• A worker washes a Monument to the Heroes of the WWI at the Poklonnaya Hill in western Moscow, Russia. AFP
    A worker washes a Monument to the Heroes of the WWI at the Poklonnaya Hill in western Moscow, Russia. AFP
  • A Hindu woman offers prayers as she ties a sacred thread to a Kalpavriksha, a divine wishing tree, on the occasion of Hariyali Amavasya at an Hindu temple in Ajmer in the Indian state of Rajasthan. AFP
    A Hindu woman offers prayers as she ties a sacred thread to a Kalpavriksha, a divine wishing tree, on the occasion of Hariyali Amavasya at an Hindu temple in Ajmer in the Indian state of Rajasthan. AFP
  • Love Lake at the Al-Qudra desert in Dubai. AFP
    Love Lake at the Al-Qudra desert in Dubai. AFP
  • Boys wade and play among floodwaters during heavy monsoon rains in Karachi, Pakistan. AFP
    Boys wade and play among floodwaters during heavy monsoon rains in Karachi, Pakistan. AFP
  • The United States competes in the team free artistic swimming finals at the Aquatic Center of Villa Deportiva Nacional on Day 5 of Lima 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Getty Images
    The United States competes in the team free artistic swimming finals at the Aquatic Center of Villa Deportiva Nacional on Day 5 of Lima 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Getty Images
  • A construction site in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev in the occupied West Bank north of Jerusalem. AFP
    A construction site in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev in the occupied West Bank north of Jerusalem. AFP
  • Fishing boats docked on the last day of the summer fishing moratorium, as they prepare to leave port in Lianyungang in eastern China's Jiangsu province. AFP
    Fishing boats docked on the last day of the summer fishing moratorium, as they prepare to leave port in Lianyungang in eastern China's Jiangsu province. AFP
  • Volunteer divers of the environmental group Aegean Rebreath swim next to ghost nets, off the island of Salamina, Greece. Reuters
    Volunteer divers of the environmental group Aegean Rebreath swim next to ghost nets, off the island of Salamina, Greece. Reuters
  • US Democratic presidential hopefuls participate in the second round of the second primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by CNN at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. AFP
    US Democratic presidential hopefuls participate in the second round of the second primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by CNN at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. AFP
  • Lebanese beachgoers watch as small turtles crawl on the sandy beach of al-Mansouri near Lebanon's southern city of Tyre. AFP
    Lebanese beachgoers watch as small turtles crawl on the sandy beach of al-Mansouri near Lebanon's southern city of Tyre. AFP
  • Palestinian men perform fire breathing on the beach as an entertainment for children during the summer vacation in Gaza City. AFP
    Palestinian men perform fire breathing on the beach as an entertainment for children during the summer vacation in Gaza City. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for August 1, 2019

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