Advertisement

Gallery: The best photos from around the world

8 Images

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors. Follow us on Twitter

1/8

Masked men run through a field during the "Cavalhadas" festival in Pirenopolis, Goias state, Brazil. The three-day festival was brought to Brazil in the 1800s by a Portuguese priest to celebrate the "Holy Spirit" and to commemorate the medieval victory of Iberian Christian knights over the Moors. Photo: AP

2/8

Neighborhood kids play soccer at a field in the Jardim Peri neighborhood where professional soccer player Gabriel Jesus grew up and is featured in a mural on the side of homes in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Photo: AP

3/8

Confetti falls as supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro celebrate his re-election in Caracas, Venezuela.Photo: Bloomberg

4/8

Inmate Mary Sammons, 41, foreground, is comforted in the Campbell County Jail in Jacksboro, Tennessee, by cellmate Blanche Ball, 30, days after Sammons learned that her 20-year-old son was murdered in Kentucky. Sammons, who was arrested on drug-related charges, suspects her son's murder was drug-related.Photo: AP

Advertisement

5/8

Evangelicals pray and cry during a service in memory of those who died in a plane crash in Havana, Cuba.Photo: AP

6/8

Members of the media record a wall of lava entering the ocean near Pahoa, Hawaii.Photo: AP

7/8

Festival goers crowd surf at the Rock On The Range Music Festival at Mapfre Stadium, in Columbus, Ohio.Photo: AP

8/8

Aaron Wise acknowledges applause on the 18th green after winning the AT&T Byron Nelson golf tournament in Dallas.Photo: AP