A sign is hung next to a rotating smiley face outside a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. AFP Antonov
A sign is hung next to a rotating smiley face outside a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. AFP Antonov
Hikers watch the erupting Fuego volcano, one of the most active sites in Central America, from the summit of Acatenango in Guatemala. AP
Hikers watch the erupting Fuego volcano, one of the most active sites in Central America, from the summit of Acatenango in Guatemala. AP
A Mandean priest, follower of a pre-Christian faith, adjusts his headscarf by the Shatt Al Arab river at the southern Iraqi city of Basra as Eid Al Khalqeh, a five-day religious holiday, begins. AFP
A Mandean priest, follower of a pre-Christian faith, adjusts his headscarf by the Shatt Al Arab river at the southern Iraqi city of Basra as Eid Al Khalqeh, a five-day religious holiday, begins. AFP
A child migrant from Central America, who was taken by air to El Paso in Texas and deported from the US with his family, looks out across the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez from a window in the office of the Centre for Integral Attention to Migrants. Reuters
A child migrant from Central America, who was taken by air to El Paso in Texas and deported from the US with his family, looks out across the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez from a window in the office of the Centre for Integral Attention to Migrants. Reuters
Ice hockey fans sit among cardboard cutouts during the third and final period of the match between the New York Islanders and the Philadelphia Flyers at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The Flyers won the match 4-3. USA Today Sports / Reuters
Ice hockey fans sit among cardboard cutouts during the third and final period of the match between the New York Islanders and the Philadelphia Flyers at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The Flyers won the match 4-3. USA Today Sports / Reuters
A Syrian girl prepares for her departure as another group of Syrian families is released from the Kurdish-run Al Hol refugee camp in Hasakeh governorate, north-east Syria. AFP
A Syrian girl prepares for her departure as another group of Syrian families is released from the Kurdish-run Al Hol refugee camp in Hasakeh governorate, north-east Syria. AFP
Manchester United's French midfielder Paul Pogba, left, and AC Milan's French midfielder Souhaliho Meite go for a header during the Uefa Europa League round of 16 second leg football game at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy. Pogba scored the only goal of the game, to take United into the competition's quarter finals. AFP
Manchester United's French midfielder Paul Pogba, left, and AC Milan's French midfielder Souhaliho Meite go for a header during the Uefa Europa League round of 16 second leg football game at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy. Pogba scored the only goal of the game, to take United into the competition's quarter finals. AFP
An orangutan named Elze walks in the Biopark of Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AP
An orangutan named Elze walks in the Biopark of Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AP
A scarecrow stands in a field in front of wind turbines near the city of Salzgitter in Lower Saxony, Germany. dpa via AP
A scarecrow stands in a field in front of wind turbines near the city of Salzgitter in Lower Saxony, Germany. dpa via AP
A boy is silhouetted as he watches a preview of the 'Imagine Van Gogh' immersive exhibition in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canadian Press via AP
A boy is silhouetted as he watches a preview of the 'Imagine Van Gogh' immersive exhibition in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canadian Press via AP
Lightning illuminates the sky during a thunderstorm in Bhopal, central India. EPA
Lightning illuminates the sky during a thunderstorm in Bhopal, central India. EPA
A bird travels the Moskva river in Moscow on an ice floe. AFP
A bird travels the Moskva river in Moscow on an ice floe. AFP

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From happiness in Bangkok to lightning in Bhopal - 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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March 19, 2021

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