• Rescue workers search for survivors at a collapsed house following an earthquake in Pescara del Tronto, central Italy. Remo Casilli / Reuters
    Rescue workers search for survivors at a collapsed house following an earthquake in Pescara del Tronto, central Italy. Remo Casilli / Reuters
  • Revellers listen to US band Limp Bizkit at Chiemsee Summer festival in Uebersee, Germany. Matthias Balk / EPA
    Revellers listen to US band Limp Bizkit at Chiemsee Summer festival in Uebersee, Germany. Matthias Balk / EPA
  • Relatives and dissident teachers hold portraits of the 43 missing students from the Isidro Burgos rural teachers college in front of the Mexican Attorney General’s office in Mexico City. Marcos Ugarte / AP Photo
    Relatives and dissident teachers hold portraits of the 43 missing students from the Isidro Burgos rural teachers college in front of the Mexican Attorney General’s office in Mexico City. Marcos Ugarte / AP Photo
  • North Korea test-fires a ballistic missile from a submarine. KCNA / Reuters
    North Korea test-fires a ballistic missile from a submarine. KCNA / Reuters
  • A visitor travels down a slide at a water park in Hanover, Germany. Julian Stratenschulte / EPA
    A visitor travels down a slide at a water park in Hanover, Germany. Julian Stratenschulte / EPA
  • A woman ploughs a field in front of the damaged Sulamani Guphaya temple after an earthquake in Bagan, Myanmar. Hkun Lat / AP Photo
    A woman ploughs a field in front of the damaged Sulamani Guphaya temple after an earthquake in Bagan, Myanmar. Hkun Lat / AP Photo
  • A Kashmiri Muslim woman paddles a boat loaded with alge grass on Dal Lake in Srinagar. Sajjad Hussain / AFP Photo
    A Kashmiri Muslim woman paddles a boat loaded with alge grass on Dal Lake in Srinagar. Sajjad Hussain / AFP Photo
  • Japanese ground self-defence forces launch a mortar round during an annual live fire exercise at Higashi Fuji range in Gotemba, south-west of Tokyo. Eugene Hoshiko / AP Photo
    Japanese ground self-defence forces launch a mortar round during an annual live fire exercise at Higashi Fuji range in Gotemba, south-west of Tokyo. Eugene Hoshiko / AP Photo
  • Hindus form a human pyramid and break the “Dahi handi”, an earthen pot filled with curd, as part of celebrations to mark Janmashtami in Mumbai, India. Rajanish Kakade / AP Photo
    Hindus form a human pyramid and break the “Dahi handi”, an earthen pot filled with curd, as part of celebrations to mark Janmashtami in Mumbai, India. Rajanish Kakade / AP Photo
  • Festivalgoers peep through a wooden panel during the coinciding Strand Festival and B.My.Lake Festival on the shores of Lake Balaton in Zamardi, south of Budapest. Zoltan Balogh / EPA
    Festivalgoers peep through a wooden panel during the coinciding Strand Festival and B.My.Lake Festival on the shores of Lake Balaton in Zamardi, south of Budapest. Zoltan Balogh / EPA

World in focus — best photos for August 25, 2016


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