Best photos of August 24: Colombo International Kite Festival to WWII open-air museum in Kyiv

People take part in the Colombo International Kite Festival. AFP
An Afghan girl reads a religious book at an Islamic school in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar. AFP
Tourists enjoy the view over the Eibsee lake, Grainau, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany. AFP
J-10 fighter jets of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force's Bayi aerobatic team mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Beijing. Reuters
Corgis compete in the Corgi Race Vilnius 2025 gathering in Vingis Park, Vilnius. AFP
An Afghan child looks out from inside a restaurant in the Fayzabad district of Badakhshan province. AFP
Sikh devotees transport flowers on a boat as they decorate the Golden Temple on the eve of the anniversary of the first installation of the Sikh holy book Guru Granth Sahib in Amritsar. AFP
A woman walks past the Second World War open-air museum in Kyiv a day before the Independence Day of Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. AFP

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August 24, 2025

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