From walking along the Great Wall of China to travelling on the Staten Island ferry - today's best pictures

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

Tourists visit a stretch of the Great Wall near Beijing, during the Labour Day holiday in China. AFP

The Staten Island ferry passes in front of the Statue of Liberty, viewed from Governors Island, in New York City. The 172-acre island re-opens for the season on Saturday. AFP

Worshippers pray at Gaza City's Al Khaledi Mosque on the third Friday of Ramadan. AFP

A woman draws a heart on the UK's National Covid Memorial Wall, on the bank of the River Thames in London, in memory of those who died of Covid-19. AFP

Homeland Security personnel escort a man from a house in Houston, Texas, US. Police had found more than 90 people crammed into a two-storey home, and suspected it was being used in a human smuggling operation. Reuters

Children from the Nahua indigenous community of Alcozacan are pictured before a demonstration by children carrying replicas of toy and wooden weapons, in Alcozacan, Guerrero state, Mexico. Reuters

More than 600 surfers take part in a world record attempt paddle out at 'The Farm' National Surfing Reserve on the New South Wales south coast, Australia. EPA

A man stands next to a damaged building in the aftermath of a truck bomb blast in Pul-e-Alam, the provincial capital of Logar province, Afghanistan. The blast on Friday killed at least 25 people. No group claimed responsibility. EPA

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