• Local residents gather to watch the swollen Charsadda river flow under a bridge following heavy monsoon rainfalls, on the outskirts of Peshawar. More than 100 Pakistanis died in August because of the monsoon, which has also destroyed more than 1,000 homes. AFP
    Local residents gather to watch the swollen Charsadda river flow under a bridge following heavy monsoon rainfalls, on the outskirts of Peshawar. More than 100 Pakistanis died in August because of the monsoon, which has also destroyed more than 1,000 homes. AFP
  • Protesters clash with police during an anti-government demonstration in Sofia. AFP
    Protesters clash with police during an anti-government demonstration in Sofia. AFP
  • Actor Tilda Swinton poses at the 77th Venice Film Festival opening ceremony. Reuters
    Actor Tilda Swinton poses at the 77th Venice Film Festival opening ceremony. Reuters
  • Smoke rises into the sky during a test of the Space Launch System solid rocket booster motor at aerospace company Northrop Grumman's test facility in Promontory, Utah. AFP
    Smoke rises into the sky during a test of the Space Launch System solid rocket booster motor at aerospace company Northrop Grumman's test facility in Promontory, Utah. AFP
  • Palestinian fishermen, wearing face mask to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, prepare their fishnets along a beach off the Mediterranean Sea in Rafah, in southern Gaza Strip. AFP
    Palestinian fishermen, wearing face mask to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, prepare their fishnets along a beach off the Mediterranean Sea in Rafah, in southern Gaza Strip. AFP
  • Anissa Barbato from New York looks out over the city from the Edge, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere as it reopened to the public in New York. At 1,131 feet from the heart of Hudson Yards. it offers 360-degree views of New York City’s iconic skyline from the 100th floor outdoor viewing. AFP
    Anissa Barbato from New York looks out over the city from the Edge, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere as it reopened to the public in New York. At 1,131 feet from the heart of Hudson Yards. it offers 360-degree views of New York City’s iconic skyline from the 100th floor outdoor viewing. AFP
  • A member of the public walks past a shop selling face masks to prevent the spread of the pandemic in Glasgow. AFP
    A member of the public walks past a shop selling face masks to prevent the spread of the pandemic in Glasgow. AFP
  • A man walks across the medieval Charles Bridge during sunrise in Prague, Czech Republic. Reuters
    A man walks across the medieval Charles Bridge during sunrise in Prague, Czech Republic. Reuters
  • Activists from the Extinction Rebellion climate change group, demonstrate near Britain's Home Office and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in central London on the second day of their new series of 'mass rebellions'. AFP
    Activists from the Extinction Rebellion climate change group, demonstrate near Britain's Home Office and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in central London on the second day of their new series of 'mass rebellions'. AFP
  • The monument to the Pipila, which is adorned with a giant mask to raise awareness during the coronavirus pandemic, in Guanajuato, Mexico. EPA
    The monument to the Pipila, which is adorned with a giant mask to raise awareness during the coronavirus pandemic, in Guanajuato, Mexico. EPA

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World in focus - best photos for September 3, 2020

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

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