• Kyra Holland of Warrenton, Virginia, participates in the finals of the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland. Alex Wong / Getty Images / AFP
    Kyra Holland of Warrenton, Virginia, participates in the finals of the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland. Alex Wong / Getty Images / AFP
  • French police in Nantes hold a man protesting the government’s proposed labour law reforms. Stephane Mahe / Reuters
    French police in Nantes hold a man protesting the government’s proposed labour law reforms. Stephane Mahe / Reuters
  • Seeing triple: Estonia’s Olympic Team female marathon runners are triplets, left to right, Leila, Liina and Lily Luik. Ints Kalnins / Reuters
    Seeing triple: Estonia’s Olympic Team female marathon runners are triplets, left to right, Leila, Liina and Lily Luik. Ints Kalnins / Reuters
  • Soldiers of Britain’s Royal artillery look over the crowd gathered at their Larkhill camp on Salisbury Plain to take part in the Artillery’s 300th anniversary celebrations. Richard Pohle / Reuters
    Soldiers of Britain’s Royal artillery look over the crowd gathered at their Larkhill camp on Salisbury Plain to take part in the Artillery’s 300th anniversary celebrations. Richard Pohle / Reuters
  • Displaced Somalis queue for aid in Beledweyne, north of Mogadishu. Mohamed Abdiwahab / AFP Photo
    Displaced Somalis queue for aid in Beledweyne, north of Mogadishu. Mohamed Abdiwahab / AFP Photo
  • Dimitrios Markousis of Greece performs his floor exercise during the men’s qualifications at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships at Postfinance Arena in Bern, Switzerland. Manuel Lopez / EPA
    Dimitrios Markousis of Greece performs his floor exercise during the men’s qualifications at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships at Postfinance Arena in Bern, Switzerland. Manuel Lopez / EPA
  • Lava spews during the eruption of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano on the French island of Reunion. Richard Bouhet / AFP Photo
    Lava spews during the eruption of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano on the French island of Reunion. Richard Bouhet / AFP Photo
  • Zach Johnson plays his shot from the 12th tee at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Tom Pennington / Getty Images / AFP
    Zach Johnson plays his shot from the 12th tee at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Tom Pennington / Getty Images / AFP
  • The Sydney Opera House sails light up as part of Vivid Sydney. Mark Metcalfe / Getty Images
    The Sydney Opera House sails light up as part of Vivid Sydney. Mark Metcalfe / Getty Images

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World in focus — best photos for May 27, 2016

Liz Claus

May 27, 2016

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

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