A look at the best photos from around the world today.
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People walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following a reported air strike on the rebel-held neighbourhood of Al Kalasa in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. The death toll from an upsurge of fighting in Syria’s second city rose despite a plea by the UN envoy for the warring sides to respect a February ceasefire. Ameer Alhalbi / AFP -
A boy flies his kite at sunset at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni. Some 54,000 people, many of them fleeing the war in Syria, have been stranded on Greek territory since the closure of the migrant route through the Balkans in February. Joe Klamar / AFP -
Shaun Livingston, #34 of the Golden State Warriors, watches his shot go in the basket against the Houston Rockets in Game Five of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2016 NBA Playoffs at ORACLE Arenamin Oakland, California. Ezra Shaw / Getty Images / AFP -
People take photos of a flock of snipes flying above the Yalu River, in Dandong, Liaoning province, China. China Daily / via Reuters -
Mexico’s America celebrate with the trophy after winning the CONCACAF Champions Cup against Mexico’s Tigres. Edgard Garrido / Reuters -
Anti-frost candles burn in a vineyard in Flaesch, in the Swiss canton of Grisons. Due to unseasonally low temperatures, wine growers are attempting to protect their grape shoots with additional warmth from the anti-frost candles. Gian Ehrenzeller / EPA -
A Russian Soyuz 2.1A rocket carrying Lomonosov, Aist-2D and SamSat-218 satellites lifts off from the launch pad at the new Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Uglegorsk, about 200 kilometres from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia. Kirill Kudryavtsev / Reuters
World in focus — best photos for April 28, 2016
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