• Rescuers lower a resident after being pulled out from the rubble when a wall collapsed at an informal settlers community in Manila, Philippines. Officials and rescuers say a huge concrete section of the wall collapsed on a few houses below and killed two people and injured a few others. Bullit Marquez / AP photo
    Rescuers lower a resident after being pulled out from the rubble when a wall collapsed at an informal settlers community in Manila, Philippines. Officials and rescuers say a huge concrete section of the wall collapsed on a few houses below and killed two people and injured a few others. Bullit Marquez / AP photo
  • Workers push a cart loaded with fuel barrels along a flooded road in Pathein City, capital of Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. According to Myanmar state media, more than 300,000 people were affected by flooding that submerged a total of 703 villages, forcing 38,000 to take refuge in over 180 local shelters in the Ayeyarwady Region. Lynn Bo Bo / EPA
    Workers push a cart loaded with fuel barrels along a flooded road in Pathein City, capital of Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. According to Myanmar state media, more than 300,000 people were affected by flooding that submerged a total of 703 villages, forcing 38,000 to take refuge in over 180 local shelters in the Ayeyarwady Region. Lynn Bo Bo / EPA
  • Players from two opposing teams compete in a mud field during the Swamp Soccer 2016 friendly matches at a sports complex in Beijing, China. A total of 32 teams are participating in the Swamp Soccer China tournament, which is played for 24 minutes on a mud field with a six-a-side format. Rolex Dela Pena / EPA
    Players from two opposing teams compete in a mud field during the Swamp Soccer 2016 friendly matches at a sports complex in Beijing, China. A total of 32 teams are participating in the Swamp Soccer China tournament, which is played for 24 minutes on a mud field with a six-a-side format. Rolex Dela Pena / EPA
  • An inflatable mascot is seen on the court in the Men’s Preliminary Round Group A match on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Tom Pennington / Getty Images
    An inflatable mascot is seen on the court in the Men’s Preliminary Round Group A match on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Tom Pennington / Getty Images
  • Indian schoolchildren wearing traditional Punjabi attire sit as they take part in the full and final dress rehearsal for India’s Independence Day parade and celebrations in Amritsar, India. Raminder Pal Singh / EPA
    Indian schoolchildren wearing traditional Punjabi attire sit as they take part in the full and final dress rehearsal for India’s Independence Day parade and celebrations in Amritsar, India. Raminder Pal Singh / EPA
  • Australia’s Mitchell Marsh attempts to catch a ball off a shot played by Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Chandimal during the day one of their third test cricket match in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Eranga Jayawardena / AP photo
    Australia’s Mitchell Marsh attempts to catch a ball off a shot played by Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Chandimal during the day one of their third test cricket match in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Eranga Jayawardena / AP photo
  • Flamingos move around in a pen in the Odiel marshes, in Huelva, southwestern Spain, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. Around 407 flamingos chicks were tagged and measured before being released to the marshes. Jorge Guerrero / AFP
    Flamingos move around in a pen in the Odiel marshes, in Huelva, southwestern Spain, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. Around 407 flamingos chicks were tagged and measured before being released to the marshes. Jorge Guerrero / AFP
  • Vehicles stand in a traffic jam at a toll station on the A7 motorway near Vienne, southeastern France, during the country’s summer holidays. Philippe Desmazes / AFP
    Vehicles stand in a traffic jam at a toll station on the A7 motorway near Vienne, southeastern France, during the country’s summer holidays. Philippe Desmazes / AFP

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World in focus – best photos for August 13, 2016

Julie Nicholson

August 13, 2016

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

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