An aircraft takes off the runway as the sun rises in Frankfurt, Germany. AP Photo
An aircraft takes off the runway as the sun rises in Frankfurt, Germany. AP Photo
A beachgoer walks past a Stenella coeruleoalba or striped dolphin beached in Cyprus' southern Akrotiri peninsula after washing ashore. AFP
A beachgoer walks past a Stenella coeruleoalba or striped dolphin beached in Cyprus' southern Akrotiri peninsula after washing ashore. AFP
Mask-clad policemen loyal to Hamas stand behind concrete barriers painted with messages instructing people to remain at home at a checkpoint in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
Mask-clad policemen loyal to Hamas stand behind concrete barriers painted with messages instructing people to remain at home at a checkpoint in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
Members of the Laguna Hotshots, out of the Cleveland National Forest, walk on a road while fighting the Creek Fire in Big Creek, California. AP Photo
Members of the Laguna Hotshots, out of the Cleveland National Forest, walk on a road while fighting the Creek Fire in Big Creek, California. AP Photo
A seal swims in the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California. AFP
A seal swims in the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California. AFP
A fisherman throws a basket filled with fish to customers at a fish market in Mumbai, India. Reuters
A fisherman throws a basket filled with fish to customers at a fish market in Mumbai, India. Reuters
A jogger runs across the Millennium Footbridge over the River Thames in central London. AFP
A jogger runs across the Millennium Footbridge over the River Thames in central London. AFP
Goalkeeper Bernd Leno of Germany makes a save during the UEFA Nations League group stage match between Switzerland and Germany at St Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland. Getty Images
Goalkeeper Bernd Leno of Germany makes a save during the UEFA Nations League group stage match between Switzerland and Germany at St Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland. Getty Images
A couple take photos along a sea wall of the waves brought by Typhoon Haishen in the eastern port city of Sokcho. AFP
A couple take photos along a sea wall of the waves brought by Typhoon Haishen in the eastern port city of Sokcho. AFP
Aerial view of people enjoying Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AFP
Aerial view of people enjoying Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for September 7, 2020

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

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September 07, 2020

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Name: Steppi

Founders: Joe Franklin and Milos Savic

Launched: February 2020

Size: 10,000 users by the end of July and a goal of 200,000 users by the end of the year

Employees: Five

Based: Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai

Financing stage: Two seed rounds – the first sourced from angel investors and the founders' personal savings

Second round raised Dh720,000 from silent investors in June this year

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