A boy is offered milk during a parade to mark Gaijatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Reuters
A boy is offered milk during a parade to mark Gaijatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Reuters
Zimbabwean riot police block a road ahead of a planned protest in Harare. AP Photo
Zimbabwean riot police block a road ahead of a planned protest in Harare. AP Photo
A bald eagle is perched in a tree in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada. Reuters
A bald eagle is perched in a tree in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada. Reuters
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gestures as he talks to the media in Washington, DC. Reuters
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gestures as he talks to the media in Washington, DC. Reuters
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson leaps over Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander in Baltimore. AP Photo
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson leaps over Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander in Baltimore. AP Photo
A woman wearing kimono and traditional Japanese sandals is lit by the afternoon sunlight in Kawagoe, near Tokyo. AP Photo
A woman wearing kimono and traditional Japanese sandals is lit by the afternoon sunlight in Kawagoe, near Tokyo. AP Photo
People ride on a tour bus that depicts the Stone of Hope at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial at Union Station in Washington, DC. EPA
People ride on a tour bus that depicts the Stone of Hope at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial at Union Station in Washington, DC. EPA
Milk cans are lined up on the top of the Cleuson dam during a land art installation by photographer Gerard Benoit a la Guillaume above Haute-Nendaz, Switzerland. AFP
Milk cans are lined up on the top of the Cleuson dam during a land art installation by photographer Gerard Benoit a la Guillaume above Haute-Nendaz, Switzerland. AFP
Swiss pianist and composer Alain Roche performs “Chantier” suspended in the air with his grand piano under a moving crane in Yverdon-les-Bains. AFP
Swiss pianist and composer Alain Roche performs “Chantier” suspended in the air with his grand piano under a moving crane in Yverdon-les-Bains. AFP
An air tanker drops retardant on a fire burning on the east side of Mount Pisgah near Eugene, Oregon. The Register-Guard via AP
An air tanker drops retardant on a fire burning on the east side of Mount Pisgah near Eugene, Oregon. The Register-Guard via AP
The full moon rises behind the statue of the mythological Pegasus in the city of Corinth, west of Athens. AFP
The full moon rises behind the statue of the mythological Pegasus in the city of Corinth, west of Athens. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for August 16, 2019

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