Best photos of August 6: Rescue over Mont Blanc to harvesting gorgon fruit in China

A helicopter flies over Mont Blanc after two German mountaineers were reported missing when a serac, a huge block of ice, detached from a glacier and fell. AFP
The red carpet is prepared for the arrival of Oman's Sultan Haitham at No 10 Downing Street, London, to meet Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Reuters
Italian illusionist Arturo Brachetti performs in the mirrored mazes of Camera Obscura in Edinburgh. Getty images
Catholics take part in a procession in San Salvador, El Salvador. EPA
Anti-government protesters storming Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's palace in Dhaka. She has resigned and fled the country. AFP
A man wears a mask in support of President Nicolas Maduro at a march in Caracas, Venezuela. EPA
An athlete clears the water jump during the men's 3000-metre steeplechase at the Olympic Games in Paris. AP
Farmers harvesting gorgon fruit in a pond in Taizhou, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. AFP