• Japan's water polo team train in Jakarta for the Asian Games. Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters
    Japan's water polo team train in Jakarta for the Asian Games. Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters
  • Cars on the highway just before sunrise in Frankfurt, Germany. Michael Probst / AP Photo
    Cars on the highway just before sunrise in Frankfurt, Germany. Michael Probst / AP Photo
  • A female rare white lion cub in Magdeburg, Germany. Jens Meyer / AP Photo
    A female rare white lion cub in Magdeburg, Germany. Jens Meyer / AP Photo
  • A Zoroastrian man arrives at a fire temple on Nowruz, the Parsi New Year day, in Mumbai, India. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
    A Zoroastrian man arrives at a fire temple on Nowruz, the Parsi New Year day, in Mumbai, India. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
  • Women take a selfie in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. Keith Bedford / Bloomberg
    Women take a selfie in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. Keith Bedford / Bloomberg
  • A duck takes a nap in Bremen, Germany. Focke Strangmann / EPA
    A duck takes a nap in Bremen, Germany. Focke Strangmann / EPA
  • A pilot sits in the cockpit of a Junkers Ju-52 airplane in Duebendorf, Switzerland. Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
    A pilot sits in the cockpit of a Junkers Ju-52 airplane in Duebendorf, Switzerland. Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
  • An Indian vendor prepares tea in Jalandhar. Shammi Mehra / AFP
    An Indian vendor prepares tea in Jalandhar. Shammi Mehra / AFP
  • Spain's King Felipe VI attends a ceremony to pay tribute to the victims of the Barcelona terrorist attacks. Eric Fontcuberta / EPA
    Spain's King Felipe VI attends a ceremony to pay tribute to the victims of the Barcelona terrorist attacks. Eric Fontcuberta / EPA
  • A woman walks with a cow in Loshany, Belarus. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
    A woman walks with a cow in Loshany, Belarus. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
  • Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei during a training session in Jakarta, Indonesia. Bernat Armangue / AP Photo
    Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei during a training session in Jakarta, Indonesia. Bernat Armangue / AP Photo
  • Students march during a ceremony marking Independence Day in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Ivan Damanik / AFP
    Students march during a ceremony marking Independence Day in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Ivan Damanik / AFP
  • The Danube river at the end of a tunnel in Budapest. Zoltan Balogh / EPA
    The Danube river at the end of a tunnel in Budapest. Zoltan Balogh / EPA

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World in focus - best photos for August 17, 2018

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

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August 17, 2018

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