• Clint Irrthum walks a cow past a sunbather as part an Andrew Baines art installation on Double Bay Beach in Sydney, Australia. Mark Kolbe / Getty Images
    Clint Irrthum walks a cow past a sunbather as part an Andrew Baines art installation on Double Bay Beach in Sydney, Australia. Mark Kolbe / Getty Images
  • A woman lights candles in front of jizo statues in Jizoji Buddhist Temple in Oganomachi, Saitama prefecture, Japan. Behrouz Mehri / AFP
    A woman lights candles in front of jizo statues in Jizoji Buddhist Temple in Oganomachi, Saitama prefecture, Japan. Behrouz Mehri / AFP
  • Silvery gibbon Alangalang holds her one week old baby in their enclosure at the Prague Zoo. Michal Cizek / AFP
    Silvery gibbon Alangalang holds her one week old baby in their enclosure at the Prague Zoo. Michal Cizek / AFP
  • An Indian student gets her palms painted ahead of Indian Independence Day celebrations in Chennai. Arun Sankar/AFP
    An Indian student gets her palms painted ahead of Indian Independence Day celebrations in Chennai. Arun Sankar/AFP
  • Chinese tourists use their mobile phone to picture the Ischmeer glacier form a window at the Eismeer railway station, 3159 meters high, during their trip at the Jungfraujoch high in the Swiss Alps. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP
    Chinese tourists use their mobile phone to picture the Ischmeer glacier form a window at the Eismeer railway station, 3159 meters high, during their trip at the Jungfraujoch high in the Swiss Alps. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP
  • US President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One in Maryland. Brendan Smialowski/AFP
    US President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One in Maryland. Brendan Smialowski/AFP
  • Rohingya refugee, Gulzar, 60, gestures as she stands at the entrance of her tent in Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia near Cox's Bazar. Chandan Khanna/AFP
    Rohingya refugee, Gulzar, 60, gestures as she stands at the entrance of her tent in Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia near Cox's Bazar. Chandan Khanna/AFP
  • Protesters sit on the ground during a protest held to bring attention to former comfort women in Taiwan, in front of Japan's Interchange Association office in Taipei, Taiwan. Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA
    Protesters sit on the ground during a protest held to bring attention to former comfort women in Taiwan, in front of Japan's Interchange Association office in Taipei, Taiwan. Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA
  • Children run in front of the South Korean national flag in Seoul. Kim Chul-Soo/EPA
    Children run in front of the South Korean national flag in Seoul. Kim Chul-Soo/EPA
  • People enjoy the firework show during the traditional Nit de L' Alba in Elche, eastern Spain. Manuel/EPA
    People enjoy the firework show during the traditional Nit de L' Alba in Elche, eastern Spain. Manuel/EPA
  • An attendee takes pictures of a mock up of the Crew Dragon spacecraft ahead of the NASA Commercial Crew Program astronaut visit at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Patrick T Fallon/Bloomberg
    An attendee takes pictures of a mock up of the Crew Dragon spacecraft ahead of the NASA Commercial Crew Program astronaut visit at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Patrick T Fallon/Bloomberg
  • Francisco Pena of the St Louis Cardinals douses Paul DeJong after he scored a home run. Dilip Vishwanat/AFP
    Francisco Pena of the St Louis Cardinals douses Paul DeJong after he scored a home run. Dilip Vishwanat/AFP
  • Griffin Colapinto of the US in action during round 2 of the Tahiti Pro Teahupoo 2018 surfing event in Teahupoo, French Polynesia. Damien Poullenot/EPA
    Griffin Colapinto of the US in action during round 2 of the Tahiti Pro Teahupoo 2018 surfing event in Teahupoo, French Polynesia. Damien Poullenot/EPA

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World in focus - best photos for August 14, 2018

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