World in focus - best photos for April 29, 2020

Take a look at our pick of the best images from around the world during the past 24 hours

Displaced people leave the informal camp for displaced people after it caught fire, in Bamako. AFP

An anti-government protester confronts police with a stone during a protest against the deepening financial crisis, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP

A motorist waits at a stoplight on an empty street as the sun sets, in downtown Topeka. Kansas has extend stay-at-home orders until May 3. AP

A visitor looks out to sea next to the latest Captain Cook memorial constructed for the 250th anniversary at Kurnell on the shore of Botany Bay in Sydney. AFP

Ecuadorean Alexis Pereira, who works at the Angel Maria Canals municipal cemetery, poses in Guayaquil, Ecuador. AFP

A nurse looks at Corinne B. a patient infected with Covid-19 at Lariboisiere Hospital in Paris. AFP

Inmates gather at a patio during a prison protest at Lurigancho prison in Lima, Peru. AP

Maria Elizabeth (right) wearing protective equipment measures the temperature of a senior citizen during a preventive check-up of coronavirus symptoms for senior citizens organised by the 'Techo' foundation at Villa Eucaliptus in Santiago, Chile. Getty

AirAsia aircrafts are seen parked on the tarmac at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 in Sepang. AFP

Iraqis fish at the Shatt Al Arab river, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris, near Basra in southern Iraq. AFP

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