World in focus - best photos for August 10, 2017

Take a look at some of the best photos from around the world today

A man, right, pleads with riot police officers not to beat him as they patrol the streets, during the second day of protests held by supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga from The National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, in Mathare North one of Odinga's strongholds in Nairobi, Kenya. The protests began after Odinga announced his rejection of the provisional results in the presidential election that shows incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta leading. Odinga announced that the official tally doesn't match his own party's count. Daniel Irungu / EPA

Pakistani police officers make way for vehicle of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif surrounded by his supporters during a rally in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan's deposed prime minister Sharif resumed a much-publicised two-day rally following his removal last month from office by the Supreme Court for concealing assets. Anjum Naveed / AP Photo

Youths check the remains of the house of a Palestinian assailant after it was demolished by Israeli troops in the West Bank village of Deir Abu Mashal, near Ramallah. Israeli authorities have demolished three homes and sealed off a fourth of Palestinians who carried out attacks that killed a soldier and a policewoman, the army said. Israel regularly carries out such demolitions, which it says act as a deterrent, but human rights groups and Palestinians say they punish families for the actions of relatives. ABBAS MOMANI / AFP

Rowers prepare to do a training session on the Isebek canal in Hamburg, northern Germany. Christian Charisius / AFP

A group of men play cards on a sidewalk outside an apartment building in Beijing. Greg Baker / AFP

Lennie Waite of Great Britain and others jump the hurdle at water jump as they compete in the Women's 3,000 metres Steeplechase heats during day six of the 16th IAAF World Athletics Championships London 2017 at The London Stadium. Matthias Hangst / Getty Images

Toshiba's president Satoshi Tsunakawa bows during a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo. Toshiba on August 10 met a looming deadline to report its long-delayed financial results, saying it lost around $8.8 billion in the last fiscal year over its hard-hit US nuclear unit Westinghouse Electric. Toru Yamanaka / AFP

Residents fearing aftershocks sleep outside of their homes after an earthquake in Zhangzha in southwest China's Sichuan province. The 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan province tearing cracks in mountain highways, triggering landslides, damaging buildings and sending panicked residents and tourists fleeing into the open. Nicolas Asfouri / AFP