• A wild owls is measured, weighed and ringed, in the zoo in Arnhem, The Netherlands. EPA
    A wild owls is measured, weighed and ringed, in the zoo in Arnhem, The Netherlands. EPA
  • Residents break their fast amid the rubble of buildings in the old city of Mosul, northern Iraq. Ammar Salih / EPA
    Residents break their fast amid the rubble of buildings in the old city of Mosul, northern Iraq. Ammar Salih / EPA
  • A woman uses a VR headset to view images by Mexican painter Frida Kahlo in Mexico City, Mexico. Sashenka Gutierrez / EPA
    A woman uses a VR headset to view images by Mexican painter Frida Kahlo in Mexico City, Mexico. Sashenka Gutierrez / EPA
  • US Air Force Academy cadets toss their hats in the air as the Thunderbirds fly overhead during the cadets' graduation ceremony in Colorado Springs. Jerilee Bennett / The Gazette via AP
    US Air Force Academy cadets toss their hats in the air as the Thunderbirds fly overhead during the cadets' graduation ceremony in Colorado Springs. Jerilee Bennett / The Gazette via AP
  • Minnesota Lynx forward Temi Fagbenle., left, and Dallas Wings forward Azura Stevens tangle while going for a rebound during the second half of a WNBA basketball game in Minneapolis. Leila Navidi / Star Tribune via AP
    Minnesota Lynx forward Temi Fagbenle., left, and Dallas Wings forward Azura Stevens tangle while going for a rebound during the second half of a WNBA basketball game in Minneapolis. Leila Navidi / Star Tribune via AP
  • New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka of Japan tosses a baseball before the game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas. Larry W Smith / EPA
    New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka of Japan tosses a baseball before the game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas. Larry W Smith / EPA
  • An Indonesian Muslim prays at a mMosque in Bandung, West Java. Timur Matahari / AFP Photo
    An Indonesian Muslim prays at a mMosque in Bandung, West Java. Timur Matahari / AFP Photo
  • The night sky is illuminated by lava pouring from a fissure eruption of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. Marco Garcia / Reuters
    The night sky is illuminated by lava pouring from a fissure eruption of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. Marco Garcia / Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for May 24, 2018

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