Best photos of August 8: Muhammad Yunus in Dubai to a fire in Rio de Janeiro


  • Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, centre, at Dubai International Airport before boarding his flight to Dhaka to lead the new Bangladesh government. AFP
    Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, centre, at Dubai International Airport before boarding his flight to Dhaka to lead the new Bangladesh government. AFP
  • A Palestinian man trains on an exercise bike at a damaged gym, which was recently reopened in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
    A Palestinian man trains on an exercise bike at a damaged gym, which was recently reopened in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
  • Kazakhstan's Nurbek Oralbay receives instructions from his coach while competing in the men's 80kg boxing final at the Olympic Games in Paris. AFP
    Kazakhstan's Nurbek Oralbay receives instructions from his coach while competing in the men's 80kg boxing final at the Olympic Games in Paris. AFP
  • Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont returns to Barcelona after seven years of self-imposed exile from Spain. Reuters
    Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont returns to Barcelona after seven years of self-imposed exile from Spain. Reuters
  • Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto with eyes on the ball during his table tennis singles match against Sweden at Olympic Games in Paris. AFP
    Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto with eyes on the ball during his table tennis singles match against Sweden at Olympic Games in Paris. AFP
  • Shrimp fishers ride horses into the sea in Oostduinkerke, south-west Belgium. EPA
    Shrimp fishers ride horses into the sea in Oostduinkerke, south-west Belgium. EPA
  • A woman adjusts flowers at a public hillside memorial to Lahaina wildfire victims in Lahaina, Hawaii. Getty Images
    A woman adjusts flowers at a public hillside memorial to Lahaina wildfire victims in Lahaina, Hawaii. Getty Images
  • A fire at Pavao-Pavaozinho neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AFP
    A fire at Pavao-Pavaozinho neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AFP