• A girl hugs her sister before they cross the Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border. Reuters
    A girl hugs her sister before they cross the Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border. Reuters
  • A Brazilian fire brigade member attempts to control a fire in a tract of the Amazon jungle in Apui, Amazonas State, Brazil. Reuters
    A Brazilian fire brigade member attempts to control a fire in a tract of the Amazon jungle in Apui, Amazonas State, Brazil. Reuters
  • A Lebanese youth wrapped in the national flag looks at the damaged grain silos at Beirut's port. AFP
    A Lebanese youth wrapped in the national flag looks at the damaged grain silos at Beirut's port. AFP
  • A resident walks past burnt vehicles in Bangalore after violence broke out overnight in Devara Jevana Halli area following a derogatory Facebook post about the Prophet Mohammed that sparked riots. AFP
    A resident walks past burnt vehicles in Bangalore after violence broke out overnight in Devara Jevana Halli area following a derogatory Facebook post about the Prophet Mohammed that sparked riots. AFP
  • Relatives and bystanders, some of them wearing protective suits queue to get oxygen cylinders for patients outside a hospital in Srinagar, Indian administered Kashmir. AP Photo
    Relatives and bystanders, some of them wearing protective suits queue to get oxygen cylinders for patients outside a hospital in Srinagar, Indian administered Kashmir. AP Photo
  • Fire crews work to battle the Grizzy Creek Fire near Glenwood Springs, Colorado. AP
    Fire crews work to battle the Grizzy Creek Fire near Glenwood Springs, Colorado. AP
  • Pupils of the Grade 7 at Bonn's Freiherr-vom-Stein secondary school wear protective masks as school resumes in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia following six weeks of summer holidays in Bonn, Germany. Reuters
    Pupils of the Grade 7 at Bonn's Freiherr-vom-Stein secondary school wear protective masks as school resumes in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia following six weeks of summer holidays in Bonn, Germany. Reuters
  • Couples attend a mass wedding in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Getty Images
    Couples attend a mass wedding in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Getty Images

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World in focus - best photos for August 12, 2020

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