• Young dancers perform in a ballet adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland" during the Baghdad Ballet Academy's annual gala at Rasheed Theatre in Baghdad on August 29, 2025. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
    Young dancers perform in a ballet adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland" during the Baghdad Ballet Academy's annual gala at Rasheed Theatre in Baghdad on August 29, 2025. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
  • Wei Yaxin of China serves during the mixed doubles badminton semi-final match against compatriots Guo Xin Wa and Chen Fang Hui at the BWF World Championships in Paris on Saturday August 30. EPA
    Wei Yaxin of China serves during the mixed doubles badminton semi-final match against compatriots Guo Xin Wa and Chen Fang Hui at the BWF World Championships in Paris on Saturday August 30. EPA
  • A beekeeper carries a hive as another holds a smokepot in the mountains of Ait Attou Moussa, in Morocco's central Tinghir Province in the Atlas Mountain range, on Friday, August 29. AFP
    A beekeeper carries a hive as another holds a smokepot in the mountains of Ait Attou Moussa, in Morocco's central Tinghir Province in the Atlas Mountain range, on Friday, August 29. AFP
  • Competitors in the four-day UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Ronse, Belgium, on Saturday, August 30. AFP
    Competitors in the four-day UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Ronse, Belgium, on Saturday, August 30. AFP
  • Buildings are partially submerged on Saturday, August 30, after the Ravi River in Lahore, Pakistan, broke its banks in monsoon conditions. AFP
    Buildings are partially submerged on Saturday, August 30, after the Ravi River in Lahore, Pakistan, broke its banks in monsoon conditions. AFP
  • Novak Djokovic of Serbia drops his racquet after losing a point against Cameron Norrie of Great Britain during the third round of the US Open Tennis Championships at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre in Flushing Meadows, New York, on Friday August 29. EPA
    Novak Djokovic of Serbia drops his racquet after losing a point against Cameron Norrie of Great Britain during the third round of the US Open Tennis Championships at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre in Flushing Meadows, New York, on Friday August 29. EPA
  • A boatload of tourists watch a humpback whale in the Pacific Ocean at Bahia Malaga Natural Park, Colombia, on Friday, August 29. AFP
    A boatload of tourists watch a humpback whale in the Pacific Ocean at Bahia Malaga Natural Park, Colombia, on Friday, August 29. AFP
  • Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes F1 during practice at Circuit Zandvoort, Netherlands, for Sunday August 31's Dutch Grand Prix. Reuters
    Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes F1 during practice at Circuit Zandvoort, Netherlands, for Sunday August 31's Dutch Grand Prix. Reuters
  • Military personnel on clear-up detail following a demonstration outside the Mobile Brigade police headquarter in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Saturday, August 30. Government buildings and police vehicles were set on fire during protests following the death of a taxi driver during an earlier protest against housing allowance for MPs. EPA
    Military personnel on clear-up detail following a demonstration outside the Mobile Brigade police headquarter in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Saturday, August 30. Government buildings and police vehicles were set on fire during protests following the death of a taxi driver during an earlier protest against housing allowance for MPs. EPA

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Best photos of August 30: Young ballet dancers in Baghdad to aftermath of Indonesia protests

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August 30, 2025

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