Gallery: The best photos from around the world
8 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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A worker adjusts lanterns for upcoming celebration of Buddha's birthday on May 12 at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea.Credit:AP
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A woman climbs on the bough of a tree blooming with flowers on a spring afternoon along Kelly Drive in Philadelphia.Credit:AP
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A mask of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi sits on a chair at an event marking the release of the Bharatiya Janata Party manifesto at the party's headquarters in New Delhi, India.Credit:Bloomberg
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A worker cleans the statue of King Sejong in the Joseon Dynasty, for a spring cleaning in downtown Seoul, South Korea.Credit:AP
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Shannon Archuleta and her son Jett Archuleta wade through a flooded street in the Riverstone Mobile Home Park in Cottage Grove, Oregon, to check on a family member after floodwaters rose overnight.Credit:Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard
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Visitors enjoy the installation 'The perfect time' by Ico Migliore, displayed on the occasion of the Fuorisalone exhibition at the Furniture fair, in Milan, Italy.Credit:AP
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Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, receives help from dance students, to place on her head a traditional Panchimalco shawl worn by women in the last century, during a visit to Panchimalco, the home of indigenous Salvadorans, El Salvador.Credit:AP
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The sun rises behind the television tower on a sunny morning in the German capital Berlin.Credit:dpa