• A visitor to Sotheby’s London looks over Damien Hirst’s artwork ‘Beautiful, Shattering, Slashing, Violent, Pinky, Hacking, Sphincter Painting’ from David Bowie’s personal art collection. Bowie’s art collection including artworks from Basquiat, Hirst and Auerbach will be unveiled for the first time at a major exhibition in London in November. Andy Rain / EPA
    A visitor to Sotheby’s London looks over Damien Hirst’s artwork ‘Beautiful, Shattering, Slashing, Violent, Pinky, Hacking, Sphincter Painting’ from David Bowie’s personal art collection. Bowie’s art collection including artworks from Basquiat, Hirst and Auerbach will be unveiled for the first time at a major exhibition in London in November. Andy Rain / EPA
  • A bicyclist makes his way across a junctiom during a rainstorm in Beijing. Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo
    A bicyclist makes his way across a junctiom during a rainstorm in Beijing. Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo
  • Attendants look at Pepper, SoftBank’s humanoid robot, during a news conference announcing its service for business customers in Tokyo. Kim Kyung-hoon / Reuters
    Attendants look at Pepper, SoftBank’s humanoid robot, during a news conference announcing its service for business customers in Tokyo. Kim Kyung-hoon / Reuters
  • A man walks in a field as Mount Bromo spews ashes into the air in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. Fully Handoko / EPA
    A man walks in a field as Mount Bromo spews ashes into the air in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. Fully Handoko / EPA
  • A mural of Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump on display near the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Lucas Jackson / Reuters
    A mural of Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump on display near the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Lucas Jackson / Reuters
  • Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia competes against Catherine Bellis of the United States during day two of the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford University, California. Lachlan Cunningham / Getty Images / AFP
    Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia competes against Catherine Bellis of the United States during day two of the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford University, California. Lachlan Cunningham / Getty Images / AFP
  • A ladybird sits on the leaf of a corn plant, and is illuminated by the rising sun at Visselhoevede, Germany. Daniel Reinhardt / EPA
    A ladybird sits on the leaf of a corn plant, and is illuminated by the rising sun at Visselhoevede, Germany. Daniel Reinhardt / EPA
  • Two girls watch the rain fall in Beijing. Nicolas Asfouri / AFP Photo
    Two girls watch the rain fall in Beijing. Nicolas Asfouri / AFP Photo

World in focus – best photos for July 20, 2016


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