Gallery: The best photos from around the world
12 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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Refugees from the Tigray region of Ethiopia region wait to register at the UNCHR center at Hamdayet, Sudan.Credit:Marwan Ali
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Hooter, of New Braunfels, Texas participates in a rally for President Trump at the Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas. Credit:JAY JANNER
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A man who is dressed as a zombie gets revved up in San Martin plaza where people who are refusing to recognize the new government gather to protest, in Lima, Peru. Credit:RODRIGO ABD
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Spectators at Augusta National Golf Course wait for play to end during the third round of the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga. Credit:CHARLIE RIEDEL
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A woman lights candles inside a church of the Dadivank, an Armenian Apostolic Church monastery dating to the 9th century, as ethnic Armenians leave the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia. The territory is to be turned over to Azerbaijan as part of territorial concessions in an agreement to end six weeks of intense fighting with Armenian forces. Credit:DMITRY LOVETSKY
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People react to being pepper sprayed by police, in Washington. Credit:JULIO CORTEZ
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Sakura Koiwai of Japan putts at the practice green prior to the final round of the Ito-En Ladies Golf Tournament at the Great Island Club in Chonan, Chiba, Japan. Credit:Atsushi Tomura
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A sign that counter-protesters lit on fire burns after supporters of President Donald Trump held pro-Trump marches in Washington.Credit:JULIO CORTEZ
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A house is left to burn by its owners as they flee the territories in Nagorno-Karabakh that will be handed over to Azerbaijan in Karvachar (also known as Kalbajar). Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a Russia-brokered deal to end their conflict over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.Credit:Alex McBride
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People who are refusing to recognize Peru's new government gather to protest, in Lima.Credit:RODRIGO ABD
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Tasleema Banoo gathers crocus flowers, the stigma of which produces saffron, on a farm in Khrew, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. The farmers separate purple petals of the flowers by hand and, from each of them, come out three deep crimson-colored stigmas, one of the most expensive and sought-after spice in the world called saffron.Credit:DAR YASIN
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People look at ancient sarcophagi on display, discovered in a vast necropolis in Saqqara, Giza, Egypt. Egyptian antiquities officials have announced the discovery of at least 100 ancient coffins, some with mummies inside, and around 40 gilded statues south of Cairo. Credit:Nariman El-Mofty