World in focus - best photos for April 30, 2019

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

A hat is seen in detail as a model presents a creation during the Cruise 2020 collection show for French fashion house Dior in Marrakech, Morocco. Reuters

Lightning strikes during an electrical storm over Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AFP

A worker collects roses to process into oil in Herat, Afghanistan. EPA

Trees with new red leaves are in bloom at Lodhi Gardens in New Delhi, India. EPA

Steam escapes from the cooling towers of the Staudinger coal-powered power plant in Grosskrotzenburg near Frankfurt. EPA

Believers attend an Orthdox Easter Monday church service in the Nativity of Christ Cathedral in Riga, Latvia. EPA

Falcons wait to receive medical attention at the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital. Reuters

Workers harvest asparagus in a field at the Beller Hof farm in Cologne, western Germany. AFP

A competitor pushes a bicycle along a sand dune during Stage 2 of Morocco's Titan Desert 2019 mountain biking race between Merzouga and Ouzina. AFP

Competitors carry their bicycles along a sand dune during Stage 2 of Morocco's Titan Desert 2019 mountain biking race between Merzouga and Ouzina. AFP

Members of a Mexican band from Oaxaca State look through the border fence at Playas de Tijuana, in Tijuana. AFP

San Francisco Giants left fielder Yangervis Solarte of Venezuela makes a running catch on Los Angeles Dodgers Austin Barnes during the fifth inning of their MLB game at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA. EPA

Japanese Emperor Akihito walks on the day of his abdication ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. EPA

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