• Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter leaves the international Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, after attending as a witness for the hearing of Uefa president Michel Platini who was appealing against a six-year Fifa ban. Laurent Gilleron / EPA
    Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter leaves the international Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, after attending as a witness for the hearing of Uefa president Michel Platini who was appealing against a six-year Fifa ban. Laurent Gilleron / EPA
  • Syrians carry an injured man to safety amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following an air strike in the Aleppo neighbourhood of Al Qatarji. Ameer Al Habli / AFP Photo
    Syrians carry an injured man to safety amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following an air strike in the Aleppo neighbourhood of Al Qatarji. Ameer Al Habli / AFP Photo
  • Thousands of supporters of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) party petition for the former Liberian footballer and current Senator George Weah to contest Liberia’s Presidential elections in 2017. Ahmed Jallanzo / EPA
    Thousands of supporters of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) party petition for the former Liberian footballer and current Senator George Weah to contest Liberia’s Presidential elections in 2017. Ahmed Jallanzo / EPA
  • A North Korean defector prepares to release a balloon containing leaflets denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, near the demilitarised zone in Paju, South Korea. Kim Hong-ji / Reuters
    A North Korean defector prepares to release a balloon containing leaflets denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, near the demilitarised zone in Paju, South Korea. Kim Hong-ji / Reuters
  • Students practice Yoga on campus in Jinan, Shandong province, China. Reuters
    Students practice Yoga on campus in Jinan, Shandong province, China. Reuters
  • Children peer from a carriage at a train station turned into a makeshift refugee camp at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni. Gregorio Borgia / AP Photo
    Children peer from a carriage at a train station turned into a makeshift refugee camp at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni. Gregorio Borgia / AP Photo
  • Joe Biden, the US vice president, delivers a speech before an audience of Pope Francis at the Paul VI audience hall in Vatican City. Vincenzo Pinto / AFP Photo
    Joe Biden, the US vice president, delivers a speech before an audience of Pope Francis at the Paul VI audience hall in Vatican City. Vincenzo Pinto / AFP Photo
  • A firefighter extinguishes a burning car as French riot police clear the Place de la Republique in Paris during a protest by the Nuit Debout, or “Up All Night” movement. Alain Jocard / AFP Photo
    A firefighter extinguishes a burning car as French riot police clear the Place de la Republique in Paris during a protest by the Nuit Debout, or “Up All Night” movement. Alain Jocard / AFP Photo

World in focus — best photos for April 29, 2016


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A look at the best photos from around the world today.