• An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard during a curfew in the Batmaloo area of Srinagar. Indian Kashmir has spiralled into unrest with almost daily anti-India protests and clashes since the killing on July 8 of popular young rebel leader Burhan Wani in a gunfight with soldiers. Tauseef Mustafa / AFP
    An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard during a curfew in the Batmaloo area of Srinagar. Indian Kashmir has spiralled into unrest with almost daily anti-India protests and clashes since the killing on July 8 of popular young rebel leader Burhan Wani in a gunfight with soldiers. Tauseef Mustafa / AFP
  • A Japanese fan looks on as Japan faces Colombia during the Rio Olympics in Amazonia Stadium, Brazil. Bruno Kelly / Reuters
    A Japanese fan looks on as Japan faces Colombia during the Rio Olympics in Amazonia Stadium, Brazil. Bruno Kelly / Reuters
  • A tanker drops retardant on a wildfire fire east of Silverwood Lake, in Crestline, California. Firefighters are battling a wildfire in Southern California that grew to more than 2 square miles in mere hours and forced the evacuation of homes near a reservoir. The fire is burning about 55 miles east of Los Angeles in a remote area near Silverwood Lake, a state recreation area. John M Blodgett / The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin via AP
    A tanker drops retardant on a wildfire fire east of Silverwood Lake, in Crestline, California. Firefighters are battling a wildfire in Southern California that grew to more than 2 square miles in mere hours and forced the evacuation of homes near a reservoir. The fire is burning about 55 miles east of Los Angeles in a remote area near Silverwood Lake, a state recreation area. John M Blodgett / The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin via AP
  • Motorcycles are seen at a parking spot for tourist buses as a ticket seller waits for customers in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Picture taken through a glass window. Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters
    Motorcycles are seen at a parking spot for tourist buses as a ticket seller waits for customers in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Picture taken through a glass window. Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters
  • Members of a dance troupe perform during a parade of the Bolivian community living in Chile, in Santiago, Chile. Dozens of Bolivians participated in the parade with religious dances to pay tribute to the ‘Virgen Morena de Copacabana,’ the patron saint of Bolivia. Esteban Garay / EPA
    Members of a dance troupe perform during a parade of the Bolivian community living in Chile, in Santiago, Chile. Dozens of Bolivians participated in the parade with religious dances to pay tribute to the ‘Virgen Morena de Copacabana,’ the patron saint of Bolivia. Esteban Garay / EPA
  • A Japanese performs as god Ebisu during a Kagura trance dance performance by local teenagers in Gotsu city, Shimane prefecture. The Iwami Kagura, found in Shimane prefecture, is considered one of the three major forms of Kagura trance dance in Japan. Everett Kennedy Brown / EPA
    A Japanese performs as god Ebisu during a Kagura trance dance performance by local teenagers in Gotsu city, Shimane prefecture. The Iwami Kagura, found in Shimane prefecture, is considered one of the three major forms of Kagura trance dance in Japan. Everett Kennedy Brown / EPA
  • A picture taken with a long shutter shows Nepalese Hindu pilgrims, also known as Bolboms, collecting holy water to worship Lord Shiva, the god of creation and destruction, at the Bagmati river in Kathmandu, Nepal. Narendra Shrestha / EPA
    A picture taken with a long shutter shows Nepalese Hindu pilgrims, also known as Bolboms, collecting holy water to worship Lord Shiva, the god of creation and destruction, at the Bagmati river in Kathmandu, Nepal. Narendra Shrestha / EPA
  • Manchester United’s Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic beats Leicester City’s English defender Wes Morgan to head in their second goal during the FA Community Shield football match between Manchester United and Leicester City at Wembley Stadium in London. Glyn Kirk / AFP
    Manchester United’s Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic beats Leicester City’s English defender Wes Morgan to head in their second goal during the FA Community Shield football match between Manchester United and Leicester City at Wembley Stadium in London. Glyn Kirk / AFP
  • Visitors ride on a swing carousel at the 581st ‘Cranger Kirmes’ funfair in Herne, Germany. Organisers expect more than four million people to visit the folk festival. Ina Fassbender / EPA
    Visitors ride on a swing carousel at the 581st ‘Cranger Kirmes’ funfair in Herne, Germany. Organisers expect more than four million people to visit the folk festival. Ina Fassbender / EPA
  • A woman is reflected in a poster made for an anti-coup rally, at Taksim Square in Istanbul. Turkey will continue fighting whatever powers seek to undermine the government, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Sunday as he addressed a massive flag-waving rally in Istanbul in the wake of the country’s abortive July 15 coup. Thanassis Stavrakis / AP
    A woman is reflected in a poster made for an anti-coup rally, at Taksim Square in Istanbul. Turkey will continue fighting whatever powers seek to undermine the government, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Sunday as he addressed a massive flag-waving rally in Istanbul in the wake of the country’s abortive July 15 coup. Thanassis Stavrakis / AP

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World in focus – best photos for August 8, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

August 08, 2016

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