• World Champion Trials bike rider Jack Field of Australia performs the highest backflip on a motorcycle ever recorded as he flips his motorbike upside down on the roof of Melbourne's Eureka Tower during a AUS-X Open media opportunity at Eureka Tower in Melbourne, Australia. Getty
    World Champion Trials bike rider Jack Field of Australia performs the highest backflip on a motorcycle ever recorded as he flips his motorbike upside down on the roof of Melbourne's Eureka Tower during a AUS-X Open media opportunity at Eureka Tower in Melbourne, Australia. Getty
  • An iftar tour of the Expo 2020 site in Dubai. The Al Wasl Plaza. Victor Besa / The National
    An iftar tour of the Expo 2020 site in Dubai. The Al Wasl Plaza. Victor Besa / The National
  • The river Thur swelled and flooded the area next to the riverside, in Alt St Johann, Switzerland. There is currently heavy rainfall in Eastern Switzerland. EPA
    The river Thur swelled and flooded the area next to the riverside, in Alt St Johann, Switzerland. There is currently heavy rainfall in Eastern Switzerland. EPA
  • A Nepalese boy jumps into the Ganga Sagar pond during a hot day in Terai, Nepal., Nepal registered a record high temperature of 40 degrees. EPA
    A Nepalese boy jumps into the Ganga Sagar pond during a hot day in Terai, Nepal., Nepal registered a record high temperature of 40 degrees. EPA
  • Supporters of football team CA Osasuna celebrate at the city hall in Pamplona, Spain. Osasuna sealed their promotion to Spanish La Liga. EPA
    Supporters of football team CA Osasuna celebrate at the city hall in Pamplona, Spain. Osasuna sealed their promotion to Spanish La Liga. EPA
  • Plane spotters take pictures of a French built Dassault Rafale fighter jet during a test and evaluation day at the Swiss Army airbase, in Payerne, Switzerland. EPA
    Plane spotters take pictures of a French built Dassault Rafale fighter jet during a test and evaluation day at the Swiss Army airbase, in Payerne, Switzerland. EPA
  • Elle Fanning arrives for the screening of the film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" at the Cannes Film Festival. Reuters
    Elle Fanning arrives for the screening of the film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" at the Cannes Film Festival. Reuters
  • Palestinian shoppers walk in a market in Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters
    Palestinian shoppers walk in a market in Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters
  • The oldest car to wear the Porsche badge goes on view at Sotheby's in London, England. Getty
    The oldest car to wear the Porsche badge goes on view at Sotheby's in London, England. Getty
  • Runners leave the stalls for the first race of the day at Brighton Racecourse in Brighton, England. Getty
    Runners leave the stalls for the first race of the day at Brighton Racecourse in Brighton, England. Getty
  • An Indian youth scouts around for mud crabs and snakehead fish as he walks on the parched bed of Chembarambakkam lake on the outskirts of Chennai. AFP
    An Indian youth scouts around for mud crabs and snakehead fish as he walks on the parched bed of Chembarambakkam lake on the outskirts of Chennai. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for May 22, 2019

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

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May 22, 2019

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