• A man with an umbrella walks with his wife and child on a street on a wet day in Shanghai. AFP
    A man with an umbrella walks with his wife and child on a street on a wet day in Shanghai. AFP
  • An Indian man searches for reusable items amid offerings and worship materials on the bank of river Sabarmati after the end of Dashama festival in Ahmadabad, India. AP Photo
    An Indian man searches for reusable items amid offerings and worship materials on the bank of river Sabarmati after the end of Dashama festival in Ahmadabad, India. AP Photo
  • A clown distributes balloons near the Dome of the Rock at al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's old city on the first day of Eid Al Adha. AFP
    A clown distributes balloons near the Dome of the Rock at al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's old city on the first day of Eid Al Adha. AFP
  • Children play during the media day of the world's largest computer games fair Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. Reuters
    Children play during the media day of the world's largest computer games fair Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. Reuters
  • Japan's Mio Shinozaki lays the ball up against Thailand in their women's basketball game between during the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. AFP
    Japan's Mio Shinozaki lays the ball up against Thailand in their women's basketball game between during the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. AFP
  • A Malian woman poses with her henna decorated hands and painted fingernails, on the eve of Eid Al Adha, in Bamako.AFP
    A Malian woman poses with her henna decorated hands and painted fingernails, on the eve of Eid Al Adha, in Bamako.AFP
  • An angler stands on the pier as the sun rises In Timmendorfer Strand, Germany. AP Photo
    An angler stands on the pier as the sun rises In Timmendorfer Strand, Germany. AP Photo
  • This aerial view shows Albanian Muslims as they pray in the main square of Kavaja to mark the first day of the Eid Al Adha Festival. AFP
    This aerial view shows Albanian Muslims as they pray in the main square of Kavaja to mark the first day of the Eid Al Adha Festival. AFP
  • A surfer catches some of the last waves after sunset at Cardiff State Park in Encinitas, California. AFP
    A surfer catches some of the last waves after sunset at Cardiff State Park in Encinitas, California. AFP
  • Pigeons fly as Afghans prepare to offer Eid Al Adha prayers outside of the Shah-e-Dushamshera mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP Photo
    Pigeons fly as Afghans prepare to offer Eid Al Adha prayers outside of the Shah-e-Dushamshera mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP Photo

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World in focus - best photos for August 21, 2018

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August 21, 2018

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