• Popole Misenga, 24, a refugee judoka from the Democratic Republic of Congo, stands at the entrance of his flat in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Misenga is a strong candidate for the Refugees Olympic Athletes team for the 2016 Olympic Games. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP Photo
    Popole Misenga, 24, a refugee judoka from the Democratic Republic of Congo, stands at the entrance of his flat in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Misenga is a strong candidate for the Refugees Olympic Athletes team for the 2016 Olympic Games. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP Photo
  • Children keep warm around a fire at a makeshift camp for refugees near the village of Idomeni not far from the Greek-Macedonian border. Joe Klamar / AFP Photo
    Children keep warm around a fire at a makeshift camp for refugees near the village of Idomeni not far from the Greek-Macedonian border. Joe Klamar / AFP Photo
  • Ukrainians arrange candles in the pattern of a radioactivity symbol in Slavutych, Ukraine to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Sean Gallup / Getty Images
    Ukrainians arrange candles in the pattern of a radioactivity symbol in Slavutych, Ukraine to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Sean Gallup / Getty Images
  • Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers and Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers go after a loose ball in the first quarter of Game Four of the Western Conference quarter-finals. Steve Dykes / Getty Images / AFP
    Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers and Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers go after a loose ball in the first quarter of Game Four of the Western Conference quarter-finals. Steve Dykes / Getty Images / AFP
  • Syrians help a wounded youth following an air raid on the Fardous rebel held neighbourhood of Aleppo. Ameer AlHalbi / AFP Photo
    Syrians help a wounded youth following an air raid on the Fardous rebel held neighbourhood of Aleppo. Ameer AlHalbi / AFP Photo
  • A man hangs a Turkish flag as two women stand in the doorway of their damaged house in Kilis a day after rockets hit the border town, leaving one dead. Yasin Akgul / AFP Photo
    A man hangs a Turkish flag as two women stand in the doorway of their damaged house in Kilis a day after rockets hit the border town, leaving one dead. Yasin Akgul / AFP Photo
  • A worker mends a pavement in central Madrid. Andrea Comas / Reuters
    A worker mends a pavement in central Madrid. Andrea Comas / Reuters
  • People relax after applying mud on their bodies to cool off on a hot summer day on the banks of the Kanchon Mala lake on the outskirts of Agartala, India. Jayanta Dey / Reuters
    People relax after applying mud on their bodies to cool off on a hot summer day on the banks of the Kanchon Mala lake on the outskirts of Agartala, India. Jayanta Dey / Reuters

World in focus — best photos for April 26, 2016


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A look at the best photos from around the world today.