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  • Smoke hangs over the Siuslaw River near Mapleton, Oregon, as the The Sweet Creek Milepost 2 Fire burns on the hillside overlooking the town. AP
    Smoke hangs over the Siuslaw River near Mapleton, Oregon, as the The Sweet Creek Milepost 2 Fire burns on the hillside overlooking the town. AP
  • A woman is scanned for body temperature as she arrives in The Vatican, prior to the Pope's limited public audience. AFP
    A woman is scanned for body temperature as she arrives in The Vatican, prior to the Pope's limited public audience. AFP
  • A protester uses a tennis racket to repel a tear gas canister during clashes with security forces amidst an anti-government demonstration in the centre of Lebanon's capital Beirut during. AFP
    A protester uses a tennis racket to repel a tear gas canister during clashes with security forces amidst an anti-government demonstration in the centre of Lebanon's capital Beirut during. AFP
  • Students attend a ceremony to kick off the new semester in Wuhan High School in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. Chinese students began a full return to regular classes Tuesday following two weeks without new cases of local transmission in the country. AP
    Students attend a ceremony to kick off the new semester in Wuhan High School in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. Chinese students began a full return to regular classes Tuesday following two weeks without new cases of local transmission in the country. AP
  • The full moon shines surrounded by clouds in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany. AP Photo
    The full moon shines surrounded by clouds in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany. AP Photo
  • A Palestinian man wearing a protective face mask looks through a hole in a torched house where three children of Al Hazeen family were killed in a fire ignited by a candle used to light up their room during a power cut in the central Gaza Strip. Reuters
    A Palestinian man wearing a protective face mask looks through a hole in a torched house where three children of Al Hazeen family were killed in a fire ignited by a candle used to light up their room during a power cut in the central Gaza Strip. Reuters
  • Pope Francis greets attendees as he arrives at the San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican to hold a limited public audience. AFP
    Pope Francis greets attendees as he arrives at the San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican to hold a limited public audience. AFP
  • Police officers use pepper sprays against protestors during an anti-government demo in Sofia. AFP
    Police officers use pepper sprays against protestors during an anti-government demo in Sofia. AFP
  • A woman takes a walk as it rains at a Han River park in Seoul, South Korea. Reuters
    A woman takes a walk as it rains at a Han River park in Seoul, South Korea. Reuters

World in focus - best photos for September 2, 2020

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

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September 02, 2020

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