From alpacas to desert art - today's best pictures

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

Alpacas stand against a backdrop of dark rain clouds on a pasture near the Wehnder Warte vantage point, in Wehnde, Germany. AP Photo

Informal settlers from San Roque village tend to their crops in a community farm set up in a vacant lot, which private developers plan to turn into a casino resort, in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. Getty Images

Young mahouts play with elephants in the Chao Phraya river, after celebrations for Thailand's National Elephant Day, in the ancient city of Ayutthaya. Reuters

Kashmiri Muslim women pray at the Hazratbal shrine on the occasion of Mehraj-ul-Alam, believed to mark the ascension of the Prophet Mohammed to heaven, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. AP Photo

Demonstrators prepare to build a defensive line at a protest site in Hlaingthaya township, on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. Anti-coup protests continue despite increasingly violent crackdowns by security forces. EPA

A woman walks past a vehicle parked near damaged buildings in Douma, in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, Syria. Reuters

Coffins are lined up at a mass funeral for 105 victims of a massive explosion of dynamite stored at a military base in Bata, Equatorial Guinea. The government has partly blamed fires started by farmers. Human Rights Watch has requested an independent inquiry. EPA

An Algerian anti-government demonstrator lifts the Amazigh – Berber – flag across from a riot police blockade, during a protest in the capital Algiers. AFP

Saudi Arabian artist Zahrah Alghamdi poses in front of her art installation 'What Lies Behind the Walls', displayed as part of the Desert X exhibition, near Palm Springs, California, US. EPA

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