World in focus — best photos for March 24, 2017

Hong Kong’s former financial secretary John Tsang, centre, waves to supporters at an chief executive election campaign in Hong Kong on March 24, 2017. The special administrative region of China is poised to choose a new leader Sunday, when members of a committee dominated by elites favoured by Beijing cast ballots in the first such vote since 2014’s huge pro-democracy protests. Vincent Yu / Associated Press

The sunken ferry Sewol is moved toward a semi-submersible ship (not pictured) during salvage operations on March 24, 2017, at the sea off Jindo, South Korea. Handout via Reuters

JB Holmes walks the third hole on March 24, 2017, during Round 3 of the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies match play at the Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas. Christian Petersen / Getty Images / AFP

A chalk drawing of an Union Jack flag in Trafalgar Square on March 24, 2017, a few days after the attacks on the UK parliament. Hannah McKay / EPA

A worker checks a display on March 24, 2017, at the spring flowers exhibition at the Orman Garden, in Cairo, Egypt. The annual exhibition attracts flower enthusiasts and art photographers. Amr Nabil / Associated Press

A Palestinian protester holds his national flag amidst smoke from burning tyres following a demonstration against Jewish settlements in the village of Al Mughayyir near the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 24, 2017. Abbas Momani / Agence France-Presse

Lifeguards from the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms sanitise the bodies of five migrants on March 24, 2017, aboard a former fishing trawler, following a search-and-rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. The bodies were recovered Thursday after the boats they were travelling in sank, likely carrying hundreds more to their deaths, an aid organisation said. Yannis Behrakis / Reuterss

Smoke rises from buildings on March 24, 2017, following an air strike on Jobar, a rebel-held district on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital of Damascus. Amer Almohibany / Agence France-Presse

A man enjoys the sun under blooming cherry trees in Muelheim, Germany on March 24, 2017. Roland Weihrauch / DPA via AP

A man passes a mural in Gijón, Spain, depicting a football game between Israel and Palestine, with a wall erected in the centre of the pitch, a few hours before the kick-off of the 2018 World Cup qualification football game between Spain and Israel on March 24, 2017. The mural was painted the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, which works to end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law. Miguel Riopa / Agence France-Presse

A couple kiss takes a selfie on the Human Rights Esplanade, place du Trocadero, in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris, on March 24, 2017. Ludovic Marin / Agence France-Presse

Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada Al Sadr chant slogans on March 24, 2017, demanding government reform during a demonstration in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq Karim Kadim / Agence France-Presse

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