• Visitors ride a rollercoaster at Europa Park in Rust, western Germany, on Friday, on the theme park's reopening day after the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions. AFP
    Visitors ride a rollercoaster at Europa Park in Rust, western Germany, on Friday, on the theme park's reopening day after the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions. AFP
  • Police officers transfer inmates after a riot broke out at a prison in Cantel, Guatemala. Reuters
    Police officers transfer inmates after a riot broke out at a prison in Cantel, Guatemala. Reuters
  • US President Joe Biden makes a brief appearance in the Cross Hall at the White House in Washington to welcome the Israel-Palestine ceasefire. Reuters
    US President Joe Biden makes a brief appearance in the Cross Hall at the White House in Washington to welcome the Israel-Palestine ceasefire. Reuters
  • Giant concrete "tulip pots" support Little Island, a new man-made park and performing arts space forming part of the Hudson River Park along the West Side of Manhattan island, New York. AP Photo
    Giant concrete "tulip pots" support Little Island, a new man-made park and performing arts space forming part of the Hudson River Park along the West Side of Manhattan island, New York. AP Photo
  • Children who crossed into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco among a wave of about 8,000 migrants in recent days, wait inside a temporary shelter for unaccompanied minors. AP Photo
    Children who crossed into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco among a wave of about 8,000 migrants in recent days, wait inside a temporary shelter for unaccompanied minors. AP Photo
  • Syrian refugee Abdullah A in court in Dresden, Germany, where he was sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing a 55-year-old man to death in an extremist attack. EPA
    Syrian refugee Abdullah A in court in Dresden, Germany, where he was sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing a 55-year-old man to death in an extremist attack. EPA
  • A man sleeps in front of a closed shop in New Delhi, India, during a government-imposed lockdown to combat the spread of the coronavirus. AFP
    A man sleeps in front of a closed shop in New Delhi, India, during a government-imposed lockdown to combat the spread of the coronavirus. AFP
  • Fishermen set up nets on the shores of Dalma island in the Arabian Gulf off the coast of Abu Dhabi. AFP
    Fishermen set up nets on the shores of Dalma island in the Arabian Gulf off the coast of Abu Dhabi. AFP
  • A migrant from Guatemala checks his phone as he waits for his clothes to dry in a launderette in Tijuana, Mexico. AFP
    A migrant from Guatemala checks his phone as he waits for his clothes to dry in a launderette in Tijuana, Mexico. AFP
  • Students take part in the School Strike 4 Life environmental protest in Sydney, Australia. EPA
    Students take part in the School Strike 4 Life environmental protest in Sydney, Australia. EPA

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From a rollercoaster ride in Germany to climate protests in Sydney - today's best pictures

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May 21, 2021

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