A look at the best photos from around the world today.
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The chief executive of Irish discount airline company Ryanair, Michael O’Leary poses for a photograph after speaking at a press conference in London, Britain. Ryanair have launched their London summer 2017 schedule, with 2 new routes to Strasburg and Faro, and more flights to Sofia and Nuremburg. Hannah McKay / EPA -
The Black Rock Lighthouse Service installation is shown in the distance during Burning Man at the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada. Chase Stevens / Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP -
Riot police clash with supporters of Dilma Rousseff as they protest against new Brazilian President Michel Temer at the Paulista Avenue, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff was stripped of the country’s presidency in an emotional impeachment vote Wednesday and replaced by conservative rival Michel Temer, who promised to heal Latin America’s biggest economy. Miguel Schincariol / AFP -
Mount Sinabung volcano spews thick volcanic ash in Karo, North Sumatra. Many residents in the area have been forced to relocate to other villages of Northern Sumatra at a safer distance from mount Sinabung volcano, one of most active in Indonesia. Ebenezer Pinem / AFP -
People watch as a paraglider flies past them as they sit atop Long Reef Point on the first day of Spring in Sydney, Australia. David Gray / Reuters -
Sunrise above a foggy field near Altranft, Germany. Patrick Pleul / EPA -
Animal rights activists protest against dolphin slaughter in front of the Japanese embassy in Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines. Activists protesteted against Japan’s dolphin drive hunt which annually starts in September in Taiji, Japan. Eugenio Loreto / EPA -
Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff gestures at the Alvorada presidential palace in Brasilia after she was stripped of the country’s presidency in a Senate impeachment vote on August 31, 2016. Rousseff was stripped of the country’s presidency Wednesday in a Senate impeachment vote ending 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America’s biggest economy. Evarusti Sa / AFP -
A man walks under spectral coloured umbrellas of the art installation ‘REGEN.WALD’ (rain.forest) in Vienna, Austria. The installation is part of the annual cultural projects ‘space and place’ and ‘Vienna lives’. Christian Bruna / EPA -
A Hindu priest recites prayers from a holy book while performing a ritual near the bank of Bagmati River during Kuse Aunse (Father’s Day) at Gokarna Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. Hindus all over the country, whose fathers have passed away, come to the temple for worship, holy dips, and to present offerings on this occasion. Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
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