• Gulls hunt for pearl mullet, a species of fish found only in Turkey's Lake Van and the rivers that feed it, as they leap a waterfall on their spring migration to spawn upstream. EPA
    Gulls hunt for pearl mullet, a species of fish found only in Turkey's Lake Van and the rivers that feed it, as they leap a waterfall on their spring migration to spawn upstream. EPA
  • Brightly painted rooftops in Jakarta, Indonesia. AFP
    Brightly painted rooftops in Jakarta, Indonesia. AFP
  • Hindu priests with more than 560 unclaimed clay urns containing the ashes of coronavirus victims on the banks of the Cauvery. A mass immersion ritual was organised by authorities in the district about 125 Km from Bengaluru. AFP
    Hindu priests with more than 560 unclaimed clay urns containing the ashes of coronavirus victims on the banks of the Cauvery. A mass immersion ritual was organised by authorities in the district about 125 Km from Bengaluru. AFP
  • People use walkways to cross flooded streets in the city of Manaus, capital of the Brazilian Amazonas state, on the day the waters of the Rio Negro, a tributary of the Amazon river, reached a record flood level of 29.98 metres. AFP
    People use walkways to cross flooded streets in the city of Manaus, capital of the Brazilian Amazonas state, on the day the waters of the Rio Negro, a tributary of the Amazon river, reached a record flood level of 29.98 metres. AFP
  • Swimmers in the Sky Pool, a transparent acrylic swimming pool bridge fixed between two apartment blocks in south-west London. AFP
    Swimmers in the Sky Pool, a transparent acrylic swimming pool bridge fixed between two apartment blocks in south-west London. AFP
  • A Palestinian pets a cat in a building heavily damaged during last month's Israeli air strikes in Beit Hanun in northern Gaza. AFP
    A Palestinian pets a cat in a building heavily damaged during last month's Israeli air strikes in Beit Hanun in northern Gaza. AFP
  • The aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force, the Frecce Tricolori, perform over Rome on Republic Day in Italy. Reuters
    The aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force, the Frecce Tricolori, perform over Rome on Republic Day in Italy. Reuters
  • Students in a classroom at the Lhasa Nagqu Second Senior High School in the regional capital Lhasa, in China's Tibet Autonomous Region. AFP
    Students in a classroom at the Lhasa Nagqu Second Senior High School in the regional capital Lhasa, in China's Tibet Autonomous Region. AFP
  • A man and two children walk among tons of plastic rubbish that washed ashore on Kampung Jawa beach in Indonesia after flowing down a river into the sea. EPA
    A man and two children walk among tons of plastic rubbish that washed ashore on Kampung Jawa beach in Indonesia after flowing down a river into the sea. EPA

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From brightly coloured rooftops in Jakarta to flooding in Amazonas - 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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June 02, 2021

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