• Jendrik from Germany, alongside a peace-loving friend, performs during rehearsals for the 65th annual Eurovision Song Contest at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. EPA
    Jendrik from Germany, alongside a peace-loving friend, performs during rehearsals for the 65th annual Eurovision Song Contest at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. EPA
  • People wait to be vaccinated with the Cuban Abdala vaccine for Covid-19, outside a doctors' surgery in the Alamar neighborhood of Havana, Cuba. AP Photo
    People wait to be vaccinated with the Cuban Abdala vaccine for Covid-19, outside a doctors' surgery in the Alamar neighborhood of Havana, Cuba. AP Photo
  • Former American football league player Clarence Vaughn III and his wife Brooke Vaughn hold hands before delivering petitions demanding equal treatment for everyone involved in the settlement of concussion claims against the National Football League, to the federal courthouse in Philadelphia, US. AP Photo
    Former American football league player Clarence Vaughn III and his wife Brooke Vaughn hold hands before delivering petitions demanding equal treatment for everyone involved in the settlement of concussion claims against the National Football League, to the federal courthouse in Philadelphia, US. AP Photo
  • Emergency services personnel search through the wreckage of buildings destroyed by a reported tornado in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. Xinhua via AP
    Emergency services personnel search through the wreckage of buildings destroyed by a reported tornado in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. Xinhua via AP
  • A gull attempts to take off after plucking a large fish from a stream in Nobleboro, Maine, US. AP Photo
    A gull attempts to take off after plucking a large fish from a stream in Nobleboro, Maine, US. AP Photo
  • A competitor leaps in front of a hand sanitiser station ahead of the socially-distanced Reunion 5K race at Kempton Park, Surrey, England. AFP
    A competitor leaps in front of a hand sanitiser station ahead of the socially-distanced Reunion 5K race at Kempton Park, Surrey, England. AFP
  • A marina, a cargo ship and the Olympic Mountains stretch into the distance, viewed from the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, US. Reuters
    A marina, a cargo ship and the Olympic Mountains stretch into the distance, viewed from the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, US. Reuters
  • A Palestinian boy pulls a cart carrying his brother and their belongings as they flee their home during Israeli air and artillery strikes on Gaza city. Reuters
    A Palestinian boy pulls a cart carrying his brother and their belongings as they flee their home during Israeli air and artillery strikes on Gaza city. Reuters
  • The pack bunches together on the eighth stage of the 2021 Giro d'Italia cycling race, during a 170-kilometre stretch between the city of Foggia and the town of Guardia Sanframondi. AFP
    The pack bunches together on the eighth stage of the 2021 Giro d'Italia cycling race, during a 170-kilometre stretch between the city of Foggia and the town of Guardia Sanframondi. AFP
  • Mount Fuji, Japan's highest mountain at 3,776 metres, seen from the window of a passenger aircraft en route to the southern city of Kagoshima. AFP
    Mount Fuji, Japan's highest mountain at 3,776 metres, seen from the window of a passenger aircraft en route to the southern city of Kagoshima. AFP

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From Eurovision rehearsals to Mount Fuji from above - today's best pictures

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May 15, 2021

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