World in focus - best photos for August 12, 2017

Men take part in a rehearsal of a mass traditional Saman dance performance in the Gayo Lues highland district in Aceh on Indonesia's Sumatra island. Some 10,000 men participated in the Saman dance, or "dance of a thousands hands", part of preparations for a ceremony by the ethnic Gayo people. CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP
An Indian mother takes a selfie with her child dressed as the Hindu deity Krishna, after an enactment competition as part of Krishna Janmashtami celebrations in Bangalore. Krishna Janmashtami also known as Gokulashtami, is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu. MANJUNATH KIRAN / AFP
US athlete Trey Hardee, centre, falls as Germany's Rico Freimuth, left, and Ukraine's Oleksiy Kasyanov, right, take hurdles in a heat of the men's decathlon 110m hurdles athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium in London. Adrian Dennis / AFP
A Kashmiri Muslim boy captures video on his mobile phone during the funeral procession of Abid Hamid Mir, a militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit, in Hajin, some 35 kilometres north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Mir along with two other militants was killed in a gunfight with Indian Police and other forces at Sopore area of north Kashmir. FAROOQ KHAN / EPA
Residents look out from their balconies during clashes between police and protesters in the Mathare area of Nairobi, Kenya. Kenyan police opened fire to disperse opposition protesters throwing rocks who had blocked roads with burning barricades, a day after President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner of Kenya's hard-fought presidential election. Ben Curtis / AP Photo
A man tries to cross flood water at Topa village in Saptari district, Nepa. According to media reports, nearly 18 people have died and thousands have been affected by floods as the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology warned of heavy rains for two days. NARENDRA SHRESTHA / EPA
Women walk between the shadows under an overpass of Interstate 676 in Philadelphia. Matt Rourke / AP Photo
Egyptian workers and security personnel prepare to retrieve the wreckage left by the collision of two passenger trains in Alexandria, Egyp. Reports state at least 36 people were killed and many more injured when the two trains collided head on. HAZEM GOUDA / EPA
United States' Emma Coburn the gold medal winner, celebrates after the final of the Women's 3000m steeplechase during the World Athletics Championships in London. David J. Phillip / AP Photo

World in focus - best photos for August 12, 2017

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