World in focus - best photos for August 29, 2019

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

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  An Aerial view of the Esperanca IV informal gold mining camp, near the Menkragnoti indigenous territory, in Altamira, Para state, Brazil, in the Amazon basin. AFP

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  Rowers begin their workout on Casco Bay as the sun starts to peak over Great Diamond Island in Portland, Maine. AP

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  A field of clover, from Dr Seuss' book "Horton Hears a Who," that will be incorporated as part of a touring immersive attraction tied to the work of the famous late author and illustrator of children's books. The exhibit is scheduled debut in Toronto. AP

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  A man walks near big sheets used to slow down the melting above the grotto carved inside the Mer de Glace glacier in Chamonix. AFP

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  Malaysian children wave national flags during an Independence Day celebration rehearsal in Putrajaya, Malaysia. EPA

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  A migrant child intercepted off the coast in the Mediterranean Sea waves as she waits to disembark from a rescue boat at the port of Malaga, southern Spain. Reuters

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  A boatman walks on a flooded road near Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, as the river water levels rise in Allahabad. AFP

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  A picture in the Western Cape Province near Botriver shows a bee-keepers setting out bee hives for pollination. Canola or Rapeseed are grown for the oil which is extracted from the seeds. AFP

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  Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, 16, arrives in the US after a 15-day journey crossing the Atlantic in the Malizia II, a zero-carbon yacht in New York. AFP

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