World in focus - best photos for September 18, 2020

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

A tanker drops fire retardant as a house is seen, as the Bobcat Fire burns near Juniper Hills, California, U.S. REUTERS

Hungary's Zsofia Racz, Lilla Turanyi and Sweden's Amanda Ilestedt vie for the ball during the UEFA Women's EURO 2021 group F qualifying soccer match between Sweden and Hungary at Old Ullevi arena, in Gothenburg, Sweden. AFP

Sweden Armand Duplantis celebrates as he wins in the men's Pole Vault during the IAAF Diamond League competition at the Olympic stadium in Rome. AFP

Hundreds of birds fly past wind turbines as the sun rises in Frankfurt, Germany. AP Photo

Murad Khydyrov, horse and monkey trainer at the Great Moscow State Circus, and chimpanzee named Micky get ready for a rehearsal of the show called "History" as the circus prepares for its new season, which is to begin on September 19, in Moscow. AFP

Firefighters rest while defending the Mount Wilson observatory during the Bobcat Fire in Los Angeles, California, U.S. REUTERS

Stoke City's Jacob Brown scores their first goal Pool during the Carabao Cup Second Round - Wolverhampton Wanderers v Stoke City at Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, Britain. REUTERS

US President Donald Trump speaks during the White House Conference on American History at the National Archives in Washington, DC. AFP

People walk past a billboard near Times Square in New York City. AFP

Smoke from the Bobcat Fire is seen in the Angeles National Forest, northeast of Los Angeles, California. The Bobcat Fire erupted on September 6 near the Cogswell Dam and West Fork Day Use area northeast of Mount Wilson within the Angeles National Forest, expanding from 46,263 acres to 50,539 acres since September 16 while remaining only 3% contained. AFP

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