• Kayakers in action during the men's K4 500m heats at ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. EPA
    Kayakers in action during the men's K4 500m heats at ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. EPA
  • A child of the "Blessoue Djehou generation" performs an initiation dance in a street of Adjame village in Abidjan during the "Fatchue" ceremony. The "Fatchue" ceremony marks the passage of individuals from one generation to the next with dances and rituals. AFP
    A child of the "Blessoue Djehou generation" performs an initiation dance in a street of Adjame village in Abidjan during the "Fatchue" ceremony. The "Fatchue" ceremony marks the passage of individuals from one generation to the next with dances and rituals. AFP
  • Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team flies over New York City. Reuters
    Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team flies over New York City. Reuters
  • View of a forest fire in the area Altos de Marbella,, Costa del Sol, southern Spain. EPA
    View of a forest fire in the area Altos de Marbella,, Costa del Sol, southern Spain. EPA
  • Children dressed up as Hindu Lord Krishna attend Janmashtami, or the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna, festival celebrations inside a school in Ahmedabad, India. Reuters
    Children dressed up as Hindu Lord Krishna attend Janmashtami, or the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna, festival celebrations inside a school in Ahmedabad, India. Reuters
  • Tourists visit the city on a tour boat sailing along the Ill river, in central Strasbourg, eastern France. AFP
    Tourists visit the city on a tour boat sailing along the Ill river, in central Strasbourg, eastern France. AFP
  • Jade Hannah of Canada competes in the heats of the Women's 50m Backstroke during day four of the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships at Duna Arena. Getty Images
    Jade Hannah of Canada competes in the heats of the Women's 50m Backstroke during day four of the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships at Duna Arena. Getty Images
  • An aerial view of logs illegally cut from Amazon rainforest are seen in sawmills near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil. Reuters
    An aerial view of logs illegally cut from Amazon rainforest are seen in sawmills near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil. Reuters
  • A boatman rests on his boat in the flooded Ganges river under the Shastri bridge at Daraganj Ghat, in Allahabad. AFP
    A boatman rests on his boat in the flooded Ganges river under the Shastri bridge at Daraganj Ghat, in Allahabad. AFP
  • This photo taken shows a bulldozer carrying Chinese paramilitary police officers as they head to a site of a mudslide caused by heavy rainfall in Wenchuan county, in China's southwestern Sichuan province. AFP
    This photo taken shows a bulldozer carrying Chinese paramilitary police officers as they head to a site of a mudslide caused by heavy rainfall in Wenchuan county, in China's southwestern Sichuan province. AFP
  • A picture taken shows bergy bits and growlers floating in front of the Apusiajik glacier, near Kulusuk on the southeastern shore of Greenland. AFP
    A picture taken shows bergy bits and growlers floating in front of the Apusiajik glacier, near Kulusuk on the southeastern shore of Greenland. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for August 23, 2019

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