• hildren ask for biscuits at a base camp held by French militaries in Bossembele, Central African Republic. Fred Dufour / AFP Photo
    hildren ask for biscuits at a base camp held by French militaries in Bossembele, Central African Republic. Fred Dufour / AFP Photo
  • Nomadic shepherds from Rajasthan herd their sheep at a camp on the outskirts of New Delhi. Prakash Singh / AFP Photo
    Nomadic shepherds from Rajasthan herd their sheep at a camp on the outskirts of New Delhi. Prakash Singh / AFP Photo
  • An Indonesian soldier walks away from an inferno after a commuter train collided with a lorry hauling fuel on the outskirts Jakarta, Indonesia. Tatan Syuflana / AP Photo
    An Indonesian soldier walks away from an inferno after a commuter train collided with a lorry hauling fuel on the outskirts Jakarta, Indonesia. Tatan Syuflana / AP Photo
  • A Kurdish protester falls to the ground as Turkish riot police use water cannons to disperse them during a demonstration in Diyarbakir. Mehmet Engin / AFP Photo
    A Kurdish protester falls to the ground as Turkish riot police use water cannons to disperse them during a demonstration in Diyarbakir. Mehmet Engin / AFP Photo
  • Sixty-two-year-old South African woman Olivia Tsangane, a neighbour of late South African president Nelson Mandela, poses for a photograph in Mandela’s ancestral village of Qunu, South Africa. Nic Bothma / EPA
    Sixty-two-year-old South African woman Olivia Tsangane, a neighbour of late South African president Nelson Mandela, poses for a photograph in Mandela’s ancestral village of Qunu, South Africa. Nic Bothma / EPA
  • A girl lights a candle for South African former president Nelson Mandela at a wall of flowers laid by mourners outside Mandela’s home in Houghton, Johannesburg. Pedro Ugarte / AFP Photo
    A girl lights a candle for South African former president Nelson Mandela at a wall of flowers laid by mourners outside Mandela’s home in Houghton, Johannesburg. Pedro Ugarte / AFP Photo
  • Anti-government protesters march during a rally in Bangkok. Dylan Martinez / Reuters
    Anti-government protesters march during a rally in Bangkok. Dylan Martinez / Reuters

In pictures: Best images from around the world over the past 24 hours


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The National View blog looks at some of best images from around the world in the past 24 hours.