Best photos of August 16: Putin in Alaska to robots playing football in Beijing

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Alaska to meet US President Donald Trump to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine. Reuters
    Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Alaska to meet US President Donald Trump to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine. Reuters
  • Palestinians inspect the site of a strike on a school in Gaza city that was sheltering displaced people. Reuters
    Palestinians inspect the site of a strike on a school in Gaza city that was sheltering displaced people. Reuters
  • Magellanic penguins at San Francisco Zoo, California. EPA
    Magellanic penguins at San Francisco Zoo, California. EPA
  • People walk past shops damaged after flash flooding on the outskirts of Pir Baba, in Pakistan's northwest. AP
    People walk past shops damaged after flash flooding on the outskirts of Pir Baba, in Pakistan's northwest. AP
  • A cat peers out from a doorway in Bolivia. AP
    A cat peers out from a doorway in Bolivia. AP
  • A boy tries to break an earthen pot filled with curd, after climbing on top of a human pyramid as part of celebrations to mark Janmashtami in Mumbai, India. AP
    A boy tries to break an earthen pot filled with curd, after climbing on top of a human pyramid as part of celebrations to mark Janmashtami in Mumbai, India. AP
  • Smoke rises from a wildfire near a cemetery in As Fermosas, in the Ourense province, Galicia, Spain. Reuters
    Smoke rises from a wildfire near a cemetery in As Fermosas, in the Ourense province, Galicia, Spain. Reuters
  • Robots compete in a five-aside football match during the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. AFP
    Robots compete in a five-aside football match during the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. AFP