• Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall attend the VJ Day National Remembrance event, held at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, UK. Reuters
    Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall attend the VJ Day National Remembrance event, held at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, UK. Reuters
  • An elephant calf is seen with its mother in the Africam Safari park in Puebla, Mexico. AFP
    An elephant calf is seen with its mother in the Africam Safari park in Puebla, Mexico. AFP
  • Pilgrim Nikos Katseris, 19, is reflected in an icon as he crawls at the entrance of the Holy Church of Panagia of Tinos, on the Aegean island of Tinos, Greece. AP Photo
    Pilgrim Nikos Katseris, 19, is reflected in an icon as he crawls at the entrance of the Holy Church of Panagia of Tinos, on the Aegean island of Tinos, Greece. AP Photo
  • A security guard closes the gate at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, on the 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender in the Second World War. AFP
    A security guard closes the gate at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, on the 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender in the Second World War. AFP
  • Barcelona's Spanish defender Gerard Pique reacts at the end of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final football match between Barcelona and Bayern Munich at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Portugal. AFP
    Barcelona's Spanish defender Gerard Pique reacts at the end of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final football match between Barcelona and Bayern Munich at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Portugal. AFP
  • An activist is detained during a protest in support of Mapuche communities members who have been incarcerated and on hunger strike, in Santiago, Chile. Reuters
    An activist is detained during a protest in support of Mapuche communities members who have been incarcerated and on hunger strike, in Santiago, Chile. Reuters
  • Workers collect seaweed and straw mixed with leaked oil from the MV Wakashio, a Japanese-owned Panama-flagged bulk carrier after it ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius. EPA
    Workers collect seaweed and straw mixed with leaked oil from the MV Wakashio, a Japanese-owned Panama-flagged bulk carrier after it ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius. EPA
  • Aaron Smith of the Highlanders looks to feed the scrum during the round 10 Super Rugby Aotearoa match between the Highlanders and the Hurricanes at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin, New Zealand. Getty Images
    Aaron Smith of the Highlanders looks to feed the scrum during the round 10 Super Rugby Aotearoa match between the Highlanders and the Hurricanes at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin, New Zealand. Getty Images
  • Faithful hold candles as they attend the 147th Assumption pilgrimage mass in Lourdes, France. AFP
    Faithful hold candles as they attend the 147th Assumption pilgrimage mass in Lourdes, France. AFP
  • US President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he delivers remarks to the City of New York Police Benevolent Association at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, NJ, USA. AFP
    US President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he delivers remarks to the City of New York Police Benevolent Association at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, NJ, USA. AFP
  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, centre, waves to members of the National Cadet Corps as he leaves after giving speech to the nation from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort monument on Independence Day in New Delhi, India. AP Photo
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, centre, waves to members of the National Cadet Corps as he leaves after giving speech to the nation from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort monument on Independence Day in New Delhi, India. AP Photo
  • Polish military aircraft perform a formation fly-over during the ceremony marking 100th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw, in Warsaw, Poland. EPA
    Polish military aircraft perform a formation fly-over during the ceremony marking 100th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw, in Warsaw, Poland. EPA

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World in focus - best photos for August 15, 2020

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