The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Many farmers in Ukraine are facing bankruptcy as transport costs soar, while they remain unable to ship their grain to cover costs.

America, like much of the world, is not vigilant about COVID any more despite evidence suggesting that catching it repeatedly causes cumulative damage.

Abe’s governing party and its allies have secured a majority in Japan’s upper house elections, meaning they can pursue Abe’s long-held goal of revising Japan’s pacifist Constitution.

It’s a remarkable about-face for Bannon, one of the most obstinate of the committee’s potential witnesses, but it was apparently authorised by Donald Trump.

Australian human rights activist Drew Pavlou was evicted from the Wimbledon men’s final for staging a protest over the Chinese Communist Party’s treatment of women’s tennis player Peng Shaui.

50 years ago, Bobbie Fischer (USA) and Boris Spassky (USSR) battled it out over eight weeks for the World Chess Championship.

Beijing has given its take on the nations' foreign ministers meeting after three years of silence — blaming the Morrison Government for the collapse in relations.

Surging crowds in Sri Lanka took over the Presidential Palace, forcing both the president and the prime minister to resign.

For six weeks there’s been an extraordinary coexistence between economic crisis and universal support for cricket.

The outpouring of sympathy here in Australia for the death of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is a sign of the awareness of the importance of Japan.

In keeping with the rare balance of anger and civility that’s epitomised Sri Lanka’s Colombo uprising against president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, many protesters returned to the scene 24 hours later - to clean up.

Beijing says the former Australian government wears the responsibility for worsening relations between the nations, opening a path for a more stable dialogue with Labor.

It took four decades to find. Homer Simpson predicted it. And, depending on who you ask, it could one day destroy the universe. What’s the Higgs boson? And what is left to discover?

The blockades, some of which have turned violent, have been inspired by the Canadian freedom convoys that opposed COVID vaccine mandates.

The gun attacked occurred in a country where tough laws mean it is nearly unheard of for citizens to buy or own firearms.

Strikes, lockdowns and a woeful lack of economic planning have left the country in a state of decay.

A pregnant Texas woman who was driving in a carpool lane reserved for at least two occupants multiple is taking her fine to court.

With at least 10 Conservatives pushing to become the next British Prime Minister, the committee overseeing the contest is looking to whittle down the numbers.

Sri Lanka has been rocked by massive anti-government demonstrations.