World in focus - best photos for August 30, 2019

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

Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri gestures before his final pre-flight practical examination at Russian Space Training Center in Star City, outside Moscow, Russia. AP Photo

An attendee looks at Pepper, the semi-humanoid robot, at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China. Bloomberg

A devotee washes himself while performing rituals on the Bagmati River during Kuse Aunse (Father's Day) at Gokarna Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. Reuters

A lookalike statue of Donald Trump, called Slovenian Statue of Liberty, is seen in Selo pri Kamniku, Slovenia. Reuters

Opera fans in bathtubs listen to Adam Plachetka and his colleagues performance of Mozart's Don Giovanni on the rooftop of the Lucerna building in Prague, Czech Republic. Getty Images

A migrant leaves the Spanish military ship 'Audaz' after arriving at a port in San Roque, near Algeciras, Spain. Reuters

Smoke rises from the Stromboli volcano day after a second explosion in less then two months, in Italy. Reuters

Security personnel stand guard on a street in Srinagar. AFP

A floating aerial sculpture titled 1.78 by the artist Janet Echelman hangs over a the City Hall in Beverly Hills, California. AFP

Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar poses after he received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award during the 76th annual Venice International Film Festival. EPA

Actors perform during the dress rehearsal of the musical 'The Lion King' in Madrid, Spain. EPA

Bees on a honeycomb at an apiary outside the remote Siberian village of Volny near Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Reuters

An aircraft flies over the clouds as it approaches the airport in Frankfurt, Germany. AP Photo

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