• A plane drops fire retardant while battling the Soberane Fire in Carmel Highlands, California on July 23, 2016. The fire has scored more than 10,000 acres and threatens 1,650 structures according to Cal Fire. Noah Berger / AFP
    A plane drops fire retardant while battling the Soberane Fire in Carmel Highlands, California on July 23, 2016. The fire has scored more than 10,000 acres and threatens 1,650 structures according to Cal Fire. Noah Berger / AFP
  • Acrobats perform on the Olympics rings at Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo’s financial center, Brazil. Paulo Whitaker / Reuters
    Acrobats perform on the Olympics rings at Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo’s financial center, Brazil. Paulo Whitaker / Reuters
  • Spanish matador Alberto Lamelas performs a pass on a Miura bull at Plumacon arena in Mont de Marsan during the festival of La Madeleine,southwestern France. Gaizka Iroz / AFP
    Spanish matador Alberto Lamelas performs a pass on a Miura bull at Plumacon arena in Mont de Marsan during the festival of La Madeleine,southwestern France. Gaizka Iroz / AFP
  • Protesters supporting Bernie Sanders prepare for a demonstration in front of City Hall before the 2016 Democratic National Convention, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tracie Vanauken / EPA
    Protesters supporting Bernie Sanders prepare for a demonstration in front of City Hall before the 2016 Democratic National Convention, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tracie Vanauken / EPA
  • A Kosovo Albanian girl walks past candles in the city square as they pay respect to the victims of the shooting spree in Munich, in Pristina, Kosovo. Petrit Prenaj / EPA
    A Kosovo Albanian girl walks past candles in the city square as they pay respect to the victims of the shooting spree in Munich, in Pristina, Kosovo. Petrit Prenaj / EPA
  • A Kashmiri child watches an Indian paramilitary trooper standing guard during a curfew in downtown Srinagar. Large parts of Indian-administered Kashmir have been under continuous 24-hour curfew since the death on July 8 of a popular rebel leader sparked wide-scale protests and clashes with government forces who have fired and killed 46 civilians so far. Tauseef Mustafa / AFP
    A Kashmiri child watches an Indian paramilitary trooper standing guard during a curfew in downtown Srinagar. Large parts of Indian-administered Kashmir have been under continuous 24-hour curfew since the death on July 8 of a popular rebel leader sparked wide-scale protests and clashes with government forces who have fired and killed 46 civilians so far. Tauseef Mustafa / AFP
  • People wave Turkish flags and portraits of modern Turkey’s founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, during a rally organised by the main opposition group, the secular and centre-left Republican People’s Party in Istanbul’s Taksim square. Gurcan Ozturk / AFP
    People wave Turkish flags and portraits of modern Turkey’s founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, during a rally organised by the main opposition group, the secular and centre-left Republican People’s Party in Istanbul’s Taksim square. Gurcan Ozturk / AFP
  • Togolese stilt walker group ‘Afuma’ performs during the 41st Paleo Festival Nyon, in Nyon, Switzerland. The open-air music festival is the largest in the western part of Switzerland. Laurent Gillieron / EPA
    Togolese stilt walker group ‘Afuma’ performs during the 41st Paleo Festival Nyon, in Nyon, Switzerland. The open-air music festival is the largest in the western part of Switzerland. Laurent Gillieron / EPA
  • A pack of riders pass by the Arc of Triomphe during the 21st and final stage of the 103rd edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Chantilly and Paris Champs-Elysees, France. Kim Ludbrook / EPA
    A pack of riders pass by the Arc of Triomphe during the 21st and final stage of the 103rd edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Chantilly and Paris Champs-Elysees, France. Kim Ludbrook / EPA
  • People play Pokemon Go at a park in Tokyo, Japan 25. Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
    People play Pokemon Go at a park in Tokyo, Japan 25. Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
  • Athletes swam from Asia to Europe for the Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race in Istanbul, Turkey. Levent Kulu / Getty Images for Samsung Turkey
    Athletes swam from Asia to Europe for the Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race in Istanbul, Turkey. Levent Kulu / Getty Images for Samsung Turkey

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World in focus – best photos for July 25, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

July 25, 2016

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A look at the best photos from around the world today.

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