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

  • People take part in the Colombo International Kite Festival. AFP
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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