• Firefighters watch as flames approach a retardant line near a residential community during the Apple fire in Banning, California, US. AFP
    Firefighters watch as flames approach a retardant line near a residential community during the Apple fire in Banning, California, US. AFP
  • The 747 Supertanker makes a retardant drop on a ridge as firefighters continue to battle the Apple fire near Banning, California. AFP
    The 747 Supertanker makes a retardant drop on a ridge as firefighters continue to battle the Apple fire near Banning, California. AFP
  • Arsenal's Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang kisses the trophy as the team celebrates victory after the English FA Cup final football match between Arsenal and Chelsea at Wembley Stadium in London, UK. Arsenal won the match 2-1. AFP
    Arsenal's Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang kisses the trophy as the team celebrates victory after the English FA Cup final football match between Arsenal and Chelsea at Wembley Stadium in London, UK. Arsenal won the match 2-1. AFP
  • Water rich in sediment drips from ice inside the melting Longyearbreen glacier during a summer heat wave on Svalbard archipelago near Longyearbyen, Norway. Getty Images
    Water rich in sediment drips from ice inside the melting Longyearbreen glacier during a summer heat wave on Svalbard archipelago near Longyearbyen, Norway. Getty Images
  • People attend a campaign event of Belarusian opposition presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in Baranovichi, Belarus. EPA
    People attend a campaign event of Belarusian opposition presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in Baranovichi, Belarus. EPA
  • A trishaw driver takes a nap outside a shopping mall in Penang, Malaysia. AFP
    A trishaw driver takes a nap outside a shopping mall in Penang, Malaysia. AFP
  • Rescue workers search for a missing firefighter who was swept away in a flash flood, caused by heavy rain, in Chungju, South Korea. EPA
    Rescue workers search for a missing firefighter who was swept away in a flash flood, caused by heavy rain, in Chungju, South Korea. EPA
  • A Brown spider monkey is seen with her week-old baby in the Zoo park of Santa Fe in Medellin, Colombia. EPA
    A Brown spider monkey is seen with her week-old baby in the Zoo park of Santa Fe in Medellin, Colombia. EPA
  • Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton at the British Grand Prix in Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain, UK. Reuters
    Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton at the British Grand Prix in Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain, UK. Reuters
  • Dozens of demonstrators gather in front of the Brandenburg Gate during a protest against coronavirus pandemic regulations in Berlin, Germany. EPA
    Dozens of demonstrators gather in front of the Brandenburg Gate during a protest against coronavirus pandemic regulations in Berlin, Germany. EPA

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World in focus - best photos for August 2, 2020

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

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