• A couple dance in the street during the Poblenou fiestas in Barcelona. All entities are involved in the organisation of the activities during the one-week long fiesta, offering music, art and dance and its popular culture as gegants, or giants, correfocs, or fire runs, castells, or human towers and popular meals, children’s workshops and sports competitions. Emilio Morenatti / AP Photos
    A couple dance in the street during the Poblenou fiestas in Barcelona. All entities are involved in the organisation of the activities during the one-week long fiesta, offering music, art and dance and its popular culture as gegants, or giants, correfocs, or fire runs, castells, or human towers and popular meals, children’s workshops and sports competitions. Emilio Morenatti / AP Photos
  • A participant gets makeup in backstage before the Miss Trans Star International in Cornella de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain. AFP
    A participant gets makeup in backstage before the Miss Trans Star International in Cornella de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain. AFP
  • A member of the Fight Club Thailand smokes during the group’s underground fighting activity, in Bangkok, Thailand. Fight Club Thailand is an underground group organising illegal, unauthorised street fights which go against Thailand’s 1999 Boxing Act. Police is investigating and trying to prosecute the group for their allegedly violation of the law. EPA
    A member of the Fight Club Thailand smokes during the group’s underground fighting activity, in Bangkok, Thailand. Fight Club Thailand is an underground group organising illegal, unauthorised street fights which go against Thailand’s 1999 Boxing Act. Police is investigating and trying to prosecute the group for their allegedly violation of the law. EPA
  • Jonathan Quick, number 32 of Team USA, prepares for the start of the third period against Team Europe during the World Cup of Hockey tournament at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Team Europe shutout Team USA 3-0. Bruce Bennett / Getty Images / AFP
    Jonathan Quick, number 32 of Team USA, prepares for the start of the third period against Team Europe during the World Cup of Hockey tournament at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Team Europe shutout Team USA 3-0. Bruce Bennett / Getty Images / AFP
  • A costumed Brigham Young Cougar fan in the stands before the start of their game against the UCLA Bruins at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah. Gene Sweeney Jr / Getty Images / AFP
    A costumed Brigham Young Cougar fan in the stands before the start of their game against the UCLA Bruins at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah. Gene Sweeney Jr / Getty Images / AFP
  • Syrian refugee swimmer Ibrahim Al Hussein stretches during a practice session for media in a training pool during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The swimmer lost part of his leg during a rocket attack in war-torn Syria as he was trying to save a friend injured in a bombing nearby. He fled the war to Turkey and eventually boarded a rubber dinghy to cross the Aegean Sea to Greece, where he currently resides. Al Hussein competed in the men’s 50 metre and 100 metre freestyle swimming contests during the Games. Mario Tama / Getty Images
    Syrian refugee swimmer Ibrahim Al Hussein stretches during a practice session for media in a training pool during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The swimmer lost part of his leg during a rocket attack in war-torn Syria as he was trying to save a friend injured in a bombing nearby. He fled the war to Turkey and eventually boarded a rubber dinghy to cross the Aegean Sea to Greece, where he currently resides. Al Hussein competed in the men’s 50 metre and 100 metre freestyle swimming contests during the Games. Mario Tama / Getty Images
  • Spanish Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of McLaren-Honda sits in his car during the second practice session for the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix night race in Singapore. EPA
    Spanish Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of McLaren-Honda sits in his car during the second practice session for the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix night race in Singapore. EPA
  • A man runs along trees in Frankfurt, central Germany. Michael Probst / AP Photo
    A man runs along trees in Frankfurt, central Germany. Michael Probst / AP Photo
  • Visitors arrive for the Night Fountains show in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles. AFP
    Visitors arrive for the Night Fountains show in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles. AFP
  • Actors perform during the Oktoberfest parade in Munich, Germany. Michaela Rehle / Reuters
    Actors perform during the Oktoberfest parade in Munich, Germany. Michaela Rehle / Reuters
  • Afghan firefighters try to extinguish a fire which broke out at a wood market in Kabul, Afghanistan. Omar Sobhani / Reuters
    Afghan firefighters try to extinguish a fire which broke out at a wood market in Kabul, Afghanistan. Omar Sobhani / Reuters
  • Police officers look for suspicious packages along Fifth Avenue near the scene of an explosion on West 23rd Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan's Chelsea neighbourhood. Officials said more than two dozen people were injured. Most of the injuries were minor. Andres Kudacki / AP Photo
    Police officers look for suspicious packages along Fifth Avenue near the scene of an explosion on West 23rd Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan's Chelsea neighbourhood. Officials said more than two dozen people were injured. Most of the injuries were minor. Andres Kudacki / AP Photo
  • Afghan firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a wood market at Quwai Markaz in Kabul. AFP
    Afghan firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a wood market at Quwai Markaz in Kabul. AFP
  • Buddhist novices watch the ninth anniversary of Saffron Revolution ceremony at Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon. The Saffron Revolution is a protest led by tens of thousands of monks against high fuel prices that took place in 2007 in Yangon. AFP
    Buddhist novices watch the ninth anniversary of Saffron Revolution ceremony at Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon. The Saffron Revolution is a protest led by tens of thousands of monks against high fuel prices that took place in 2007 in Yangon. AFP
  • Cadets of the Nakhimov naval academy vote at a polling station during Russia's parliamentary elections in Sevastopol, Crimea. AFP
    Cadets of the Nakhimov naval academy vote at a polling station during Russia's parliamentary elections in Sevastopol, Crimea. AFP
  • Thai amateur fighters fighting during the 'Fight Club Thailand' group's underground fighting activity, in Bangkok. Fight Club Thailand is an underground group organizing illegal, unauthorised street fights which go against Thailand's 1999 Boxing Act. Police are investigating and trying to prosecute the group for their allegedly violation of the law. EPA
    Thai amateur fighters fighting during the 'Fight Club Thailand' group's underground fighting activity, in Bangkok. Fight Club Thailand is an underground group organizing illegal, unauthorised street fights which go against Thailand's 1999 Boxing Act. Police are investigating and trying to prosecute the group for their allegedly violation of the law. EPA
  • James Golding, driver of the number 34 Wilson Security Racing GRM Volvo crashes into the wall on the opening lap of the Sandown 500 at the Sandown International Motor Raceway in Melbourne, Australia. Robert Cianflone / Getty Images
    James Golding, driver of the number 34 Wilson Security Racing GRM Volvo crashes into the wall on the opening lap of the Sandown 500 at the Sandown International Motor Raceway in Melbourne, Australia. Robert Cianflone / Getty Images
  • Models prepare backstage ahead of the Anya Hindmarch show during London Fashion Week Spring/Summer collections 2017 in London. Stuart C. Wilson / Getty Images
    Models prepare backstage ahead of the Anya Hindmarch show during London Fashion Week Spring/Summer collections 2017 in London. Stuart C. Wilson / Getty Images
  • In the early hours the hangar doors of the Ulster Flying club's hangar are opened to reveal the completed Ferguson monoplane in Limavady, Northern Ireland. While constantly checking wind speed and for cross winds the Ulster Aviation Socity and William McMinn will attempt to fly the 1909 facsimile to re-create Harry Ferguson's first flight. The Ulster Aviation Society is a group of mostly retired aviation enthusiasts who restore vintage aeroplanes to promote the preservation of aircraft and highlight Northern Ireland's aviation heritage. Charles McQuillan / Getty Images
    In the early hours the hangar doors of the Ulster Flying club's hangar are opened to reveal the completed Ferguson monoplane in Limavady, Northern Ireland. While constantly checking wind speed and for cross winds the Ulster Aviation Socity and William McMinn will attempt to fly the 1909 facsimile to re-create Harry Ferguson's first flight. The Ulster Aviation Society is a group of mostly retired aviation enthusiasts who restore vintage aeroplanes to promote the preservation of aircraft and highlight Northern Ireland's aviation heritage. Charles McQuillan / Getty Images
  • Running back Paul Harris, number six of the Hawaii Warriors, rushes the football against the Arizona Wildcats during the thrid quarter of the college football game at Arizona Stadium. Christian Petersen / Getty Images / AFP
    Running back Paul Harris, number six of the Hawaii Warriors, rushes the football against the Arizona Wildcats during the thrid quarter of the college football game at Arizona Stadium. Christian Petersen / Getty Images / AFP

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World in focus – best photos for September 18, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

September 18, 2016

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