The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors
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China’s President Xi Jinping’s wife Peng Liyuan, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife Brigitte Macron pose in front of the clock as they visit the Orsay Museum in Paris. Credit:Aurelien Morissard/AP Pool
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A Nepalese devotee makes her way back through a narrow ledge after offering prayers in front of an idol of Astamatrika, or eight mother goddesses, on the banks of the Bagmati river in Kathmandu, Nepal.Credit:Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo
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Vladimir Putin takes his oath as Russian president during an inauguration ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia.Credit:Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Pool
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A duck with ducklings walks across a red carpet before a welcome ceremony for Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia.Credit:Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo
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A deer stands in the shade on a hot day at the Alipore Zoological Garden in Kolkata, India.Credit:Bikas Das/AP Photo
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A Russian soldier wearing a sniper suit, a participant of a performance depicting military operation battles in Ukraine looks at his phone before the Victory Day military parade at the Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia.Credit:Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo
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In this aerial view a team of scientists from the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences drills for ice core samples at the Weissseespitze summit above Kaunertal, Austria.Credit:Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Ross Chastain, driver of the #45 Buckle Up South Carolina Chevrolet, celebrates with a watermelon after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Buckle Up South Carolina 200 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina.Credit:Meg Oliphant/Getty Images
