• A clouded leopard cub is pictured in a bucket during a medical exam at the Mulhouse zoo, eastern France. Seabstien Bozon/AFP
    A clouded leopard cub is pictured in a bucket during a medical exam at the Mulhouse zoo, eastern France. Seabstien Bozon/AFP
  • The aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong. Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images
    The aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong. Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images
  • Flamengo football players Everton Ribeiro, Piris da Motta and Vasco da Gama player Andrey push the ambulance carrying Vasco da Gama's injured player Bruno Silva after it's engine failed to start on the field at Mane Garrincha stadium in Brasilia. Pedro Martins / AFP
    Flamengo football players Everton Ribeiro, Piris da Motta and Vasco da Gama player Andrey push the ambulance carrying Vasco da Gama's injured player Bruno Silva after it's engine failed to start on the field at Mane Garrincha stadium in Brasilia. Pedro Martins / AFP
  • Santosh Chunchunguppe rides his Hero bike during the third stage of the Inca Challenge in Peru. Ernesto Arias/EPA
    Santosh Chunchunguppe rides his Hero bike during the third stage of the Inca Challenge in Peru. Ernesto Arias/EPA
  • Members of the Mexican Army form a mosaic with national flags during the parade celebrating a new anniversary of the country's independence, at Zocalo Square in Mexico City. Alfredo Estrella/AFP
    Members of the Mexican Army form a mosaic with national flags during the parade celebrating a new anniversary of the country's independence, at Zocalo Square in Mexico City. Alfredo Estrella/AFP
  • A masked demonstrator shows a Nicaraguan flag to a line of riot police blocking a street in Managua. Inti Ocon/AFP
    A masked demonstrator shows a Nicaraguan flag to a line of riot police blocking a street in Managua. Inti Ocon/AFP
  • People hold up photos of assassinated anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and torches on mobile phones during a vigil to mark eleven months since her murder in a car bomb, in Valletta, Malta. Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters
    People hold up photos of assassinated anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and torches on mobile phones during a vigil to mark eleven months since her murder in a car bomb, in Valletta, Malta. Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters
  • The sun sets over the TV tower "Rheinturm" in Duesseldorf, Germany. Kevin Kurek/AFP
    The sun sets over the TV tower "Rheinturm" in Duesseldorf, Germany. Kevin Kurek/AFP
  • Participants including elderly and middle-aged people exercise with wooden dumbbells during a health promotion event to mark Japan's 'Respect for the Aged Day' at a temple in Tokyo's Sugamo district. Issei Kato/Reuters
    Participants including elderly and middle-aged people exercise with wooden dumbbells during a health promotion event to mark Japan's 'Respect for the Aged Day' at a temple in Tokyo's Sugamo district. Issei Kato/Reuters
  • A woman walks on the stairs decorated with an image of two hands shaking to form the shape of the Korean Peninsula to support the upcoming inter-Korean summit, in downtown Seoul. Jung Yeon-je/AFP
    A woman walks on the stairs decorated with an image of two hands shaking to form the shape of the Korean Peninsula to support the upcoming inter-Korean summit, in downtown Seoul. Jung Yeon-je/AFP
  • A member of the Pueblos Sin Fronteras, a pro-immigration advocacy group, lights a candle during a vigil to raise awareness of local police harassment and abuse of migrants in Tijuana, Mexico. Guillermo Arias/AFP
    A member of the Pueblos Sin Fronteras, a pro-immigration advocacy group, lights a candle during a vigil to raise awareness of local police harassment and abuse of migrants in Tijuana, Mexico. Guillermo Arias/AFP
  • Bolivian soldiers practice mountaineering during a training ceremony in Curahuara de Carangas near Oruro, Bolivia. Enzo De Luca/Reuters
    Bolivian soldiers practice mountaineering during a training ceremony in Curahuara de Carangas near Oruro, Bolivia. Enzo De Luca/Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for September 17, 2018

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