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

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World in focus - best photos for August 30, 2019

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