World in focus — best photos for May 3, 2016

Protestors wave colorful flags through Skopje’s streets, during the protest dubbed ‘Colorful Revolution’ against Macedonian President Ivanov’s decision on wiretapping amnesty, in Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Georgi Licovski / EPA

The Icarus Pereira swimmer takes the Olympic torch, while swimming in the pool water complex in Brasilia, Brazil. The Olympic torch will pass through 329 cities in Brazil, before arriving in Rio de Janeiro on August 5, for the lighting of the cauldron. Igo Estrela / Getty Images

A souvenir hawker fans herself behind a veil at her stall selling Mao Zedong souvenirs outside the ‘Water Dripping Cave’ compound, where Mao Zedong stayed briefly for 11 days in 1966 and is thought to have contemplated the start of the Cultural Revolution there in Shaoshan, Hunan Province in central China. How Hwee Young / EPA

A youth holds a flare during a protest against the government’s planned labour law reforms in Nantes, western France. High school pupils and workers protested against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided the Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. Loic Venance / AFP

Hindu women comb their hair in front of a mural after taking a holy dip in the Shipra river during Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain, India. Jitendra Prakash / Reuters

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