• Farmers pick water chestnuts in a pond in Yunmeng county, outside Xiaogan City in China's central Hubei province. AFP
    Farmers pick water chestnuts in a pond in Yunmeng county, outside Xiaogan City in China's central Hubei province. AFP
  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Berlin, Germany. EPA
    German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Berlin, Germany. EPA
  • Vitor Mazara, 29, walks on a highline attached to 14-story unfinished buildings in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. Reuters
    Vitor Mazara, 29, walks on a highline attached to 14-story unfinished buildings in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. Reuters
  • A man throws a fishing net in the Dal Lake in Srinagar. AFP
    A man throws a fishing net in the Dal Lake in Srinagar. AFP
  • Fishermen tend to their boats on the shores of Cape Coast Castle in Ghana. AFP
    Fishermen tend to their boats on the shores of Cape Coast Castle in Ghana. AFP
  • Protesters point laser beams at a group of riot police during a stand off in a protest outside Yuen Long MTR station in Hong Kong. AFP
    Protesters point laser beams at a group of riot police during a stand off in a protest outside Yuen Long MTR station in Hong Kong. AFP
  • Tanks and armored vehicles fire munitions during a drill from Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) at the Higashi-Fuji training field in Gotemba, central Japan. EPA
    Tanks and armored vehicles fire munitions during a drill from Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) at the Higashi-Fuji training field in Gotemba, central Japan. EPA
  • Dancers of the Victor Ullate dance company perform on stage during the press preview of the ballet 'Antigona' at the Canal Theaters in Madrid, Spain. EPA
    Dancers of the Victor Ullate dance company perform on stage during the press preview of the ballet 'Antigona' at the Canal Theaters in Madrid, Spain. EPA
  • An Indian boy stands on the top of a submerged portion of Arail Ghat as he prepares to jump into the flooded Yamuna river in Allahabad. AFP
    An Indian boy stands on the top of a submerged portion of Arail Ghat as he prepares to jump into the flooded Yamuna river in Allahabad. AFP
  • Models present creations by Maslea during Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week in Kuala Lumpur. AFP
    Models present creations by Maslea during Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week in Kuala Lumpur. AFP
  • Sailboats at a marina on the lake Zwischenahner Meer in Bad Zwischenahn, near Oldenburg, northern Germany. AFP
    Sailboats at a marina on the lake Zwischenahner Meer in Bad Zwischenahn, near Oldenburg, northern Germany. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for August 22, 2019

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