• Smoke rises during clashes between joint troop of Iraqi army and Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) against ISIL militants in Tal Afar, Iraq. Thaier Al-Sudani / Reuters
    Smoke rises during clashes between joint troop of Iraqi army and Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) against ISIL militants in Tal Afar, Iraq. Thaier Al-Sudani / Reuters
  • An ostrich looks straight into the camera in the Opel Zoo in Kronberg, central Germany. Frank Rumpenhorst / dpa via AP
    An ostrich looks straight into the camera in the Opel Zoo in Kronberg, central Germany. Frank Rumpenhorst / dpa via AP
  • A man walks past a damaged car in the aftermath of Typhoon Hato in Macau. The Chinese army joined relief efforts in Macau where at least 10 people died after a huge typhoon ripped through the gambling hub, as troops were drafted in to clear piles of debris still blocking streets. Dale De La Rey / AFP
    A man walks past a damaged car in the aftermath of Typhoon Hato in Macau. The Chinese army joined relief efforts in Macau where at least 10 people died after a huge typhoon ripped through the gambling hub, as troops were drafted in to clear piles of debris still blocking streets. Dale De La Rey / AFP
  • Debris flies past as Stewart Adams, of San Marcos, Texas, balances himself from a gust of wind from Hurricane Harvey along the boardwalk in Corpus Christi, Texas. Adrees Latif / Reuters
    Debris flies past as Stewart Adams, of San Marcos, Texas, balances himself from a gust of wind from Hurricane Harvey along the boardwalk in Corpus Christi, Texas. Adrees Latif / Reuters
  • A view through a bullet hole in a curtain shows people attending the funeral of one of the victims of a bomb attack, as they bury them inside the mosque's premises a day after a bomb went off and four gunmen attacked a Shi'ite Muslim mosque during Friday congregational prayers in Kabul, Afghanistan. Jawad Jalali / EPA
    A view through a bullet hole in a curtain shows people attending the funeral of one of the victims of a bomb attack, as they bury them inside the mosque's premises a day after a bomb went off and four gunmen attacked a Shi'ite Muslim mosque during Friday congregational prayers in Kabul, Afghanistan. Jawad Jalali / EPA
  • Mark Metzger wears a suit as he climbs over rocks as he carries his surfboard in Galveston, Texas as Hurricane Harvey intensifies. David J. Phillip / AP Photo
    Mark Metzger wears a suit as he climbs over rocks as he carries his surfboard in Galveston, Texas as Hurricane Harvey intensifies. David J. Phillip / AP Photo
  • Taoist monks band of China perform during the general rehearsal for the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival on Moscow's Red Square, Russia. SERGEI ILNITSKY / EPA
    Taoist monks band of China perform during the general rehearsal for the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival on Moscow's Red Square, Russia. SERGEI ILNITSKY / EPA
  • Boys stand on the rubble of a house destroyed by airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen. Hani Mohammed / AP Photo
    Boys stand on the rubble of a house destroyed by airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen. Hani Mohammed / AP Photo
  • St. Louis Cardinals' Stephen Piscotty is tagged out by Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria as he tries to advance on a fly ball by Yadier Molina during the third inning of a baseball game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Chris Lee / St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP
    St. Louis Cardinals' Stephen Piscotty is tagged out by Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria as he tries to advance on a fly ball by Yadier Molina during the third inning of a baseball game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Chris Lee / St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP

World in focus - best photos for August 26, 2017


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