World in focus - best photos for May 8, 2019

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

Su-34 military fighter jets fly in formation during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade, which marks the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, above a monument to Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 7, 2019. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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