World in focus - best photos for September 19, 2018

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

Workers clear debris on a beach in Hong Kong after Typhoon Mangkhut. Dale De La Rey / AFP

Team mascot Turbo Man of Manawatu poses with children in Palmerston North, New Zealand. Hagen Hopkins / Getty Images

People ride motorcycles past a giant image of Maldives President Abdulla Yameen in Male. Ashwa Faheem / Reuters

A car gets stuck behind a flocks of sheep on a road in Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. Reuters

UFC fighter Curtis Blaydes, left, of the United States watches a Chinese man exercising in Beijing. Yifan Ding / Getty Images for UFC

Female students hold fake knives during a military training in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Reuters

Minori Kawai of Japan free surfs in Tahara, Aichi, Japan. Matt Roberts / Getty Images

Philadelphia Phillies' Jorge Alfaro is doused with water after a baseball game in Philadelphia. Matt Slocum / AP Photo

Members of the public exercise their horses on Irvine beach in Scotland. Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images

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