• A dancer hands her phone to a friend before getting on stage in Lad Chado Market to mark Asaha Bucha Day in Ayutthaya, Thailand. Asaha Bucha is an important day in the Buddhist calendar that marks Buddha’s first sermon to his disciples after enlightenment and is the day before Buddhist Lent. Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP
    A dancer hands her phone to a friend before getting on stage in Lad Chado Market to mark Asaha Bucha Day in Ayutthaya, Thailand. Asaha Bucha is an important day in the Buddhist calendar that marks Buddha’s first sermon to his disciples after enlightenment and is the day before Buddhist Lent. Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP
  • An aerial view shows a woman practicing her putt on a golf course in Gleidingen, Germany. Julian Stratenschulte / EPA
    An aerial view shows a woman practicing her putt on a golf course in Gleidingen, Germany. Julian Stratenschulte / EPA
  • Two children float in a swimming air mattress in Altwarmbuechener lake in Hannover, Germany. Julian Stratenschulte / EPA
    Two children float in a swimming air mattress in Altwarmbuechener lake in Hannover, Germany. Julian Stratenschulte / EPA
  • Mourners attend a candlelight vigil honouring Officer Matthew Gerald in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Officer Gerald, along with two other police officers, was shot and killed after gunman Gavin Long ambushed them on Sunday morning in front of the B-Quik gas station in Baton Rouge. Sean Gardner / Getty Images / AFP
    Mourners attend a candlelight vigil honouring Officer Matthew Gerald in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Officer Gerald, along with two other police officers, was shot and killed after gunman Gavin Long ambushed them on Sunday morning in front of the B-Quik gas station in Baton Rouge. Sean Gardner / Getty Images / AFP
  • Passersby look at fish swim in a large glass tank in front of the Sony Building at Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. Eugene Hoshiko / AP
    Passersby look at fish swim in a large glass tank in front of the Sony Building at Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. Eugene Hoshiko / AP
  • A boy plays on a algae-covered beach in Qingdao, Shandong province, China. Reuters / Stringer
    A boy plays on a algae-covered beach in Qingdao, Shandong province, China. Reuters / Stringer
  • A delegate wears a hat with star lights and American flags during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican factions trying to stop Donald Trump’s nomination noisily disrupted a vote on party convention rules, displaying the fissures in the party on the first day of its national convention. Victor J Blue / Bloomberg
    A delegate wears a hat with star lights and American flags during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican factions trying to stop Donald Trump’s nomination noisily disrupted a vote on party convention rules, displaying the fissures in the party on the first day of its national convention. Victor J Blue / Bloomberg
  • A man shows his tooth to an Indian policemen as he seeks permission to see a doctor after he was stopped during a curfew in Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters
    A man shows his tooth to an Indian policemen as he seeks permission to see a doctor after he was stopped during a curfew in Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters
  • Texas Rangers’ Elvis Andrus, left, and Rougned Odor celebrate Odor’s two-run homer in the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, California. Kyusung Gong / The Orange County Register via AP
    Texas Rangers’ Elvis Andrus, left, and Rougned Odor celebrate Odor’s two-run homer in the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, California. Kyusung Gong / The Orange County Register via AP
  • A woman poses for a photo next to a huge Turkish flag at Taksim Square in central Istanbul. Turkey’s state-run news agency says courts have ordered 85 generals and admirals jailed pending trial over their roles in a botched coup attempt. Dozens of others were still being questioned. Emilio Morenatti / AP
    A woman poses for a photo next to a huge Turkish flag at Taksim Square in central Istanbul. Turkey’s state-run news agency says courts have ordered 85 generals and admirals jailed pending trial over their roles in a botched coup attempt. Dozens of others were still being questioned. Emilio Morenatti / AP
  • Maud Pizon performs during a rehearsal of the play “Of Imagination,” written and directed by Clara Le Picard, at the Chapelle des Penitents Blancs in Avignon, during the 70th edition of the Avignon Theatre Festival. Boris Horvat / AFP
    Maud Pizon performs during a rehearsal of the play “Of Imagination,” written and directed by Clara Le Picard, at the Chapelle des Penitents Blancs in Avignon, during the 70th edition of the Avignon Theatre Festival. Boris Horvat / AFP
  • Omar Mcleod, left, of Jamaica falls next to Serhiy Kopanayko of Ukraine during the men’s 100m hurdles final of the Gyulai Istvan Memorial - Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix at the athletic centre of Szekesfehervar, Hungary. Attila Kisbenedek / AFP
    Omar Mcleod, left, of Jamaica falls next to Serhiy Kopanayko of Ukraine during the men’s 100m hurdles final of the Gyulai Istvan Memorial - Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix at the athletic centre of Szekesfehervar, Hungary. Attila Kisbenedek / AFP
  • Larry the Downing Street cat ahead of a cabinet meeting at number 10 Downing Street in London. British Prime Minister Theresa May held her first cabinet meeting. Andy Rain / EPA
    Larry the Downing Street cat ahead of a cabinet meeting at number 10 Downing Street in London. British Prime Minister Theresa May held her first cabinet meeting. Andy Rain / EPA

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World in focus – best photos for July 19, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

July 19, 2016

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