Best photos of August 5: Celebrations in Dhaka to the cleanup in Middlesbrough

People shake hands with army personnel as they celebrate the resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 5, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
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
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
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
Residents of Middlesbrough, north-east England, help clean up the streets after far-right activists rioted and destroyed property. Getty images

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August 05, 2024

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