World in focus - best photos for May 20, 2019

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

A coffin is placed on the ground during the burial of Ebola victims Kasereka Sahanane, Kathingu Kipura, Kasereka Kipura and Kavira Sifa, at Kanzunza cemetary in Butembo, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. EPA

Crimson clovers bloom near Sagujfalu, Hungary. EPA

Shyam Saran Negi, 102, looks out from his house ahead of the final phase of the general election, in Kalpa, India. Mr Negi has participated in every elections since 1951. Reuters

This aerial photograph taken shows a worker harvesting salt in southern Vietnam's Hon Khoi salt fields. AFP

Union Berlin supporters cheer on their team during the German second division Bundesliga football match against VfL Bochum in Bochum, western Germany. AFP

An exhibitor adjusts a display of allium ahead of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London. EPA

French and British fighters take part in a combat in heavy knight armor battle during the four-day world championship of Medieval combat fest (IMCF) in medieval fortress near Kiev. AFP

A lightning strikes over Bago Mountains in Bago Region, Myanmar. AFP

Sri Lankan women read names on a memorial for fallen soldiers during the National War Heroes Day in Colombo. AFP

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