• Revellers enjoy a fireworks display during week-long celebrations marking the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady in Mosta, Malta. Darrin Zammit Lupi / Reuters
    Revellers enjoy a fireworks display during week-long celebrations marking the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady in Mosta, Malta. Darrin Zammit Lupi / Reuters
  • A long exposure photograph shows a lightning during a storm over the Taravo on the island of Corsica. Pascal Pochard-Casabianca / AFP
    A long exposure photograph shows a lightning during a storm over the Taravo on the island of Corsica. Pascal Pochard-Casabianca / AFP
  • A member of ASC Tornados, the motorcycle display team of the Indian army, jumps through a ring of fire during Indian Independence Day celebrations in Bengaluru, India. Aijaz Rahi / AP Photo
    A member of ASC Tornados, the motorcycle display team of the Indian army, jumps through a ring of fire during Indian Independence Day celebrations in Bengaluru, India. Aijaz Rahi / AP Photo
  • Egyptian cattle traders gather at the Ashmun market in Egypt's Menufia Governorate ahead of Eid Al Adha. Mohamed El Shahed / AFP
    Egyptian cattle traders gather at the Ashmun market in Egypt's Menufia Governorate ahead of Eid Al Adha. Mohamed El Shahed / AFP
  • A duck hunts for bait on a park lake in Beijing. Andy Wong / AP Photo
    A duck hunts for bait on a park lake in Beijing. Andy Wong / AP Photo
  • A New South Wales firefighter works on containing an out of control bushfire in near Nowra, New South Wales, Australia. Lukas Coch/EPA
    A New South Wales firefighter works on containing an out of control bushfire in near Nowra, New South Wales, Australia. Lukas Coch/EPA
  • South Korean honour guards walk near a sign that reads "Peace" before a ceremony to celebrate the Korean Liberation Day in Seoul. Lee Jin-man / AP Photo
    South Korean honour guards walk near a sign that reads "Peace" before a ceremony to celebrate the Korean Liberation Day in Seoul. Lee Jin-man / AP Photo
  • The memorial service for the war dead at Nippon Budokan martial arts hall in Japan. Suo Takekuma / AP Photo
    The memorial service for the war dead at Nippon Budokan martial arts hall in Japan. Suo Takekuma / AP Photo
  • A man runs with a 'toro encuetado', a structure resembling a bull and emitting exploding firecrackers, during celebration in honour of the Virgin Mary in Leon, Nicaragua. Oswaldo Rivas / Reuters
    A man runs with a 'toro encuetado', a structure resembling a bull and emitting exploding firecrackers, during celebration in honour of the Virgin Mary in Leon, Nicaragua. Oswaldo Rivas / Reuters
  • Women in traditional costume Hanbok walk along the wall of Gyeongbok Palace on a hot summer day in Seoul, South Korea. Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
    Women in traditional costume Hanbok walk along the wall of Gyeongbok Palace on a hot summer day in Seoul, South Korea. Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for August 15, 2018

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