Best photos of August 28: Preparing for Typhoon Shanshan to a glacier in Switzerland


  • Ships take shelter at a port in Busan, South Korea, as Typhoon Shanshan moves north-west towards Japan. EPA
    Ships take shelter at a port in Busan, South Korea, as Typhoon Shanshan moves north-west towards Japan. EPA
  • German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Berlin. Reuters
    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Berlin. Reuters
  • England cricketers, among them Dan Lawrence and Matthew Potts, ahead of a nets session at Lord's, London. PA
    England cricketers, among them Dan Lawrence and Matthew Potts, ahead of a nets session at Lord's, London. PA
  • An activist of India's Bharatiya Janata Party shouts after being detained by police during a protest rally in Kolkata. AFP
    An activist of India's Bharatiya Janata Party shouts after being detained by police during a protest rally in Kolkata. AFP
  • Lightning strikes after a storm passes over Chicago. AP
    Lightning strikes after a storm passes over Chicago. AP
  • Men bathe horses in the Mediterranean Sea off a beach in Libya's western coastal city of Misrata. AFP
    Men bathe horses in the Mediterranean Sea off a beach in Libya's western coastal city of Misrata. AFP
  • Israeli soldiers patrolling Nur Shams camp for Palestinian refugees near the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank. AFP
    Israeli soldiers patrolling Nur Shams camp for Palestinian refugees near the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank. AFP
  • Glaciologist Matthias Huss enters an ice cave at the tongue of the Rhone glacier, which has been affected by climate change, in Obergoms, Switzerland. Reuters
    Glaciologist Matthias Huss enters an ice cave at the tongue of the Rhone glacier, which has been affected by climate change, in Obergoms, Switzerland. Reuters