• A man interacts with an installation by Amnesty International depicting a Syrian home during the war, in a passage of Buenos Aires’ subway. On the LED screen, people can see as if through a window, the explosion of a bomb during the Syrian war. Juan Mabromata / AFP
    A man interacts with an installation by Amnesty International depicting a Syrian home during the war, in a passage of Buenos Aires’ subway. On the LED screen, people can see as if through a window, the explosion of a bomb during the Syrian war. Juan Mabromata / AFP
  • People sit and watch birds hoisted on poles in their cages during a bird-singing contest in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat. Over one thousand birds from Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore take part in the annual contest. Madaree Tohlala / AFP
    People sit and watch birds hoisted on poles in their cages during a bird-singing contest in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat. Over one thousand birds from Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore take part in the annual contest. Madaree Tohlala / AFP
  • A man looks across Yalu River towards North Korea as he stands next to the bridge that connects China’s Dandong, Liaoning province and North Korea’s Sinuiju. Thomas Peter / Reuters
    A man looks across Yalu River towards North Korea as he stands next to the bridge that connects China’s Dandong, Liaoning province and North Korea’s Sinuiju. Thomas Peter / Reuters
  • A Nepalese woman stands next to a school wall that was damaged by a bomb explosion in Kathmandu, Nepal. Police in Nepal say small bombs exploded outside two schools in the capital, but no injuries and only minor damage were reported. Unexploded bombs were found at five other schools in the city. Niranjan Shrestha / AP
    A Nepalese woman stands next to a school wall that was damaged by a bomb explosion in Kathmandu, Nepal. Police in Nepal say small bombs exploded outside two schools in the capital, but no injuries and only minor damage were reported. Unexploded bombs were found at five other schools in the city. Niranjan Shrestha / AP
  • A Colombian indigenous woman of the Tikuna ethnic group takes part in a ritual at the start of the First Intergenerational Summit on Traditional Knowledge and Leaders of the Amazon. Luis Robayo / AFP
    A Colombian indigenous woman of the Tikuna ethnic group takes part in a ritual at the start of the First Intergenerational Summit on Traditional Knowledge and Leaders of the Amazon. Luis Robayo / AFP
  • A Palestinian man waits as he has his vehicle checked by Israeli security forces in the West Bank town of Hebron, after a Palestinian tried to stab Israeli soldiers before being shot to death at a checkpoint at the entrance of the nearby village of Bani Naim. Hazem Bader / AFP
    A Palestinian man waits as he has his vehicle checked by Israeli security forces in the West Bank town of Hebron, after a Palestinian tried to stab Israeli soldiers before being shot to death at a checkpoint at the entrance of the nearby village of Bani Naim. Hazem Bader / AFP
  • A worker cleans an arch that is part of a large floral display under construction on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The display is being built in commemoration of China’s National Day, which falls on October 1. Mark Schiefelbein / AP
    A worker cleans an arch that is part of a large floral display under construction on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The display is being built in commemoration of China’s National Day, which falls on October 1. Mark Schiefelbein / AP
  • A model presents a creation by Ashish during the 2017 Spring / Summer catwalk show at London Fashion Week in London. Niklas Halle’n / AFP
    A model presents a creation by Ashish during the 2017 Spring / Summer catwalk show at London Fashion Week in London. Niklas Halle’n / AFP
  • Passengers queue for security check at a departure gate at the domestic terminal of Tokyo International Airport at Haneda in Tokyo, Japan. Typhoon Malakas landed on the Japanese southwestern island of Kyushu and is hitting though Japanese islands from west to east. The typhoon has forced the cancellation of over 100 flights. Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
    Passengers queue for security check at a departure gate at the domestic terminal of Tokyo International Airport at Haneda in Tokyo, Japan. Typhoon Malakas landed on the Japanese southwestern island of Kyushu and is hitting though Japanese islands from west to east. The typhoon has forced the cancellation of over 100 flights. Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
  • A man inspects his house ahead of an eviction by the government in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday. The city government plans to clear a section of land at a slum area along Ciliwung River and relocate its residents to subsidised apartments as part of an effort to increase the percentage of open green spaces in the capital. Achmad Ibrahim / AP
    A man inspects his house ahead of an eviction by the government in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday. The city government plans to clear a section of land at a slum area along Ciliwung River and relocate its residents to subsidised apartments as part of an effort to increase the percentage of open green spaces in the capital. Achmad Ibrahim / AP
  • A man takes out a quail from a net after catching it on a beach in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
    A man takes out a quail from a net after catching it on a beach in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters

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World in focus – best photos for September 20, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

September 20, 2016

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A look at the best photos from around the world today.

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