• Jason Castro, #15 of the Houston Astros, makes a sliding catch in foul territory in the fifth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. Bob Levey / Getty Images / AFP
    Jason Castro, #15 of the Houston Astros, makes a sliding catch in foul territory in the fifth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. Bob Levey / Getty Images / AFP
  • US President Barack Obama speaks at the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative town hall event in Ho Chi Minh City. Mr Obama urged communist Vietnam to abandon authoritarianism, saying basic human rights would not jeopardise its stability, after Hanoi barred several dissidents from meeting the US leader. Jim Watson / AFP
    US President Barack Obama speaks at the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative town hall event in Ho Chi Minh City. Mr Obama urged communist Vietnam to abandon authoritarianism, saying basic human rights would not jeopardise its stability, after Hanoi barred several dissidents from meeting the US leader. Jim Watson / AFP
  • Riot police stand guard behind a fire as refinery workers hold a blockade of the oil depot of Douchy-Les-Mines to protest against the government’s proposed labour reforms. Refinery workers stepped up strikes that threaten to paralyse France weeks ahead of the Euro 2016 tournament as the government moved to break their blockades, escalating a three-month tug-of-war over labour reforms. François Lo Presti /AFP
    Riot police stand guard behind a fire as refinery workers hold a blockade of the oil depot of Douchy-Les-Mines to protest against the government’s proposed labour reforms. Refinery workers stepped up strikes that threaten to paralyse France weeks ahead of the Euro 2016 tournament as the government moved to break their blockades, escalating a three-month tug-of-war over labour reforms. François Lo Presti /AFP
  • Supporters of nuclear and solar energy rally in the rotunda at the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, Illinois, as lawmakers gathered to talk about the final week of the legislative session. Seth Perlman / AP
    Supporters of nuclear and solar energy rally in the rotunda at the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, Illinois, as lawmakers gathered to talk about the final week of the legislative session. Seth Perlman / AP
  • A firefighter stands next to vehicles stuck in a chasm near Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy. A chasm measuring about 200 metres long and seven metres wide opened up in central Florence, according to media reports. About 20 vehicles were damaged in the sinkhole that was created by a rupture of a water main. Maurizio Degl’Innocenti / EPA
    A firefighter stands next to vehicles stuck in a chasm near Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy. A chasm measuring about 200 metres long and seven metres wide opened up in central Florence, according to media reports. About 20 vehicles were damaged in the sinkhole that was created by a rupture of a water main. Maurizio Degl’Innocenti / EPA

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World in focus — best photos for May 25, 2016

Rob Gurdebeke

May 25, 2016

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A look at the best photos from around the world today.

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