• A boy sits among apples during the Apple Festival at City Day celebrations in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters
    A boy sits among apples during the Apple Festival at City Day celebrations in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters
  • Nehe Milner-Shudder dives over to score a try during the Rugby Championship match between the All Blacks and the South African Springboks at QBE Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. Hannah Peters / Getty Images
    Nehe Milner-Shudder dives over to score a try during the Rugby Championship match between the All Blacks and the South African Springboks at QBE Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. Hannah Peters / Getty Images
  • San Diego State safety Trey Lomax, left, can't quite reach a pass intended for Stanford wide receiver JJ Arcega-Whiteside during the first half of an NCAA college football game. Gregory Bull / AP Photo
    San Diego State safety Trey Lomax, left, can't quite reach a pass intended for Stanford wide receiver JJ Arcega-Whiteside during the first half of an NCAA college football game. Gregory Bull / AP Photo
  • A man holds a Kurdish flag with a picture of Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani during a gathering at Martyrs Square in Downtown Beirut, Lebanon to support next week's referendum in Iraq. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
    A man holds a Kurdish flag with a picture of Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani during a gathering at Martyrs Square in Downtown Beirut, Lebanon to support next week's referendum in Iraq. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
  • Rohingya refugees protect themselves from the rain in Bangladesh's Balukhali refugee camp. Dominique Faget / AFP PHOTO
    Rohingya refugees protect themselves from the rain in Bangladesh's Balukhali refugee camp. Dominique Faget / AFP PHOTO
  • A boy holds an umbrella as he crosses a bridge at Enoshima island in Fujisawa, near Tokyo. Shizuo Kambayashi / AP Photo
    A boy holds an umbrella as he crosses a bridge at Enoshima island in Fujisawa, near Tokyo. Shizuo Kambayashi / AP Photo
  • Children play in a street on the southern outskirts of the Syrian city of al-Bab. Khalil Ashawi / Reuters
    Children play in a street on the southern outskirts of the Syrian city of al-Bab. Khalil Ashawi / Reuters
  • Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka Ginting lies on the floor after winning against his compatriot Jonatan Christie during men's single final match at the Korea Open Badminton in Seoul, South Korea. Ahn Young-joon / AP Photo
    Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka Ginting lies on the floor after winning against his compatriot Jonatan Christie during men's single final match at the Korea Open Badminton in Seoul, South Korea. Ahn Young-joon / AP Photo
  • Vessels that sank during Hurricane Irma are seen in a Saint John bay 12 days after the devastating storm hit the U.S. Virgin Islands. Jonathan Drake / Reuters
    Vessels that sank during Hurricane Irma are seen in a Saint John bay 12 days after the devastating storm hit the U.S. Virgin Islands. Jonathan Drake / Reuters

World

World in focus - best photos for September 17, 2017

Take a look at some of the best pictures from around the world today

The National

September 17, 2017

  • English
  • Arabic
South AsiaCentral AsiaKazakhstanNew Zealand