World in focus – best photos for August 1, 2016

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

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

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

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

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

A man carries schoolchildren through a flooded street in Mumbai. Danish Siddiqui / Reuters

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