• German chancellor Angela Merkel fist bumps a robot Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto and his wife Angelica Rivera look on at the Hanover Fair in Hanover. Hauke-Christian Dittrich / dpa / AFP Photo
    German chancellor Angela Merkel fist bumps a robot Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto and his wife Angelica Rivera look on at the Hanover Fair in Hanover. Hauke-Christian Dittrich / dpa / AFP Photo
  • Royalists wait outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London after Britain's Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, went into labour for her thrid child. Henry Nicholls / Reuters
    Royalists wait outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London after Britain's Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, went into labour for her thrid child. Henry Nicholls / Reuters
  • An infant sleeps in a hammock at a shelter in Kolkata, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    An infant sleeps in a hammock at a shelter in Kolkata, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
  • A couple poses for wedding photos near the Forbidden City in Beijing. Wang Zhao / AFP Photo
    A couple poses for wedding photos near the Forbidden City in Beijing. Wang Zhao / AFP Photo
  • Migrants look out from the 'Aquarius' vessel as they arrive in Trapani, western Sicily, Italy. Some 540 migrants were rescued by members of the NGO 'SOS Mediterranee' during 3 rescues operations off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea. Christophe Petit Tesson / EPA
    Migrants look out from the 'Aquarius' vessel as they arrive in Trapani, western Sicily, Italy. Some 540 migrants were rescued by members of the NGO 'SOS Mediterranee' during 3 rescues operations off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea. Christophe Petit Tesson / EPA
  • Afghan women arrive at a voter registration centre for the upcoming parliamentary and district council elections in Kabul. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
    Afghan women arrive at a voter registration centre for the upcoming parliamentary and district council elections in Kabul. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
  • Riot police remove South Korean protesters opposing the deployment if a US THAAD system from blocking the road in Seongju. Yonhap / AFP Photo
    Riot police remove South Korean protesters opposing the deployment if a US THAAD system from blocking the road in Seongju. Yonhap / AFP Photo
  • An electrician untangles electrical wires along a street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Samrang Pring / Reuters
    An electrician untangles electrical wires along a street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Samrang Pring / Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for April 23, 2018

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

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