World in focus - best photos for June 24, 2019

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

Fireworks explode over the brig Rossiya as it floats on the Neva River during the Scarlet Sails festivities marking school graduation in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Reuters

Participants and bird owners wait for the start of the merbok (zebra dove) bird singing competition at the Kebun Baru Birdsinging Club in Singapore. Reuters

Lijana Wallenda walks a high wire over Times Square during the Highwire Live In Times Square With Nik Wallenda in New York City, US. AFP

People enjoy the sun in Central Park in New York City, US. AFP

A spectator watches traditional kites during Bali Kite Festival at Padang Galak beach in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Reuters

A man wrapped in in an European Union flag watches protesters gather in Prague, Czech Republic. AP

Ekrem Imamoglu, the candidate of Turkey's secular opposition Republican People's Party, CHP, waves to supporters at a rally in Istanbul. AP

Devotees covered in mud and dried banana leaves take part in the Taong Putik ("mud people") Festival in the village of Bibiclat in Aliaga town, Nueva Ecija province, Philippines. Getty

Russia's Dina Averina competes in the ribbon event of the rhythmic gymnastics individual final at the 2019 European Games in Minsk. AFP

Iraqi men swim in the Shatt al-Arab river in the southern port of Basra. AFP

The moon rises over the Grand Camlica Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. Reuters

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