• People slide down a rope from a bridge during a rescue training in Chongqing, China. China Daily / via REUTERS
    People slide down a rope from a bridge during a rescue training in Chongqing, China. China Daily / via REUTERS
  • Oakland Athletics’ Billy Burns slides safely under New York Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius to steal second base in the first inning of a baseball game in Oakland, California. Eric Risberg / AP
    Oakland Athletics’ Billy Burns slides safely under New York Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius to steal second base in the first inning of a baseball game in Oakland, California. Eric Risberg / AP
  • Filipina actress Jaclyn Jose poses after she was awarded with the Best Actress prize during a photo call at 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. Loic Venance / AFP
    Filipina actress Jaclyn Jose poses after she was awarded with the Best Actress prize during a photo call at 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. Loic Venance / AFP
  • Players of Canada celebrate during the victory ceremony after the final game of the 2016 IIHF World Championship. Maxim Shemetov / Reuters
    Players of Canada celebrate during the victory ceremony after the final game of the 2016 IIHF World Championship. Maxim Shemetov / Reuters
  • Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia hits a backhand during the Ladies Singles first round match against Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan on day one of the 2016 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris, France. Dennis Grombkowski / Getty Images
    Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia hits a backhand during the Ladies Singles first round match against Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan on day one of the 2016 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris, France. Dennis Grombkowski / Getty Images
  • Daisy Pearce of Melbourne is tackled by Emily Bates and Delma Gisu of Brisbane during the 2016 AFL Womens match between the Melbourne Demons and the Brisbane Lions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia. Scott Barbour / AFL Media / Getty Images
    Daisy Pearce of Melbourne is tackled by Emily Bates and Delma Gisu of Brisbane during the 2016 AFL Womens match between the Melbourne Demons and the Brisbane Lions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia. Scott Barbour / AFL Media / Getty Images
  • Valeriy Gorban of Ukraine and Volodymyr Korsia of Ukraine compete in their BMW-Mini Countryman WRC during the SS 17 Fafe of the WRC Portugal in Fafe, Portugal. Octavio Passos/ Getty Images
    Valeriy Gorban of Ukraine and Volodymyr Korsia of Ukraine compete in their BMW-Mini Countryman WRC during the SS 17 Fafe of the WRC Portugal in Fafe, Portugal. Octavio Passos/ Getty Images
  • A refugee woman hangs clothes to dry at the sun after heavy rainfall at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece. Kostas Tsironis / Reuters
    A refugee woman hangs clothes to dry at the sun after heavy rainfall at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece. Kostas Tsironis / Reuters

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World in focus — best photos for May 23, 2016

Rob Gurdebeke

May 23, 2016

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

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