• A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky above medieval tombstones during the Perseid meteor shower in Radimlja near Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. REUTERS
    A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky above medieval tombstones during the Perseid meteor shower in Radimlja near Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. REUTERS
  • Dark clouds are seen over the Mediterranean sea as a storm approaches the French Riviera city of Nice. AFP
    Dark clouds are seen over the Mediterranean sea as a storm approaches the French Riviera city of Nice. AFP
  • Georgian men in traditional national attires perform during a folk festival in Didgori, some 60km from Tbilisi, Georgia. EPA
    Georgian men in traditional national attires perform during a folk festival in Didgori, some 60km from Tbilisi, Georgia. EPA
  • Environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion take part in a protest against the India-backed Adani coal mine project, outside the GHD engineering office building in Sydney. AFP
    Environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion take part in a protest against the India-backed Adani coal mine project, outside the GHD engineering office building in Sydney. AFP
  • A child holds a broken umbrella at the lagoon in Funafuti, Tuvalu. EPA
    A child holds a broken umbrella at the lagoon in Funafuti, Tuvalu. EPA
  • Italian company 'Scarsella Fireworks' lights the sky during the Fireworks International Contest for San Sebastian's Semana Grande (Big Week) in San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain. EPA
    Italian company 'Scarsella Fireworks' lights the sky during the Fireworks International Contest for San Sebastian's Semana Grande (Big Week) in San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain. EPA
  • An employee stands on lifting platform as he works in a festival tent for the upcoming Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany. APF
    An employee stands on lifting platform as he works in a festival tent for the upcoming Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany. APF
  • Light installation at the Sziget (Island) Festival on Shipyard Island, Northern Budapest, Hungary. EPA
    Light installation at the Sziget (Island) Festival on Shipyard Island, Northern Budapest, Hungary. EPA
  • A general view shows LED illuminated 'Moonflowers of Mid-Autumn' for the Wan Qing Mid-Autumn Festival in front of the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall in Singapore. EPA
    A general view shows LED illuminated 'Moonflowers of Mid-Autumn' for the Wan Qing Mid-Autumn Festival in front of the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall in Singapore. EPA
  • A female pygmy hippo named Chiao Chiu opens her mouth while playing with water at the Taipei Zoo. AFP
    A female pygmy hippo named Chiao Chiu opens her mouth while playing with water at the Taipei Zoo. AFP
  • An Indian man holds an Indian flag while performing stunts on a motorcycle during the full and final dress rehearsal for India's Independence Day parade and celebrations in Amritsar, India. EPA
    An Indian man holds an Indian flag while performing stunts on a motorcycle during the full and final dress rehearsal for India's Independence Day parade and celebrations in Amritsar, India. EPA
  • Marks of the cutting head are seen on the potash face at Nutrien's Cory potash mine near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. REUTERS
    Marks of the cutting head are seen on the potash face at Nutrien's Cory potash mine near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. REUTERS

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World in focus - best photos for August 13, 2019

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