers in the City of London beyond residential properties in London, U.K., on Friday, May 21, 2021. After a year of shunning the capital amid lockdowns and coronavirus, many renters are now looking to return to urban life as restrictions ease, according to data from estate agent Hamptons International. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JULY 26: Turkish Prime Minister and Presidential Candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) in action at the exhibition match played after the opening of the football stadium named Basaksehir Fatih Terim in Istanbul, Turkey on July 26, 2014. Fatih Terim is currently the Technical Director of Turkish National Team. (Photo by Kayhan Ozer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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Members of Kataib Hezbollah, one of the most powerful Iran-backed militias in Iraq, take part in a parade in Baghdad to mark Quds Day on May 6, 2021. Reuters

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A demonstrator wears a cap in the colours of the palestinian flag during a pro-Palestinian protest in Berlin on May 19, 2021. Thousands of demonstrators marched waving Palestinian flags and shouting pro-Palestine slogans as Israel and the Palestinians were mired in their worst conflict in years. / AFP / John MACDOUGALL

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Palestinians inspect damage to buildings in Al Saftawi street northern Gaza City. Getty

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The first image of Mars taken by the UAE's Hope probe, which arrived to the planet on February 9. EPA

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Vials labelled "Moderna, AstraZeneca, Pfizer - Biontech, Johnson&Johnson, Sputnik V coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine" are seen in this illustration picture taken May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

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