• Geishas, traditional Japanese female entertainers, perform during a press preview of the annual Azuma Odori Dance Festival at the Shinbashi Enbujo Theatre in Tokyo. Issei Kato / Reuters
    Geishas, traditional Japanese female entertainers, perform during a press preview of the annual Azuma Odori Dance Festival at the Shinbashi Enbujo Theatre in Tokyo. Issei Kato / Reuters
  • Students from Ar-Raudhatul Hasanah Pesantren religious school read the Quran during the holy month of Ramadan in Medan, Indonesia. YT Haryono / Reuters
    Students from Ar-Raudhatul Hasanah Pesantren religious school read the Quran during the holy month of Ramadan in Medan, Indonesia. YT Haryono / Reuters
  • A university student fires a hand-made mortar in support of the people of Monimbo, a neighbourhood in Masaya, a city some 35 km from Managua, Nicaragua. The country has been rocked by anti-government protests. Inti Ocon / AFP
    A university student fires a hand-made mortar in support of the people of Monimbo, a neighbourhood in Masaya, a city some 35 km from Managua, Nicaragua. The country has been rocked by anti-government protests. Inti Ocon / AFP
  • A six-metre tall luminescent puppet operated by ten performers catches the eye at a preview of Vivid Sydney, promoted as the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas, in Sydney, Australia. David Gray / Reuters
    A six-metre tall luminescent puppet operated by ten performers catches the eye at a preview of Vivid Sydney, promoted as the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas, in Sydney, Australia. David Gray / Reuters
  • Playing on a swing at sunset on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. Farshad Usyan / AFP
    Playing on a swing at sunset on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. Farshad Usyan / AFP
  • A massive flow of lava enters the sea at Malama Flats, Hawaii, leaving a stretch of a major coastal road cut off at both ends. The ongoing eruption of Kilauea is the largest in decades, destroying more than 40 homes to date, and displacing thousands. Bruce Omori / EPA
    A massive flow of lava enters the sea at Malama Flats, Hawaii, leaving a stretch of a major coastal road cut off at both ends. The ongoing eruption of Kilauea is the largest in decades, destroying more than 40 homes to date, and displacing thousands. Bruce Omori / EPA
  • Firefighters take cover from foam sprayed on the wreckage of a Gulfstream G200 aircraft that skidded off the runway during landing at Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Jorge Cabrera / Reuters
    Firefighters take cover from foam sprayed on the wreckage of a Gulfstream G200 aircraft that skidded off the runway during landing at Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Jorge Cabrera / Reuters
  • Three Minnesota Twins outfielders (from left, Eddie Rosario, Byron Buxton and Max Kepler) mime shooting basketballs as they celebrate their team's 6-0 win over the Detroit Tigers in a baseball game in Minneapolis. Jim Mone / AP Photo
    Three Minnesota Twins outfielders (from left, Eddie Rosario, Byron Buxton and Max Kepler) mime shooting basketballs as they celebrate their team's 6-0 win over the Detroit Tigers in a baseball game in Minneapolis. Jim Mone / AP Photo

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World in focus - best photos for May 23, 2018

From puppets to mortars, baseball to geishas, the day's most striking images

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May 23, 2018

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