From abandoned tents in Reading to Vietnamese flags in Hanoi - today's best pictures

  • People walk under Vietnamese national flags in an alley in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vietnam will celebrate the 76th anniversary of National Day on September 2, 2021. EPA
    People walk under Vietnamese national flags in an alley in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vietnam will celebrate the 76th anniversary of National Day on September 2, 2021. EPA
  • Alexander Zverev, of Germany, returns a shot to Sam Querrey, of the US, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships in New York. AP
    Alexander Zverev, of Germany, returns a shot to Sam Querrey, of the US, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships in New York. AP
  • Evacuees from Afghanistan disembark from a US air force plane at the Naval Station in Rota, southern Spain. AP
    Evacuees from Afghanistan disembark from a US air force plane at the Naval Station in Rota, southern Spain. AP
  • Seattle Mariners' Abraham Toro, right, has a cooler of water dumped on to him by teammate Luis Torrens after the team's baseball game against the Houston Astros, in Seattle. Toro hit a grand slam in the eighth inning to give the Mariners a 4-0 win. AP
    Seattle Mariners' Abraham Toro, right, has a cooler of water dumped on to him by teammate Luis Torrens after the team's baseball game against the Houston Astros, in Seattle. Toro hit a grand slam in the eighth inning to give the Mariners a 4-0 win. AP
  • Francesca Bosio and Sara Cirelli of Italy in action against Pamela Pereira of Brazil during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games sitting volleyball Women's Preliminaries in Chiba, Japan. Reuters
    Francesca Bosio and Sara Cirelli of Italy in action against Pamela Pereira of Brazil during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games sitting volleyball Women's Preliminaries in Chiba, Japan. Reuters
  • A cyclist covers himself with a plastic sheet during a downpour in Faridabad, India. AFP
    A cyclist covers himself with a plastic sheet during a downpour in Faridabad, India. AFP
  • A Palestinian boy sleeps on a mattress as his mother looks out of her house in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
    A Palestinian boy sleeps on a mattress as his mother looks out of her house in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
  • Abandoned tents are seen at the Reading Festival campsite after the event, in Reading, Britain. Reuters
    Abandoned tents are seen at the Reading Festival campsite after the event, in Reading, Britain. Reuters
  • Migrants from different rescued boats on board an Italian Guardia Costiera ship close to the island of Lampedusa, in the Mediterranean Sea. Reuters
    Migrants from different rescued boats on board an Italian Guardia Costiera ship close to the island of Lampedusa, in the Mediterranean Sea. Reuters
  • Storm clouds off the coast of Louisiana can be seen from Pointe-Aux-Chenes, near Montegut, Louisiana, after Hurricane Ida made landfall. AFP
    Storm clouds off the coast of Louisiana can be seen from Pointe-Aux-Chenes, near Montegut, Louisiana, after Hurricane Ida made landfall. AFP