World in focus - best photos for April 18, 2018

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

Competitors ski in front of the Matterhorn at the start of the 21st Glacier Patrol race in Stafel outside the ski resort of Zermatt, Switzerland. Valentin Flauraud / Keystone via AP

Refugees on a rubber dinghy are rescued by members of the NGO 'SOS Mediterranee' from the 'Aquarius' vessel about 50 kilometres off the Libyan coast. Christophe Petit Tesson / EPA

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa lights the Eternal Flame of Freedom during Zimbabwe Independence Day celebrations at the National Sports Stadium in Harare. Jekesai Njikizana / AFP Photo

MPs vote on a resolution on the integrity of the Commission's appointment of its Secretary General at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Patrick Seeger / EPA

Two dogs run along La Concha beach in San Sebastian, Spain. Javier Etxezarreta / EPA

British Prime Minster Theresa May, left, welcomes Indian prime minister Narendra Modi before their meeting at 10 Downing Street in London. Andy Rain / EPA

A crane is reflected on the glass facade of the Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore. Feline Lim / Reuters

A worker measures a steel pipe at a factory in Zouping in China's eastern Shandong province. AFP Photo

Museum technicians hang the painting 'Waterloo Bridge' by French painter Claude Monet, before the opening of the exhibition 'Gurlitt: Status Report Part 2 Nazi Art Theft and its Consequences' at the Kunstmuseum in Bern, Switzerland. Peter Klauzner / EPA

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