Best photos of August 5: Celebrations in Dhaka to the clean-up in Middlesbrough


  • People shake hands with soldiers in Dhaka as they celebrate the resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has fled the country. Reuters
    People shake hands with soldiers in Dhaka as they celebrate the resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has fled the country. Reuters
  • A composite image of the men's 100m final, won by US sprinter Noah Lyles, on day nine of the Olympics in Paris. Getty images
    A composite image of the men's 100m final, won by US sprinter Noah Lyles, on day nine of the Olympics in Paris. Getty images
  • Mounted police are on hand as Ultra-Orthodox protesters demonstrate on the first day Jewish men were ordered to enlist for compulsory military service, in Kiryat Ono, near Tel Aviv. AFP
    Mounted police are on hand as Ultra-Orthodox protesters demonstrate on the first day Jewish men were ordered to enlist for compulsory military service, in Kiryat Ono, near Tel Aviv. AFP
  • A last-16 Olympic beach volleyball tie between Brazil and the Netherlands is played out beside the Eiffel Tower at sunset in Paris. Getty Images
    A last-16 Olympic beach volleyball tie between Brazil and the Netherlands is played out beside the Eiffel Tower at sunset in Paris. Getty Images
  • People attend the ground-breaking ceremony of the Funan Techo Canal in Kandal province, Cambodia. AFP
    People attend the ground-breaking ceremony of the Funan Techo Canal in Kandal province, Cambodia. AFP
  • A night scene in Paris, taken from the courtyard of the Louvre, as the city is gripped by Olympic fever. AP
    A night scene in Paris, taken from the courtyard of the Louvre, as the city is gripped by Olympic fever. AP
  • People climb the stairs at a book shop in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. AFP
    People climb the stairs at a book shop in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. AFP
  • Residents of Middlesbrough, north-east England, help clean up the streets after far-right activists rioted and destroyed property. Getty images
    Residents of Middlesbrough, north-east England, help clean up the streets after far-right activists rioted and destroyed property. Getty images