• Sudanese women gather during a demonstration to commemorate the first anniversary of a deadly crackdown carried out by security forces on protesters during a sit-in outside the army headquarters, in Khartoum, Sudan. AP Photo
    Sudanese women gather during a demonstration to commemorate the first anniversary of a deadly crackdown carried out by security forces on protesters during a sit-in outside the army headquarters, in Khartoum, Sudan. AP Photo
  • Commuters wearing face masks travel on a public bus with an electronic sign reading "Wear a face mask", in Curitiba, Brazil. AFP
    Commuters wearing face masks travel on a public bus with an electronic sign reading "Wear a face mask", in Curitiba, Brazil. AFP
  • A medical sick bay for migrant workers is pictured at the Marina Cruise Center in Singapore. Reuters
    A medical sick bay for migrant workers is pictured at the Marina Cruise Center in Singapore. Reuters
  • Family members of an air hostess Anam Maqsood, who was killed in Friday's plane crash, mourn for her death at their home in Lahore, Pakistan. AP Photo
    Family members of an air hostess Anam Maqsood, who was killed in Friday's plane crash, mourn for her death at their home in Lahore, Pakistan. AP Photo
  • A man works in the making of coffins at La Amistad Funeral Home in Managua, Nicaragua. AFP
    A man works in the making of coffins at La Amistad Funeral Home in Managua, Nicaragua. AFP
  • A woman uses a rope as a makeshift pulley to hoist a bag full of groceries up to her second-floor balcony in Dhaka, Bangladesh. EPA
    A woman uses a rope as a makeshift pulley to hoist a bag full of groceries up to her second-floor balcony in Dhaka, Bangladesh. EPA
  • A man chops branches of a tree branch fallen on a road after Cyclone Amphan hit the region in Kolkata, India. AP Photo
    A man chops branches of a tree branch fallen on a road after Cyclone Amphan hit the region in Kolkata, India. AP Photo
  • A demonstrator carries a Spanish flag during a drive-in protest organised by Spain's far-right party Vox against the government's handling of the coronavirus disease pandemic in Madrid, Spain. Reuters
    A demonstrator carries a Spanish flag during a drive-in protest organised by Spain's far-right party Vox against the government's handling of the coronavirus disease pandemic in Madrid, Spain. Reuters
  • Residents look at a washed out street in the aftermath of the Sanford Dam failure, which flooded the Tittabawassee River and parts of Sanford, Michigan, USA. Reuters
    Residents look at a washed out street in the aftermath of the Sanford Dam failure, which flooded the Tittabawassee River and parts of Sanford, Michigan, USA. Reuters
  • Open and occupied graves are seen at Vila Formosa cemetery, Brazil's biggest cemetery, in Sao Paulo. Reuters
    Open and occupied graves are seen at Vila Formosa cemetery, Brazil's biggest cemetery, in Sao Paulo. Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for May 23, 2020

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

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