Today's best photos: from swimming with sharks to donkey racing in Bahrain

  • Sandbar sharks swim next to a snorkler in the Mediterranean off Hadera, Israel. AP
    Sandbar sharks swim next to a snorkler in the Mediterranean off Hadera, Israel. AP
  • Displaced people watch the UN helicopter carrying Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean Pierre Lacroix land in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo. AP
    Displaced people watch the UN helicopter carrying Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean Pierre Lacroix land in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo. AP
  • Firefighters work on a blaze in a building after bombings on the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv amid the Russian invasion. AFP
    Firefighters work on a blaze in a building after bombings on the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv amid the Russian invasion. AFP
  • Hatra city in Iraq, which was destroyed by ISIS militants, before a ceremony to unveil its renovation project. Reuters
    Hatra city in Iraq, which was destroyed by ISIS militants, before a ceremony to unveil its renovation project. Reuters
  • Morning track work ahead of the Saudi Cup 2022 at King Abdulaziz racecourse in Riyadh. Getty Images
    Morning track work ahead of the Saudi Cup 2022 at King Abdulaziz racecourse in Riyadh. Getty Images
  • A Saudi golfer trains to be part of the kingdom's first professional women's team, in Riyadh. Reuters
    A Saudi golfer trains to be part of the kingdom's first professional women's team, in Riyadh. Reuters
  • A digger works in a ditch that marks the border between Chile and Bolivia. More than 600 Chilean troops were deployed to help control migration in four provinces bordering Bolivia and Peru. AFP
    A digger works in a ditch that marks the border between Chile and Bolivia. More than 600 Chilean troops were deployed to help control migration in four provinces bordering Bolivia and Peru. AFP
  • The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin is illuminated in the colours of the Ukrainian flag to show solidarity with the country. AP
    The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin is illuminated in the colours of the Ukrainian flag to show solidarity with the country. AP
  • Queues to vote at a polling station during Uttar Pradesh state elections in Lucknow, India. Getty Images
    Queues to vote at a polling station during Uttar Pradesh state elections in Lucknow, India. Getty Images
  • The weekly donkey race in Saar, Bahrain. Reuters
    The weekly donkey race in Saar, Bahrain. Reuters