World in focus – best photos for March 20, 2017

Benoit Hamon, left, the French Socialist Party (PS) candidate for the 2017 French presidential elections, is cheered by flag waving supporters as he delivers a speech during a political rally as part of his presidential campaign at the Bercy Accord Arena in Paris, France. French presidential elections are planned for April 23 and May 7. EPA

An opposition fighter from the Failaq al-Rahman brigade fires a heavy machine gun in Jobar, a rebel-held district on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus. AFP

A person with an umbrella walks behind a window covered in rain drops in Munich, Germany. At the start of spring in Germany the weather is going to be cloudy and rainy throughout the country with a chance of sunshine in the south according to meteorologists. EPA

People hold candles during a march called ‘The torch against corruption’ at the Independency Square in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. People gathered at the square to protest against the Odebrecth corruption case as part of a march that started on March 13, travelling through the cities of Valverde, Higuey and Barahona and ended in Santo Domingo. EPA

Valencia’s Eliaquim Mangala in action next to Barcelona’s Luis Suarez and teammate Ezequiel Garay at the Camp Nou in Barcelona. Juan Medina / Reuters

People participate in a pro-European Union rally called ‘Pulse of Europe’ at Gendarmenmarkt square in Berlin, Germany. The citizen’s initiative was founded to encourage EU citizens to promote a ‘pan-European’ identity. EPA

People attend the opening ceremony of the CeBit computer fair at the fairground in Hanover. Morris Mac Matzen / Reuters

A woman from a religious sect, who lost her home to flooding, gives a religious lecture to soldiers taking a rest from cleaning a clogged river in the Chosica district of Lima, Peru. Intense rains and mudslides over the past three days have wrought havoc around the Andean nation and caught residents in Lima, a desert city of 10 million where it almost never rains, by surprise. Martin Mejia / AP Photo

Take a look at some of the best photos from around the world today.