• French street dancer Bboy Mounir performs in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. AFP
    French street dancer Bboy Mounir performs in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. AFP
  • A man in Peshawar, Pakistan, tries on a traditional cap in preparation for Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting. AP Photo
    A man in Peshawar, Pakistan, tries on a traditional cap in preparation for Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting. AP Photo
  • A creation from Spanish fashion house Otrura's Autumn-Winter 2021/2022 collection during the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Madrid. AFP
    A creation from Spanish fashion house Otrura's Autumn-Winter 2021/2022 collection during the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Madrid. AFP
  • An Indonesian during Friday prayers at the Baiturrahman Mosque in Depok, West Java, Indonesia. EPA
    An Indonesian during Friday prayers at the Baiturrahman Mosque in Depok, West Java, Indonesia. EPA
  • The Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft with three astronauts aboard launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, bound for the International Space Station. AFP
    The Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft with three astronauts aboard launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, bound for the International Space Station. AFP
  • A sunny day on Tiberia Island in Rome, near the Tiber river. Reuters
    A sunny day on Tiberia Island in Rome, near the Tiber river. Reuters
  • Residents pick through debris near damaged homes in Waiwerang village, East Flores, after torrential rains from Tropical Cyclone Seroja in Indonesia. AFP
    Residents pick through debris near damaged homes in Waiwerang village, East Flores, after torrential rains from Tropical Cyclone Seroja in Indonesia. AFP
  • A child swings from an olive tree in the town of Rihaniyye in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon. AP Photo
    A child swings from an olive tree in the town of Rihaniyye in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon. AP Photo
  • An endangered sea turtle is set free in the Mediterranean off the shore of Michmoret, Israel. Reuters
    An endangered sea turtle is set free in the Mediterranean off the shore of Michmoret, Israel. Reuters
  • A pair of hikers on the dune field at Great Sand Dunes National Park in Mosca, Colorado, in the United States. The Gazette via AP
    A pair of hikers on the dune field at Great Sand Dunes National Park in Mosca, Colorado, in the United States. The Gazette via AP
  • A pigeon enjoying a bird's-eye view of Karakoy port in Istanbul, Turkey. AFP
    A pigeon enjoying a bird's-eye view of Karakoy port in Istanbul, Turkey. AFP
  • Lotta Klemming, a professional diver, collects oysters during a dive off an island near her family’s company in Grebbestad in Vastra Gotaland county on Sweden’s west coast. AFP
    Lotta Klemming, a professional diver, collects oysters during a dive off an island near her family’s company in Grebbestad in Vastra Gotaland county on Sweden’s west coast. AFP
  • Municipal workers clean the Yuri Gagarin monument in Moscow in preparation for Cosmonaut Day, the 60th anniversary of Yury Gagarin's space flight. EPA
    Municipal workers clean the Yuri Gagarin monument in Moscow in preparation for Cosmonaut Day, the 60th anniversary of Yury Gagarin's space flight. EPA

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From street dancing in Paris to cleaning a statue in Moscow - today's best photos

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April 09, 2021

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THE BIO

Favourite car: Koenigsegg Agera RS or Renault Trezor concept car.

Favourite book: I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes or Red Notice by Bill Browder.

Biggest inspiration: My husband Nik. He really got me through a lot with his positivity.

Favourite holiday destination: Being at home in Australia, as I travel all over the world for work. It’s great to just hang out with my husband and family.

 

 

Sole survivors
  • Cecelia Crocker was on board Northwest Airlines Flight 255 in 1987 when it crashed in Detroit, killing 154 people, including her parents and brother. The plane had hit a light pole on take off
  • George Lamson Jr, from Minnesota, was on a Galaxy Airlines flight that crashed in Reno in 1985, killing 68 people. His entire seat was launched out of the plane
  • Bahia Bakari, then 12, survived when a Yemenia Airways flight crashed near the Comoros in 2009, killing 152. She was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean for 13 hours.
  • Jim Polehinke was the co-pilot and sole survivor of a 2006 Comair flight that crashed in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49.
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England 228-7, 50 overs
N Sciver 51; J Goswami 3-23

India 219, 48.4 overs
P Raut 86, H Kaur 51; A Shrubsole 6-46

England won by nine runs

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MATCH INFO

FA Cup final

Chelsea 1
Hazard (22' pen)

Manchester United 0

Man of the match: Eden Hazard (Chelsea)

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