Gallery: The best photos from around the world

13 Images

The best photos from the international wire services as chosen by our Picture Editors.

February 27, 2019 — 7.37pm

1/13

Residents of Armstrong Woods Road evacuate as the water rises north of Guerneville, California, USA. The town of Guerneville and some two dozen other communities are at risk of flooding from the Russian River north of San Francisco.Credit:AP

2/13

Kashmiri villagers gather near the wreckage of an Indian aircraft after it crashed in Indian controlled Kashmir.Credit:AP

3/13

President Donald Trump poses for a photo as he meets Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam.Credit:AP

4/13

A girl who studies in Cucuta, Colombia, points to the Francisco de Paula Santander international bridge, closed by the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Guard, in Urena, Venezuela. Venezuelan children, who attend school on the Colombian side of the border, have been blocked from class after the border between both countries was closed indefinitely by the Venezuelan government.Credit:AP

5/13

A woman passing past a wall of portraits of Iran's victims as protestors demonstrate against the delegation of Islamic Republic of Iran at the 40th session of the Human Rights Council, during a rally on place des Nations in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.Credit:AP

6/13

Participants hold placards as they chant slogans urging the end of the Korean War during a rally that supports DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit in Seoul, South Korea. Donald Trump's second summit with Kim Jong Un gives the two leaders the chance to once again share the spotlight and demonstrate their mutual affection although many feel that North Korea will hold onto their nuclear arsenal.Credit:Bloomberg

7/13

The sun rises behind the Forth Bridge at North Queensferry, Scotland. Britain's meteorological agency said a high pressure region is forecast to bring unseasonably warm weather to Britain and other parts of the continent, with large parts of Western Europe expected to see temperatures in the high teens over the coming days.Credit:AP

8/13

Pigeons walk in a park with a Soviet era MIG-19 fighter jet installed as a monument in the background in St.Petersburg, Russia.Credit:AP

9/13

Japan's Yukiya Sato builds up speed for his jump during a men's ski jumping HS109 training, at the Nordic Ski World Championships, in Seefeld, Austria.Credit:AP

10/13

Models wear creations as part of the Saint Laurent ready to wear Fall-Winter 2019-2020 collection, that was presented in Paris, France.Credit:AP

11/13

A figure depicting Queen Elizabeth is shown during a press preview in a hall of the Mainz carnival club in Mainz, Germany. Carnival groups and clubs in Germany are putting their final touches on their elaborate floats with outrageous caricatures depicting political themes for this year's parades during Carnival celebrations.Credit:AP

12/13

Young cholita wrestler Dona Chevas, 16, top, holds the legs of her rival, fellow trainee Simpatica Sonia, 24, as they compete in the ring in El Alto, Bolivia. A new generation of athletes is coming to one of the world's more colorful sporting spectacles: the fighting cholitas of Bolivia, who take to a wrestling ring in the traditional billowing skirts, bowler hats and leather shoes of Aymara women.Credit:AP

13/13

Makenzie Craven, 10 of Imlay City, bows her head alongside her family as she commemorates the lives of several children who died in an early morning fire at a mobile home park in Imlay City, Michigan, USA. Several family members were critically injured and hospitalized due to the fire.Credit:AP