• Children huddle under an umbrella as they wait for Pope Francis to appear from the famous ‘papal window’ at the Kracow Archbishops’ Palace in Poland. Andrzej Grygiel / EPA
    Children huddle under an umbrella as they wait for Pope Francis to appear from the famous ‘papal window’ at the Kracow Archbishops’ Palace in Poland. Andrzej Grygiel / EPA
  • Japan table tennis player Oshima Yuya practices ahead of the Olympics at Riocentro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Edgard Garrido / Reuters
    Japan table tennis player Oshima Yuya practices ahead of the Olympics at Riocentro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Edgard Garrido / Reuters
  • The New Zealand women’s eight train on Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas rowing centre. Cameron Spencer / Getty Images
    The New Zealand women’s eight train on Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas rowing centre. Cameron Spencer / Getty Images
  • Nathan Hart of Australia practices during a track cycling training session at the Rio Olympic Velodrome. David Ramos / Getty Images
    Nathan Hart of Australia practices during a track cycling training session at the Rio Olympic Velodrome. David Ramos / Getty Images
  • A boy paddles through a polluted river on a makeshift raft near Manila Bay in Baseco, Tondo City, Philippines. Romeo Ranoco / Reuters
    A boy paddles through a polluted river on a makeshift raft near Manila Bay in Baseco, Tondo City, Philippines. Romeo Ranoco / Reuters
  • A worker helps his colleague push a bicycle filled with boxes of biscuits in Manila. Romeo Ranoco / Reuters
    A worker helps his colleague push a bicycle filled with boxes of biscuits in Manila. Romeo Ranoco / Reuters
  • Children cool off in a fountain in Seoul. Ahn Young-joon / AP Photo
    Children cool off in a fountain in Seoul. Ahn Young-joon / AP Photo
  • One-month-old female Bengal tiger cubs play inside a cage at a zoo in Medan, North Sumatra province, Indonesia. Dedi Sinuhaji / EPA
    One-month-old female Bengal tiger cubs play inside a cage at a zoo in Medan, North Sumatra province, Indonesia. Dedi Sinuhaji / EPA
  • People watch a man jump off a 22m high bridge in Gjakova, Kosovo. Armend Nimani / AFP Photo
    People watch a man jump off a 22m high bridge in Gjakova, Kosovo. Armend Nimani / AFP Photo
  • Brazilian football fan Jarbas Meneghini and neighbourhood children pose with the Olympic rings in front of his house in Rio de Janeiro. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP Photo
    Brazilian football fan Jarbas Meneghini and neighbourhood children pose with the Olympic rings in front of his house in Rio de Janeiro. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP Photo
  • A man carries schoolchildren through a flooded street in Mumbai. Danish Siddiqui / Reuters
    A man carries schoolchildren through a flooded street in Mumbai. Danish Siddiqui / Reuters

World in focus – best photos for August 1, 2016


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A look at the best photos from around the world today.