• Indian paramilitary force personnel march pasts during the final dress rehearsal ahead of Independence Day celebration in Agartala, the capital of northeastern state of Tripura. Arindam Dey/AFP
    Indian paramilitary force personnel march pasts during the final dress rehearsal ahead of Independence Day celebration in Agartala, the capital of northeastern state of Tripura. Arindam Dey/AFP
  • Cattle feed on Hay brought up from Victoria at Lynton, west of Parkes. Redfield Transport have been bringing hay across the border from Victoria for farmers after all of New South Wales was declared to be in drought as farmers struggle to source feed for their livestock. Dean Lewins/EPA
    Cattle feed on Hay brought up from Victoria at Lynton, west of Parkes. Redfield Transport have been bringing hay across the border from Victoria for farmers after all of New South Wales was declared to be in drought as farmers struggle to source feed for their livestock. Dean Lewins/EPA
  • A vendor who sells flag poses for a photograph during a gathering of civil society activists urging the government to secure Ghazni province in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan. Jawad Jalali/EPA
    A vendor who sells flag poses for a photograph during a gathering of civil society activists urging the government to secure Ghazni province in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan. Jawad Jalali/EPA
  • People walk along the beach as a surfer holding his board looks at the waves on Merewether Beach in Newcastle, located north of Sydney, Australia. David Gray/Reuters
    People walk along the beach as a surfer holding his board looks at the waves on Merewether Beach in Newcastle, located north of Sydney, Australia. David Gray/Reuters
  • A meteor streaks through the sky during the Perseid meteor shower above the village of Hajnacka, or Ajnacsko in Hungarian, Slovakia. Peter Komka/EPA
    A meteor streaks through the sky during the Perseid meteor shower above the village of Hajnacka, or Ajnacsko in Hungarian, Slovakia. Peter Komka/EPA
  • A model parades a design with the theme of 'Asia Light' during the Jember Fashion Festival in Jember, East Java province. Juni Kriswanto/AFP
    A model parades a design with the theme of 'Asia Light' during the Jember Fashion Festival in Jember, East Java province. Juni Kriswanto/AFP
  • Members of French Bilbobasso company perform their 'Amor' show on the fifth day of the 26th Sziget Festival on Shipyard Island, northern Budapest, Hungary. Marton Monus/EPA
    Members of French Bilbobasso company perform their 'Amor' show on the fifth day of the 26th Sziget Festival on Shipyard Island, northern Budapest, Hungary. Marton Monus/EPA
  • Counter-demonstrators stand in the street during a white nationalist-led rally marking the one year anniversary of the 2017 Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ protests, in Washington. Lucas Jackson/Reuters
    Counter-demonstrators stand in the street during a white nationalist-led rally marking the one year anniversary of the 2017 Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ protests, in Washington. Lucas Jackson/Reuters
  • Jesus Alonzo-Manzo wears bags to keep his shoes clean while taking pictures of his cousin on a hillside burned in the Carr Fire, in Redding, California. John Locher/AP Photo
    Jesus Alonzo-Manzo wears bags to keep his shoes clean while taking pictures of his cousin on a hillside burned in the Carr Fire, in Redding, California. John Locher/AP Photo
  • An aerial view of the site of a train derailment caused by heavy rainfall near Airag soum, southeast Mongolia. Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/AFP
    An aerial view of the site of a train derailment caused by heavy rainfall near Airag soum, southeast Mongolia. Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/AFP

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World in focus - best photos for August 13, 2018

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