• TV cameramen are silhouetted while they wait for the arrival of the Olympic flag during a ceremony to mark the arrival of the flag at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    TV cameramen are silhouetted while they wait for the arrival of the Olympic flag during a ceremony to mark the arrival of the flag at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • Marcos Spence, of Dallas, hands out volunteer flyers outside where Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was to speak at a campaign rally in Austin, Texas. Gerald Herbert / AP
    Marcos Spence, of Dallas, hands out volunteer flyers outside where Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was to speak at a campaign rally in Austin, Texas. Gerald Herbert / AP
  • Fans of Legia Warsaw celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Champions League qualification play-off second leg soccer match between Legia Warszawa and Dundalk FC in Warsaw, Poland. Czarek Sokolowski / AP
    Fans of Legia Warsaw celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Champions League qualification play-off second leg soccer match between Legia Warszawa and Dundalk FC in Warsaw, Poland. Czarek Sokolowski / AP
  • People look at illuminate Chinese sculptures during the European premiere of the China Lantern Festival in Vienna, Austria. Ronald Zak / AP
    People look at illuminate Chinese sculptures during the European premiere of the China Lantern Festival in Vienna, Austria. Ronald Zak / AP
  • A man walks his dog near an Ombu tree in the coast of Montevideo, Uruguay. Matilde Campodonico / AP
    A man walks his dog near an Ombu tree in the coast of Montevideo, Uruguay. Matilde Campodonico / AP
  • The light installation ‘Aquapolis’ by Dutch group ‘Refunc’ is displayed at a street during the Bella Skyway Festival 2016 in Torun, Poland. Tytus Zmijewski / EPA
    The light installation ‘Aquapolis’ by Dutch group ‘Refunc’ is displayed at a street during the Bella Skyway Festival 2016 in Torun, Poland. Tytus Zmijewski / EPA
  • An orangutan tries a dress at a shopping mall in Kunming, Yunnan province, China. China Daily via Reuters
    An orangutan tries a dress at a shopping mall in Kunming, Yunnan province, China. China Daily via Reuters
  • Two men take a series of selfies as they sit on the ledge of a high-rise building in an activity called “rooftopping” in Hong Kong. Rommeo Gacad / AFP
    Two men take a series of selfies as they sit on the ledge of a high-rise building in an activity called “rooftopping” in Hong Kong. Rommeo Gacad / AFP
  • A man wearing a traditional Bateke feathered wig joins supporters of incumbent Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba at an electoral rally in Lekoni. Marco Longari / AFP
    A man wearing a traditional Bateke feathered wig joins supporters of incumbent Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba at an electoral rally in Lekoni. Marco Longari / AFP
  • A soldier takes part in the annual Han Kuang military drill, simulating the China’s People’s Liberation Army invading the island, outside Hsuehshan tunnel, in Yilan, Taiwan. Tyrone Siu / Reuters
    A soldier takes part in the annual Han Kuang military drill, simulating the China’s People’s Liberation Army invading the island, outside Hsuehshan tunnel, in Yilan, Taiwan. Tyrone Siu / Reuters
  • The Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights illuminate the night sky in Erikslund village at Vaesternorrland County in Sweden. Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP
    The Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights illuminate the night sky in Erikslund village at Vaesternorrland County in Sweden. Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP
  • Collapsed buildings are seen following an earthquake in Amatrice Italy. The magnitude 6.2 quake struck at 3:36 a.m. and was felt across a broad swath of central Italy, including Rome where residents of the capital felt a long swaying followed by aftershocks. Massimo Percossi / ANSA via AP
    Collapsed buildings are seen following an earthquake in Amatrice Italy. The magnitude 6.2 quake struck at 3:36 a.m. and was felt across a broad swath of central Italy, including Rome where residents of the capital felt a long swaying followed by aftershocks. Massimo Percossi / ANSA via AP

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World in focus – best photos for August 24, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

August 24, 2016

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A look at the best photos from around the world today.

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