The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors
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An owl eats larvae at a wildlife center in the rural Las Mercedes community of Tocaima, Colombia.Credit:Fernando Vergara/AP Photo
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U.S. Sailors and Marines stand on the deck of the USS Bataan as it passes the Statue of Liberty during Fleet Week in New York.Credit:Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo
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Servicemen of Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanised Brigade fire a French MO-120-RT heavy mortar at the Russian forces on the front line near the city of Bakhmut in Ukraine’s Donetsk region.Credit:Iryna Rybakova via AP
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Elsa Hosk poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France.Credit:Andreea Alexandru/Invision/AP
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Ademola Lookman of Atalanta scores their third goal past Matej Kovar of Bayer Leverkusen during the UEFA Europa League 2023/24 final match between Atalanta BC and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Dublin Arena in Dublin, Ireland.Credit:Molly Darlington-Pool/Getty Images
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Rowers lift their boat out of the Main River in the last light of the day in Frankfurt, Germany.Credit:Boris Roessler/dpa/dpa via AP
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Sefika Mustafic kisses the grave of her son, victim of the Srebrenica genocide, at the Memorial Center in Potocari, Bosnia.Credit:Armin Durgut/AP Photo
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Youngsters, reflected in a metallic cube, ride their bicycles during warm weather along an embankment of the Moscow River as the sun sets in Moscow, Russia.Credit:Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo
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Mourners attend the funeral of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran, Iran.Credit:Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
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Tadej Pogacar celebrates retaining the pink jersey of leader of the race after the 17th stage of the Giro d’Italia from Selva di Val Gardena to Passo Brocon, Italy.Credit:Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP
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Local residents hug in front of their tornado damaged home in Greenfield, Iowa.Credit:Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo
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Shoes used with “La Morenada” dance costumes are on display for sale ahead of the annual Feast of the Lord of Great Power in La Paz, Bolivia.Credit:Juan Karita/AP Photo
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A fisherman manages fishing nets in Guanabara Bay near a recovered mangrove forest, in the Guapimirim environmental protection area on Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.Credit:Bruna Prado/AP Photo
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Poriya Hossein Khanzadeh Firouzjah of Iran jumps to spike the ball against Marko Podraščanin of Serbia during a match between Iran and Serbia as part of the Men’s Volleyball Nations League at Maracanazinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Credit:Buda Mendes/Getty Images
