• Fireworks explode above Saint Basil’s cathedral during the Spasskaya Tower international military music festival on the Red Square in Moscow. Vasily Maximov / AFP
    Fireworks explode above Saint Basil’s cathedral during the Spasskaya Tower international military music festival on the Red Square in Moscow. Vasily Maximov / AFP
  • Around 500 refugees arrive at Saalfeld train station in eastern Germany after travelling from Hungary via Austria. From Saalfeld, they travelled by bus to other destinations in the state of Thueringen. Hendrik Schmidt / EPA
    Around 500 refugees arrive at Saalfeld train station in eastern Germany after travelling from Hungary via Austria. From Saalfeld, they travelled by bus to other destinations in the state of Thueringen. Hendrik Schmidt / EPA
  • A Syrian child fleeing the war is lifted over border fences to enter Turkish territory illegally, near the Turkish border crossing at Akcakale in Sanliurfa province on June 14. Agence France-Presse photographer Bulent Kilic was honoured on Saturday at photojournalism’s biggest annual festival for dramatic images of refugees fleeing across the Turkish border. Kilic, 35, won the Visa d’Or for News, the most prestigious award handed out at the “Visa Pour L’Image” festival in Perpignan, southwestern France. Bulent Kilic / AFP
    A Syrian child fleeing the war is lifted over border fences to enter Turkish territory illegally, near the Turkish border crossing at Akcakale in Sanliurfa province on June 14. Agence France-Presse photographer Bulent Kilic was honoured on Saturday at photojournalism’s biggest annual festival for dramatic images of refugees fleeing across the Turkish border. Kilic, 35, won the Visa d’Or for News, the most prestigious award handed out at the “Visa Pour L’Image” festival in Perpignan, southwestern France. Bulent Kilic / AFP
  • A handout picture made available by Atacama Rally shows Chilean driver Hernan Garces in action during the Atacama Rally 2015 in the Atacama Desert, some 600 kilometres from Santiago, Chile. Garces won the event in the cars category. Edoardo Bauer / EPA
    A handout picture made available by Atacama Rally shows Chilean driver Hernan Garces in action during the Atacama Rally 2015 in the Atacama Desert, some 600 kilometres from Santiago, Chile. Garces won the event in the cars category. Edoardo Bauer / EPA
  • Nan Shwe, 48, of the Yin Net ethnic group cries as she asks Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to help her in getting back her lands that were seized, after Suu Kyi gave a speech on voter education at the Hopong township in Shan state, Myanmar. Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters
    Nan Shwe, 48, of the Yin Net ethnic group cries as she asks Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to help her in getting back her lands that were seized, after Suu Kyi gave a speech on voter education at the Hopong township in Shan state, Myanmar. Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters
  • People walk on the water mirror on the esplanade of the Chateau des Ducs in Nantes, western France, during its inauguration. Jean-Sebastien Evrard / AFP
    People walk on the water mirror on the esplanade of the Chateau des Ducs in Nantes, western France, during its inauguration. Jean-Sebastien Evrard / AFP
  • Franciscan friars greet attendees before The Catholic Underground event at the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel in New York. The Catholic Underground is a celebration of prayer and music run by the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in New York. Brendan McDermid / Reuters
    Franciscan friars greet attendees before The Catholic Underground event at the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel in New York. The Catholic Underground is a celebration of prayer and music run by the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in New York. Brendan McDermid / Reuters

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World in focus — best photos for September 6, 2015

Brian Kerrigan

September 06, 2015

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A look at the best photos from around the world.

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