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  • A jockey races a pair of bulls in a paddy field during the annual Kalapoottu bull-running festival during celebrations of Onam in the village of Vengannur near Palakkad, India. AFP
    A jockey races a pair of bulls in a paddy field during the annual Kalapoottu bull-running festival during celebrations of Onam in the village of Vengannur near Palakkad, India. AFP
  • Young girls with lotus lanterns take part in the annual Tai Hang "fire dragon" event, one of the highlights of the mid-autumn festival in Hong Kong. AFP
    Young girls with lotus lanterns take part in the annual Tai Hang "fire dragon" event, one of the highlights of the mid-autumn festival in Hong Kong. AFP
  • An Emmy statue on the stage at the 71st Emmy Awards Governors Ball press preview at LA Live in Los Angeles, California. AFP
    An Emmy statue on the stage at the 71st Emmy Awards Governors Ball press preview at LA Live in Los Angeles, California. AFP
  • Protesters are escorted off the stage during the third Democratic primary debate in Houston, Texas. AFP
    Protesters are escorted off the stage during the third Democratic primary debate in Houston, Texas. AFP
  • A man holds up a "fire dragon" head during the Tai Hang fire dragon dance in Hong Kong. AFP
    A man holds up a "fire dragon" head during the Tai Hang fire dragon dance in Hong Kong. AFP
  • Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, gets a hug from Zara Jess Gudza as he meets participants of the Rugby Football Union All Schools programme at Lealands High School in Luton, south-east England. AFP
    Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, gets a hug from Zara Jess Gudza as he meets participants of the Rugby Football Union All Schools programme at Lealands High School in Luton, south-east England. AFP
  • Damaged cars sit in a street that was flooded in Ontinyent after torrential rains hit south-eastern Spain. AFP
    Damaged cars sit in a street that was flooded in Ontinyent after torrential rains hit south-eastern Spain. AFP
  • Women dressed in colours of the ruling ZANU-PF party dance at the Rufaro stadium in Harare where the body of Zimbabwe's late president Robert Mugabe is expected to lie in state. AFP
    Women dressed in colours of the ruling ZANU-PF party dance at the Rufaro stadium in Harare where the body of Zimbabwe's late president Robert Mugabe is expected to lie in state. AFP

World in focus - best photos for September 13, 2019

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

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September 13, 2019

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