• A man in a boat in front of the St John Kaneo Church on Lake Ohrid. Robert Atanasovski / AFP
    A man in a boat in front of the St John Kaneo Church on Lake Ohrid. Robert Atanasovski / AFP
  • Sudanese children play in mud in the village of Makli that was flooded as the River Gash burst its banks, in the impoverished eastern state of Kasala bordering Eritrea. Ashraf Shazly / AFP
    Sudanese children play in mud in the village of Makli that was flooded as the River Gash burst its banks, in the impoverished eastern state of Kasala bordering Eritrea. Ashraf Shazly / AFP
  • China’s Shang Chunsong competes during the uneven bars final at the Rio Olympic Arena. How Hwee Young / EPA
    China’s Shang Chunsong competes during the uneven bars final at the Rio Olympic Arena. How Hwee Young / EPA
  • A Pakistani ranger looks through the border gates between India and Pakistan on the occasion of India’s Independence Day at India-Pakistan Joint Check Post (JCP) Attari, some 30km from Amritsar, India. Raminder Pal Singh / EPA
    A Pakistani ranger looks through the border gates between India and Pakistan on the occasion of India’s Independence Day at India-Pakistan Joint Check Post (JCP) Attari, some 30km from Amritsar, India. Raminder Pal Singh / EPA
  • Serbia’s Marjan Milanovic jumps from a 17-metre-high bridge over the Soca River in Kanal, Slovenia. Jure Makovec / AFP Photo
    Serbia’s Marjan Milanovic jumps from a 17-metre-high bridge over the Soca River in Kanal, Slovenia. Jure Makovec / AFP Photo
  • Sri Lankan fire twirlers perform at the annual ‘gonpita perahera’, or procession at the Nawagamuwa Pattini Devalaya temple dedicated to Goddess Paththini Kaduwela, 39km from Colombo. MA Pisjpa Kumara / EPA
    Sri Lankan fire twirlers perform at the annual ‘gonpita perahera’, or procession at the Nawagamuwa Pattini Devalaya temple dedicated to Goddess Paththini Kaduwela, 39km from Colombo. MA Pisjpa Kumara / EPA
  • Bayern Munich celebrates winning the German Super Cup after a 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund. Patrik Stollarz / AFP Photo
    Bayern Munich celebrates winning the German Super Cup after a 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund. Patrik Stollarz / AFP Photo
  • Men carry a dog, wearing a costume and seated on a stool during a local festival for the Miao ethnic minority in Jianhe county, Guizhou Province, China. Reuters
    Men carry a dog, wearing a costume and seated on a stool during a local festival for the Miao ethnic minority in Jianhe county, Guizhou Province, China. Reuters
  • A stork couple silhouettes against the night sky over Sieversdorf, northeastern Germany, on August 14, 2016. Patrick Pleul / AFP Photo
    A stork couple silhouettes against the night sky over Sieversdorf, northeastern Germany, on August 14, 2016. Patrick Pleul / AFP Photo
  • Indian prime minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the ramparts of the historical Red Fort on the Independence Day. Manish Swarup / AP Photo
    Indian prime minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the ramparts of the historical Red Fort on the Independence Day. Manish Swarup / AP Photo

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World in focus — best photos for August 15, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

August 15, 2016

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