World in focus - best photos for April 27, 2020

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

Bioluminescent plankton light up the shoreline as they churn in the waves in front of an empty lifeguard station in Los Angeles. AP

An empty road is seen illuminated in the Karakoy district on the final day of a four-day lockdown across Istanbul. Getty

People in dozens of boats parade through the Montlake Cut as they protest against the recreational fishing ban in Washington State. Reuters

Residents train in a narrow alley early morning in Alexandra, Johannesburg. AFP

A seagull flies over the Bosphorus strait, where sea traffic has nearly come to a halt in Istanbul, as the city of 16 million is under lockdown. AFP

The word "merci" (thank you) is written among dozens of homemade garlands displayed over a street in Nantes. AFP

Indonesian Muslim men offer afternoon prayers on the fourth day of Ramadan at the Grand Istiqlal mosque, currently undergoing renovation, in Jakarta. AFP

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