• Performers from the London School of Samba prepare ahead of The Notting Hill Carnival in London, England. Ben A Pruchnie / Getty Images
    Performers from the London School of Samba prepare ahead of The Notting Hill Carnival in London, England. Ben A Pruchnie / Getty Images
  • The homeland’s symbolic flame burns behind the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil. Suspended President Dilma Rousseff will face Congress on Monday as her impeachment process enters its final stages. She is accused of using unauthorised loans from state-owned banks and that she illegally issued decrees to make government payments without congressional approval. Leo Correa / AP
    The homeland’s symbolic flame burns behind the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil. Suspended President Dilma Rousseff will face Congress on Monday as her impeachment process enters its final stages. She is accused of using unauthorised loans from state-owned banks and that she illegally issued decrees to make government payments without congressional approval. Leo Correa / AP
  • Tourists enjoy a picnic at Wadi Darbat in Salalah, Dhofar province, Oman. Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters
    Tourists enjoy a picnic at Wadi Darbat in Salalah, Dhofar province, Oman. Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters
  • Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Michael Loccisano / Getty Images / AFP
    Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Michael Loccisano / Getty Images / AFP
  • A picture taken with a wide-angle lens shows the Milky Way observed in the background of a lookout tower near the Hungarian border village of Tachty, or Tajti in Hungarian, Slovakia. Peter Komka / EPA
    A picture taken with a wide-angle lens shows the Milky Way observed in the background of a lookout tower near the Hungarian border village of Tachty, or Tajti in Hungarian, Slovakia. Peter Komka / EPA
  • Indian Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan showcases a creation by designer Sabyasachi at Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Winter/Festive 2016 in Mumbai. Sujit Jaiswal / AFP
    Indian Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan showcases a creation by designer Sabyasachi at Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Winter/Festive 2016 in Mumbai. Sujit Jaiswal / AFP
  • Maidens carry and lay reeds while they sing and dance during the annual royal Reed Dance at the Ludzidzini Royal palace in Lobamba, Swaziland. Umhlanga, or Reed Dance ceremony, is an annual Swazi cultural event where tens of thousands of Swazi girls travel from the various chiefdoms to the Ludzidzini Royal Village to participate in the eight-day event. Mujahid Safodien/ AFP
    Maidens carry and lay reeds while they sing and dance during the annual royal Reed Dance at the Ludzidzini Royal palace in Lobamba, Swaziland. Umhlanga, or Reed Dance ceremony, is an annual Swazi cultural event where tens of thousands of Swazi girls travel from the various chiefdoms to the Ludzidzini Royal Village to participate in the eight-day event. Mujahid Safodien/ AFP
  • FC Barcelona’s Luis Suarez, left, gestures beside Athletic Bilbao’s Aymeric Laporte during a Spanish La Liga match between FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao, at San Mames stadium, in Bilbao, northern Spain. FC Barcelona won the match 1-0. Alvaro Barrientos / AP
    FC Barcelona’s Luis Suarez, left, gestures beside Athletic Bilbao’s Aymeric Laporte during a Spanish La Liga match between FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao, at San Mames stadium, in Bilbao, northern Spain. FC Barcelona won the match 1-0. Alvaro Barrientos / AP
  • Some of the 300 accredited people to launch the total of 70,000 rockets as they light up the streets in Paterna, Valencia, Spain, during the traditional ‘Corda’ fiestas. Manuel Bruque / EPA
    Some of the 300 accredited people to launch the total of 70,000 rockets as they light up the streets in Paterna, Valencia, Spain, during the traditional ‘Corda’ fiestas. Manuel Bruque / EPA
  • Malaysian citizens wave the Malaysian national flag as they march during an Independence Day celebration rehearsal in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia, which gained its independence from British colonial rule in 1957, will celebrate its 59th Independence Day on August 31. Ahmad Yusni / EPA
    Malaysian citizens wave the Malaysian national flag as they march during an Independence Day celebration rehearsal in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia, which gained its independence from British colonial rule in 1957, will celebrate its 59th Independence Day on August 31. Ahmad Yusni / EPA
  • An Indian artist uses sparkles to decorate statues of the Hindu god Lord Ganesh ahead of the forthcoming Ganesh Chaturthi festival at a workshop in Hyderabad. The statues are being prepared for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, a popular eleven-day long Hindu religious festival in India which will be celebrated from September 5 to 15. Noah Seelam / AFP
    An Indian artist uses sparkles to decorate statues of the Hindu god Lord Ganesh ahead of the forthcoming Ganesh Chaturthi festival at a workshop in Hyderabad. The statues are being prepared for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, a popular eleven-day long Hindu religious festival in India which will be celebrated from September 5 to 15. Noah Seelam / AFP

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World in focus – best photos for August 29, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

August 29, 2016

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

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