• A visitor uses her mobile phone to take a picture as she climbs a steep section of the Great Wall of China in Beijing. AFP
    A visitor uses her mobile phone to take a picture as she climbs a steep section of the Great Wall of China in Beijing. AFP
  • A child and a dog look out of a vehicle as they wait in line with hundreds of residents, to collect groceries from the San Antonio Food Bank in Texas, US. Reuters
    A child and a dog look out of a vehicle as they wait in line with hundreds of residents, to collect groceries from the San Antonio Food Bank in Texas, US. Reuters
  • US President Donald Trump departs after speaking during the daily briefing at the White House, in Washington, DC. AFP
    US President Donald Trump departs after speaking during the daily briefing at the White House, in Washington, DC. AFP
  • A Palestinian youth rides a horse along a beach during sunset in Gaza City. Reuters
    A Palestinian youth rides a horse along a beach during sunset in Gaza City. Reuters
  • A boy holds a party mask over his face in Cape Town, South Africa. Reuters
    A boy holds a party mask over his face in Cape Town, South Africa. Reuters
  • Indian fishermen, who said they were refused entry at two ports after a nationwide lockdown, travel in the Arabian Sea attempting to reach their home state Maharashtra in India. Reuters
    Indian fishermen, who said they were refused entry at two ports after a nationwide lockdown, travel in the Arabian Sea attempting to reach their home state Maharashtra in India. Reuters
  • A prisoner reaches out from a bus to shake hands with family members after being released from the Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar. AP Photo
    A prisoner reaches out from a bus to shake hands with family members after being released from the Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar. AP Photo
  • Cars are seen parked at a newly opened drive-in cinema in front of the Phoenix West former blast furnace in Dortmund, western Germany. AFP
    Cars are seen parked at a newly opened drive-in cinema in front of the Phoenix West former blast furnace in Dortmund, western Germany. AFP
  • An Indonesian man in a superhero costume holds a placard reading "dear corona, go home, you've gone too far". AFP
    An Indonesian man in a superhero costume holds a placard reading "dear corona, go home, you've gone too far". AFP
  • A Georgian priest conducts a Mass without worshippers at the Trinity cathedral in Tbilisi. AP Photo
    A Georgian priest conducts a Mass without worshippers at the Trinity cathedral in Tbilisi. AP Photo

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World in focus - best photos for April 18, 2020

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

Simon Wilgress-Pipe
Simon Wilgress-Pipe

April 18, 2020

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Director: Kangana Ranaut

Stars: Kangana Ranaut, Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Milind Soman, Mahima Chaudhry 

Rating: 2/5

Sonchiriya

Director: Abhishek Chaubey

Producer: RSVP Movies, Azure Entertainment

Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Manoj Bajpayee, Ashutosh Rana, Bhumi Pednekar, Ranvir Shorey

Rating: 3/5

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While you're here
Know your Camel lingo

The bairaq is a competition for the best herd of 50 camels, named for the banner its winner takes home

Namoos - a word of congratulations reserved for falconry competitions, camel races and camel pageants. It best translates as 'the pride of victory' - and for competitors, it is priceless

Asayel camels - sleek, short-haired hound-like racers

Majahim - chocolate-brown camels that can grow to weigh two tonnes. They were only valued for milk until camel pageantry took off in the 1990s

Millions Street - the thoroughfare where camels are led and where white 4x4s throng throughout the festival

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