A look at the best photos from around the world today.
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Paramilitary policemen take part in a training in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Stringer / Reuters -
Andy Murray of Great Britain celebrates against Serbian Novak Djokovic during the final match of the ATP Tennis Open tournament game at the Foro Italico in Rome. Tiziana Fabi / AFP -
Sporting de Gijon’s coach, Abelardo Fernandez, is thrown up in the air as the team celebrates remaining in the first division after their last Primera Division Liga match against Villarreal held at the Molinon stadium in Gijón, Spain. Alberto Morante / EPA -
Toronto Blue Jays Jose Bautista (19) gets hit by Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor (12) after Bautista slid into second in the eighth inning of a baseball game at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas. Richard W. Rodriguez / Star-Telegram via AP -
Sweden’s Johan Sundstrom scores a goal against Switzerland during the IIHF World Championship in Moscow, Russia. Grigory Dukor / Reuters -
Honour guards attend a practice before the welcome ceremony for Afghan chief executive Abdullah Abdullah at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters -
A woman hangs laundry near her tent in front of the wired fence that separates Greece and Macedonia at a makeshift refugee camp on the northern Greek border point of Idomeni. Thousands of stranded refugees and migrants have camped in Idomeni for months after the border was closed. Petros Giannakouris / AP Photo -
An Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) employee holds a part of a statue that according to the IAA, was recovered from a merchant ship dated 1600 years in the ancient harbour in the Caesarea National Park. Baz Ratner / Reuters -
The Flying Scotsman crosses the Forth Rail Bridge as it makes its way into Fife on a rare tour North of the border in North Queensferry, Scotland. The Famous steam train built in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, in 1923, the Flying Scotsman pulled the first train to break the 100mph barrier in 1934. Mark Runnacles / Getty Images -
Protesters wait on a bridge for a massive anti-government protest to arrive, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Authorities locked down Afghanistan’s capital Monday as tens of thousands of members of an ethnic minority group marched through the streets to protest the proposed route of a power line. Massoud Hossaini / AP Photo
World in focus — best photos for May 16, 2016
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