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World of Photos - May 19, 2018

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The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

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A woman uses a wicker basket to carry a young child on her back, whilst the child plays with a mobile phone, as she walks up a stone path through the Longsheng rice terraces, also known as the Longji rice terraces near Guilin, Guangxi province, China.Photo: Bloomberg

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.Photo: AP

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Students read the Quran during the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic Boarding School in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.Photo: AP

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Local women harvest wheat crop in Dharmsala, India. Unseasonal rain and hail storms have reduced the grain output of the mountainous region this year.Photo: AP

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A stork takes off from a meadow with flowers in Neu Anspach near Frankfurt, Germany.Photo: AP

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People relax near a World War II Soviet submarine installed as a monument in St. Petersburg, Russia.Photo: AP

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A woman sleeps outside Windsor Castle, England as early preparations continue in Windsor ahead of the royal wedding of Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.Photo: AP

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Four people row a boat over the river Main as the sun sets over the buildings of the skyline district in Frankfurt, Germany.Photo: AP