Best photos of August 28: Lunar eclipse to wildfires in Algeria

  • A partial lunar eclipse viewed from the Trona Pinnacles area of the California Desert, US. AFP
    A partial lunar eclipse viewed from the Trona Pinnacles area of the California Desert, US. AFP
  • Volunteers hold national flags during preparations for Malaysia's Independence Day celebrations in Putrajaya. EPA
    Volunteers hold national flags during preparations for Malaysia's Independence Day celebrations in Putrajaya. EPA
  • Ten-year-old Habib, who was shot as he played outside, and his mother look at bullet holes in the shutter outside his house, near a military checkpoint that was attacked in Ra-ngae district, Narathiwat, Thailand. Reuters
    Ten-year-old Habib, who was shot as he played outside, and his mother look at bullet holes in the shutter outside his house, near a military checkpoint that was attacked in Ra-ngae district, Narathiwat, Thailand. Reuters
  • A couple take a selfie after laying flowers at a memorial to artist Yayoi Kusama at the Matsumoto City Museum of Art in Japan. Getty Images
    A couple take a selfie after laying flowers at a memorial to artist Yayoi Kusama at the Matsumoto City Museum of Art in Japan. Getty Images
  • Visitors stand inside Cooling Tower No 1 on the opening day of the Inota Festival in the grounds of a former thermal power plant near Varpalota, Hungary. EPA
    Visitors stand inside Cooling Tower No 1 on the opening day of the Inota Festival in the grounds of a former thermal power plant near Varpalota, Hungary. EPA
  • Firefighters conduct search and rescue operations after a mudslide in Gyirong county, Shigatse, Tibet. Reuters
    Firefighters conduct search and rescue operations after a mudslide in Gyirong county, Shigatse, Tibet. Reuters
  • Brazil's Alison dos Santos celebrates after breaking the men's 400m hurdles world record at the Diamond League athletics meeting in Zurich. AFP
    Brazil's Alison dos Santos celebrates after breaking the men's 400m hurdles world record at the Diamond League athletics meeting in Zurich. AFP
  • A man surveys his burnt-out house after a forest fire in Bordj T'har, in north-eastern Algeria. AFP
    A man surveys his burnt-out house after a forest fire in Bordj T'har, in north-eastern Algeria. AFP