• Two farmers dry corn during harvest season in Tancheng in China's eastern Shandong province. AFP
    Two farmers dry corn during harvest season in Tancheng in China's eastern Shandong province. AFP
  • Indian fishermen load their boat with produce to sell at a market at the banks of the Brahmaputra River at Ujanbazar Ghat in Guwahati. AFP
    Indian fishermen load their boat with produce to sell at a market at the banks of the Brahmaputra River at Ujanbazar Ghat in Guwahati. AFP
  • Displaced Syrian girls stand next to a tent provided by a Turkish humanitarian organisation at a camp for displaced people in the northern Idlib province. AFP
    Displaced Syrian girls stand next to a tent provided by a Turkish humanitarian organisation at a camp for displaced people in the northern Idlib province. AFP
  • Nepalese army personnel stand guard before the arrival of heads of state for the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation summit at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. AFP
    Nepalese army personnel stand guard before the arrival of heads of state for the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation summit at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. AFP
  • Riders compete in the women's omnium elimination track cycling event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. AFP
    Riders compete in the women's omnium elimination track cycling event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. AFP
  • Sri Lankan navy personnel stand guard during a ceremony commissioning two naval patrol boats Japan gifted to the the country's coastguard, in Colombo. AFP
    Sri Lankan navy personnel stand guard during a ceremony commissioning two naval patrol boats Japan gifted to the the country's coastguard, in Colombo. AFP
  • Supporters of the opposition Indian National Congress party hold models of fighter planes as they shouts slogans during a protest against a Rafale jets deal. AFP
    Supporters of the opposition Indian National Congress party hold models of fighter planes as they shouts slogans during a protest against a Rafale jets deal. AFP
  • Chinese People's Liberation Army personnel prepare for the arrival of the Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AFP
    Chinese People's Liberation Army personnel prepare for the arrival of the Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AFP
  • Vietnam's Tran Thi Them competes against Indonesia's Wewey Wita during the pencak silat women's class 50kg to 55kg final at the 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta. AFP
    Vietnam's Tran Thi Them competes against Indonesia's Wewey Wita during the pencak silat women's class 50kg to 55kg final at the 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta. AFP
  • An Indonesian woman watches the awards ceremony for the mixed doubles soft tennis event at the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang. AFP
    An Indonesian woman watches the awards ceremony for the mixed doubles soft tennis event at the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for August 30, 2018

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