• Farrmers working in the fields in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province of China. Getty Images
    Farrmers working in the fields in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province of China. Getty Images
  • A member of China's honour guard gazes on a string as he and his comrades prepare for a welcome ceremony for visiting Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbay Jeenbekov. Andy Wong / AP Photo
    A member of China's honour guard gazes on a string as he and his comrades prepare for a welcome ceremony for visiting Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbay Jeenbekov. Andy Wong / AP Photo
  • Photographers take pictures as Russia's Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft carrying the members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 56/57, NASA astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev and German astronaut Alexander Gerst, blasts off to the ISS from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome. Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP
    Photographers take pictures as Russia's Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft carrying the members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 56/57, NASA astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev and German astronaut Alexander Gerst, blasts off to the ISS from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome. Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP
  • Soldiers take a break during the search for victims of the Fuego Volcano in the ash-covered village of San Miguel Los Lotes south-west of Guatemala City. Johan Ordonez / AFP
    Soldiers take a break during the search for victims of the Fuego Volcano in the ash-covered village of San Miguel Los Lotes south-west of Guatemala City. Johan Ordonez / AFP
  • A South Korean woman touches the engraved name of her older brother who died during the Korean War at Seoul National Cemetery. Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images
    A South Korean woman touches the engraved name of her older brother who died during the Korean War at Seoul National Cemetery. Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images
  • World-renowned French climber Alain Robert scales the outer wall of Lotte World Tower in southern Seoul. EPA
    World-renowned French climber Alain Robert scales the outer wall of Lotte World Tower in southern Seoul. EPA
  • A labourer brushes his teeth as he sits on a handcart in a market area in the old quarters of Delhi, India. Amit Dave / Reuters
    A labourer brushes his teeth as he sits on a handcart in a market area in the old quarters of Delhi, India. Amit Dave / Reuters
  • Shia Muslim women pray during the death anniversary of Ali, son-in-law of Prophet Mohammad, at Hazratbal shrine during the holy month of Ramadan in Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters
    Shia Muslim women pray during the death anniversary of Ali, son-in-law of Prophet Mohammad, at Hazratbal shrine during the holy month of Ramadan in Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for June 6, 2018

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