• People take pictures of smoke rising from a wildfire at Curral dos Romeiros, Funchal in Madeira island. Several houses were destroyed by multiple blazes in the region of Funchal. JOANA SOUSA/AFP Photo
    People take pictures of smoke rising from a wildfire at Curral dos Romeiros, Funchal in Madeira island. Several houses were destroyed by multiple blazes in the region of Funchal. JOANA SOUSA/AFP Photo
  • A surfer catching a wave as the sun sets at Fistral Beach in Newquay in Cornwall, England. Soon the Cornish seaside town will play host to the annual Boardmasters festival. Matt Cardy/Getty Images
    A surfer catching a wave as the sun sets at Fistral Beach in Newquay in Cornwall, England. Soon the Cornish seaside town will play host to the annual Boardmasters festival. Matt Cardy/Getty Images
  • Salvadoran indigenous people participate in the International Day of the Indigenous Peoples at Divino Slavador square in San Salvador, El Salvador. Oscar Rivera/EPA Photo
    Salvadoran indigenous people participate in the International Day of the Indigenous Peoples at Divino Slavador square in San Salvador, El Salvador. Oscar Rivera/EPA Photo
  • Donald Trump, the Republican US presidential nominee, at a campaign rally at Crown Arena in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Eric Thayer/Reuters
    Donald Trump, the Republican US presidential nominee, at a campaign rally at Crown Arena in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Eric Thayer/Reuters
  • Illuminated buildings of the Central Secretariat and President’s House are seen ahead of the country’s Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi. India celebrates the anniversary of its independence from Britain on August 15. CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP Photo
    Illuminated buildings of the Central Secretariat and President’s House are seen ahead of the country’s Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi. India celebrates the anniversary of its independence from Britain on August 15. CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP Photo
  • Firefighters with the Kings River Hotshots walk through trees covered in pink fire retardant after building a fire line to protect homes in the Deer Lodge Park area during the Pilot Fire in San Bernardino county near Lake Arrowhead, California. Patrick T. Fallon/Reuters
    Firefighters with the Kings River Hotshots walk through trees covered in pink fire retardant after building a fire line to protect homes in the Deer Lodge Park area during the Pilot Fire in San Bernardino county near Lake Arrowhead, California. Patrick T. Fallon/Reuters
  • Canada’s duet of Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion compete in the Women’s Synchronised 10m Platform Final during the diving event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. AFP Photo
    Canada’s duet of Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion compete in the Women’s Synchronised 10m Platform Final during the diving event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. AFP Photo
  • Female dancers perform a co-ordinated routine during the 51st National Day parade at the National Stadium in Singapore. The National Day of Singapore commemorates its separation from the Federation of Malaysia in 1965. WALLACE WOON/EPA Photo
    Female dancers perform a co-ordinated routine during the 51st National Day parade at the National Stadium in Singapore. The National Day of Singapore commemorates its separation from the Federation of Malaysia in 1965. WALLACE WOON/EPA Photo
  • Industrial climber Andre Erdmann, right, manager of the company Special Rope Access, cleans the glass roof in the Staendehaus in Rostock, Germany. The official residence of the Higher Regional Court of the federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was built between 1889 and 1893 and restored several years ago. JENS BUETTNER/EPA Photo
    Industrial climber Andre Erdmann, right, manager of the company Special Rope Access, cleans the glass roof in the Staendehaus in Rostock, Germany. The official residence of the Higher Regional Court of the federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was built between 1889 and 1893 and restored several years ago. JENS BUETTNER/EPA Photo

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World in focus – best photos for August 10, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

August 10, 2016

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

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