• A boy plays on a disused sofa in the ruins of houses which were pulled down, in central Beijing, China. China’s economic growth will be largely stable in the third quarter as the impact from a stock market plunge will be limited, the National Bureau of Statistics said. Jason Lee / Reuters
    A boy plays on a disused sofa in the ruins of houses which were pulled down, in central Beijing, China. China’s economic growth will be largely stable in the third quarter as the impact from a stock market plunge will be limited, the National Bureau of Statistics said. Jason Lee / Reuters
  • Boats carrying goods and passengers are seen on the Batang Hari River covered in a thick haze in Jambi on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Indonesia has launched investigations against more than 200 companies as it scrambles to bring the fires on Sumatra and Kalimantan islands under control by the end of November, amid complaints from neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia. Wahdi Septiawan / Antara Foto / Reuters
    Boats carrying goods and passengers are seen on the Batang Hari River covered in a thick haze in Jambi on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Indonesia has launched investigations against more than 200 companies as it scrambles to bring the fires on Sumatra and Kalimantan islands under control by the end of November, amid complaints from neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia. Wahdi Septiawan / Antara Foto / Reuters
  • Employees take a selfie inside the Apple Inc store prior to the sale of the iPhone 6S smartphone in London. The latest models, following a hugely popular design overhaul last year that added bigger screens, may not match the success of previous releases, according to analysts. Chris Ratcliffe / Bloomberg
    Employees take a selfie inside the Apple Inc store prior to the sale of the iPhone 6S smartphone in London. The latest models, following a hugely popular design overhaul last year that added bigger screens, may not match the success of previous releases, according to analysts. Chris Ratcliffe / Bloomberg
  • A Kashmiri demonstrator throws a stone towards Indian police during a protest after Eid Al Adha prayers in Srinagar. Hundreds of demonstrators on Friday protested after the beef ban order by a state court in Kashmir, local media reported. Danish Ismail / Reuters
    A Kashmiri demonstrator throws a stone towards Indian police during a protest after Eid Al Adha prayers in Srinagar. Hundreds of demonstrators on Friday protested after the beef ban order by a state court in Kashmir, local media reported. Danish Ismail / Reuters
  • People get out of a police van as they are being dropped off to a reception center for migrants and refugees in Opatovac, Croatia. Croatian police say some 55,000 migrants have crossed into the country from Serbia since last Wednesday when the first groups started arriving. Marko Drobnjakovic / AP
    People get out of a police van as they are being dropped off to a reception center for migrants and refugees in Opatovac, Croatia. Croatian police say some 55,000 migrants have crossed into the country from Serbia since last Wednesday when the first groups started arriving. Marko Drobnjakovic / AP
  • Indian people gather at the historic Chand Baori stepwell in Abhaneri village of western Rajasthan state. For a few hours on one day each year, local residents are permitted to descend into the 30.48 metre, 1,200-year-old stepwell, as Hindu devotees in the area mark a local festival, at the same time as Hindus worldwide observe Ganesh Chaturthi festivities. Chand Baori is one of the oldest and largest stepwells in the world, with some 3,500 steps laid out in a geometric design down to the water at its base. Alex Ogle / AFP
    Indian people gather at the historic Chand Baori stepwell in Abhaneri village of western Rajasthan state. For a few hours on one day each year, local residents are permitted to descend into the 30.48 metre, 1,200-year-old stepwell, as Hindu devotees in the area mark a local festival, at the same time as Hindus worldwide observe Ganesh Chaturthi festivities. Chand Baori is one of the oldest and largest stepwells in the world, with some 3,500 steps laid out in a geometric design down to the water at its base. Alex Ogle / AFP
  • Indonesian boys play on a tree as highrise buildings are seen on the background at a slum area in Jakarta, Indonesia. Mast Irham / EPA
    Indonesian boys play on a tree as highrise buildings are seen on the background at a slum area in Jakarta, Indonesia. Mast Irham / EPA
  • Pro-Russian separatists take part in a military competition between tank units near the town of Torez, in the Donetsk region. Ukraine’s pro-Moscow insurgents showed off their military prowess by launching exercises involving heavy tanks that Kiev claims they had covertly received from Russia. The self-proclaimed “tank biathlon” mirrored manoeuvres that Russia has been staging with its former Soviet allies in recent years. Aleksey Filippov / AFP
    Pro-Russian separatists take part in a military competition between tank units near the town of Torez, in the Donetsk region. Ukraine’s pro-Moscow insurgents showed off their military prowess by launching exercises involving heavy tanks that Kiev claims they had covertly received from Russia. The self-proclaimed “tank biathlon” mirrored manoeuvres that Russia has been staging with its former Soviet allies in recent years. Aleksey Filippov / AFP
  • Members of an Indian wedding band play brass instruments during a religious procession for the Hindu festival Ganesh Chaturthi in New Delhi. Chandan Khanna / AFP
    Members of an Indian wedding band play brass instruments during a religious procession for the Hindu festival Ganesh Chaturthi in New Delhi. Chandan Khanna / AFP
  • Hundreds of starlings fly at dusk near Zingst on the Fischland-Darss peninsula, northern Germany. Jens Buettner / dpa via AP
    Hundreds of starlings fly at dusk near Zingst on the Fischland-Darss peninsula, northern Germany. Jens Buettner / dpa via AP

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World in focus — best photos for September 25, 2015

Robert Mickelson

September 25, 2015

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A look at the best photos from around the world.

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