A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 4, 2023

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This image shows erosions in Buriticupu, Maranhao state, Brazil, taken on April 21, 2023. The city of 70,000 is suffering from the advance of "vocorocas" - "torn earth" in the indigenous Tupi-Guarani language - erosions that begin as small cracks in the ground and grow into large craters.

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Oscar-winning directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert march with Writers Guild of America members outside Sunset Bronson Studios and Netflix Studios after union negotiators called a strike for film and television writers, in Los Angeles, California, May 3, 2023.

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Monks wearing costumes and masks perform prayers before the Thangka, or traditional painting of Lord Buddha, at a Tibetan temple during Wesak day celebration in Ipoh, Malaysia.

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Toronto Blue Jays' Daulton Varsho makes the catch on the fly out by Boston Red Sox's Enmanuel Valdez during the eighth inning of a baseball game, May 3, 2023, in Boston, Massachusetts.