• People cool themselves on a beach in Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province. AFP
    People cool themselves on a beach in Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province. AFP
  • A bolt of lightning illuminates the clouds of a thunderstorm behind the White House. AP
    A bolt of lightning illuminates the clouds of a thunderstorm behind the White House. AP
  • People relax by the musical fountain of Margaret Island in Budapest, Hungary. EPA
    People relax by the musical fountain of Margaret Island in Budapest, Hungary. EPA
  • People clean a 15-metre-tall Great Buddha at the Todaiji Temple in Nara, western Japan. EPA
    People clean a 15-metre-tall Great Buddha at the Todaiji Temple in Nara, western Japan. EPA
  • Spectators watch as British lightship Gannet, which was built in 1954 and operated as a lighthouse off South Rock in the Irish Sea until the end of 2009, is lifted out of the Rhine in Basel, Switzerland. Reuters
    Spectators watch as British lightship Gannet, which was built in 1954 and operated as a lighthouse off South Rock in the Irish Sea until the end of 2009, is lifted out of the Rhine in Basel, Switzerland. Reuters
  • Freya Smith aged three, leads a giant dinosaur puppets across the road in Edinburgh, Scotland, to promote Australian theatre company Erth at the Fringe festival. Getty
    Freya Smith aged three, leads a giant dinosaur puppets across the road in Edinburgh, Scotland, to promote Australian theatre company Erth at the Fringe festival. Getty
  • People cool themselves on a beach in Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province. AFP
    People cool themselves on a beach in Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province. AFP
  • An Afghan shepherd makes a cover for his sheep at a livestock market on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif. AFP
    An Afghan shepherd makes a cover for his sheep at a livestock market on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif. AFP
  • A view of the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow. AFP
    A view of the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow. AFP
  • A worker operates a rice harvesting machine on a farm in Sa Kaeo province, Thailand. AFP
    A worker operates a rice harvesting machine on a farm in Sa Kaeo province, Thailand. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for August 7, 2019

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