From a sandstorm in China to a Siberian tiger on the prowl - today's best images

Take a look at some of the finest images from around the world in the past 24 hours

A sandstorm engulfing a village in Linze county, in the city of Zhangye in China's northwestern Gansu province. AFP

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds an ice cream on the beach as he campaigns in Llandudno, north Wales, ahead of the May 6 Welsh elections. AFP

Israeli security forces disperse Palestinian protesters outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. AFP

People prepare the launch of the new Banque Populaire XI Ultim multihull sailing boat, at a boathouse in Lorient, western France. AFP

A jogger wearing a protective mask passes through a crosswalk in Tokyo. Japan started emergency measures Sunday in Tokyo, Osaka and two of its neighboring prefectures, closing down bars, karaoke, department stores, theaters and museums and other nonessential businesses and requiring staying home and other preventive measures for the residents until May 11. AP Photo

A man wearing a face mask attaches the name tag of a worshipper in preparation for the upcoming birthday of Buddha on May 19 at the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea. AP Photo

Men are seen around the burning pyres of victims who lost their lives due to the Covid-19 coronavirus at a cremation ground in New Delhi. AFP

An alligator floats in an algae bloom in Lake Okeechobee near the Pahokee Marina. Similar algae blooms in the lake in 2016 and 2018 led to red tides on both Florida coasts when water is released from the lake in anticipation of hurricane season. AP Photo

This photograph taken with a fish-eye effect shows musicians and chorus of the Fenice Opera theatre perform the “Verdi e la Fenice” ( Verdi and the Fenice ) to mark the reopening of the Fenice Opera theater in Venice as bars, restaurants, cinemas and concert halls partially reopen across Italy in a boost for coronavirus-hit businesses, as parliament debates the government's 220-billion-euro ($266-billion) EU-funded recovery plan. After months of stop-start restrictions imposed to manage its second and third waves of Covid-19, Italy hopes this latest easing will mark the start of something like a normal summer. AFP

A Siberian tiger walking towards a village in Mishan in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province. A Siberian tiger was captured last week in China's far northeast after attacking a car and terrifying local villagers near the remote border with Russia, state media reported. AFP

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