Today's best photos: from greased pole climbing to a rogue wild boar in Barcelona

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Participants try to reach the prizes during a greased-pole climbing competition held as a part of Independence Day celebrations at Ancol Beach in Jakarta, Indonesia Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. Indonesia is celebrating its 77th anniversary of independence from the Dutch colonial rule. (AP Photo / Tatan Syuflana)

Participants try to reach the prizes during a greased-pole climbing competition held as a part of Independence Day celebrations at Ancol Beach in Jakarta, Indonesia Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. Indonesia is celebrating its 77th anniversary of independence from the Dutch colonial rule. (AP Photo / Tatan Syuflana)

Aug 17, 2022

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