Best photos of August 14: Wildfire in Greece to Count Binface at UK by-election

  • People on an evacuation boat watch as a wildfire approaches the resort of Siviri, on Greece's Halkidiki peninsula. Reuters
    People on an evacuation boat watch as a wildfire approaches the resort of Siviri, on Greece's Halkidiki peninsula. Reuters
  • Humanoid robots fight for the ball during a football match to promote the World Humanoid Robotic Games taking place in Beijing, China, from 22 to 26 August. EPA
    Humanoid robots fight for the ball during a football match to promote the World Humanoid Robotic Games taking place in Beijing, China, from 22 to 26 August. EPA
  • A decorator at the Boudhanath Stupa, a vast domed Buddhist monument, in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA
    A decorator at the Boudhanath Stupa, a vast domed Buddhist monument, in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA
  • Lava and molten debris are ejected from a crater during an eruption of Mount Etna, in Sicily, Italy. Reuters
    Lava and molten debris are ejected from a crater during an eruption of Mount Etna, in Sicily, Italy. Reuters
  • French matador Sebastian Castella takes part in the parade before the opening bullfight of the Feria in Beziers, southern France. AFP
    French matador Sebastian Castella takes part in the parade before the opening bullfight of the Feria in Beziers, southern France. AFP
  • The Milky Way glistens above a rocket during the Perseid meteor shower, at the Tanegashima Space Centre in Minamitane, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. AFP
    The Milky Way glistens above a rocket during the Perseid meteor shower, at the Tanegashima Space Centre in Minamitane, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. AFP
  • A firefighter dampens the charred ground as a fire continues to burn in the Landes forest in south-western France. AFP
    A firefighter dampens the charred ground as a fire continues to burn in the Landes forest in south-western France. AFP
  • A car is stranded in a flooded underpass in Kamagaya city, Chiba prefecture, eastern Japan, after unprecedented heavy rain. AFP
    A car is stranded in a flooded underpass in Kamagaya city, Chiba prefecture, eastern Japan, after unprecedented heavy rain. AFP
  • A visitor photographs her friend at the 8th Young Fine Arts Festival exhibition in Hanoi, Vietnam. EPA
    A visitor photographs her friend at the 8th Young Fine Arts Festival exhibition in Hanoi, Vietnam. EPA
  • Burnt-out houses after wildfires tore through homes in Stourbridge, central England. AFP
    Burnt-out houses after wildfires tore through homes in Stourbridge, central England. AFP
  • Clacton by-election runner-up Count Binface with other candidates after the Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage was declared the winner of the vote in Essex, eastern England. Reuters
    Clacton by-election runner-up Count Binface with other candidates after the Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage was declared the winner of the vote in Essex, eastern England. Reuters