Updated: August 24, 2017, 11:30 AM
World in focus - best photos for August 24, 2017
Take a look at some of the best images from around the world today
An aerial view of the Samara Arena stadium under construction for Russia's 2018 World Cup. Mladen Antonov / AFP Photo
A visitor reaches for a robot on display at the World Robot Conference in Beijing. Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo
Italian police use water cannons to disperse about a hundred migrants protesting at Indipendenza square after being removed from an occupied building in Rome. Angeolo Carconi / EPA
Teams play a cricket match on the Brambles sandbank at low tide in Hamble, southern England. Jack Taylor / Getty Images
Women sing and dance at Pashupatinath Temple during the Teej festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
Arrested drugs smuggling suspects watch about two tonnes of marijuana and 10 kilograms of methamphetamine in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP Photo
epa06159109 A canoer warms up during the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Racice, Czech Republic, 24 August 2017. EPA/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
epaselect epa06159032 Joseph Isaac Schooling of Singapore competes in the Men's Swimming 100M Freestyle Event at the SEA Games 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 24 August 2017. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI EPA-EFE/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
John Mayer performs on The Search for Everything World Tour at Jones Beach Theater on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 in Wantagh, New York. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)
An Afghan girl walks her sheep to a market for sale for the upcoming Eid al-Adha festival in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. Eid al-Adha, or the "Feast of Sacrifice," an important Islamic holiday that marks the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham to Christians and Jews) to sacrifice his son. During the holiday, which in most places lasts four days, Muslims slaughter sheep or cattle, distribute part of the meat to the poor and eat the rest. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)