World in focus - best photos for August 23, 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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