World in focus - best photos for August 6, 2017

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world today.

Mexican Navy crew members stand on the sails of the ARM Cuauhtemoc tall ship as it prepares to dock in the South Harbor in Manila, Philippines, for a five-day goodwill visit. AP Photo/Bullit Marquez

Demonstrators build barricades while rallying against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

Patrick Gudauskas surfs in his heat in Round 4 at the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, California. Gudauskas finished first. Mark Rightmire/The Orange County Register via AP

Toronto Blue Jays left fielder Norichika Aoki avoids being hit by a pitch against the Houston Astros in the ninth inning at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. Thomas B. Shea/USA TODAY

Visitors pose for a photo with a 3D image at a trick art exhibition by Japanese artist Masashi Hattori in Kawasaki, near Tokyo. AP Photo/Koji Sasahara

Russian President Vladimir Putin swims during a mini-break in the Siberian Tyva region, in a picture released by the Kremlin press service. Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

Airman First Class Henry Abreu Maria, centre, closes a vehicle holding transfer cases containing the remains of Sgt. Jonathon Michael Hunter and Spc. Christopher Michael Harris at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. According to the Department of Defense, Hunter, 23, of Columbus, Indiana, and Harris, 25, of Jackson Springs, North Carolina, died on August 2, 2017, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device. AP Photo/Steve Ruark

A Palestinian protester covers his head with a model of the Dome of the Rock during clashes with Israeli troops near the border between Israel and Central Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Indian paramilitary soldiers use slings to shoot glass marbles at Kashmiri protesters in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir. Government forces fired tear gas and pellets on Kashmiris who gathered after Friday afternoon prayers to protest against Indian rule in the disputed region. AP Photo/Dar Yasin