• A coastal roll cloud passes over the Puertito del Buceo marina during a storm in Montevideo. AFP
    A coastal roll cloud passes over the Puertito del Buceo marina during a storm in Montevideo. AFP
  • An aircraft approaches the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises.. With more and more tourists coming back from vacation rising numbers over Covid-19 infections are expected all over Germany. AP Photo
    An aircraft approaches the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises.. With more and more tourists coming back from vacation rising numbers over Covid-19 infections are expected all over Germany. AP Photo
  • A dancer performs during a rehearsal for the gala program 'From Berlin with Love I' of the Staatsballett Berlin at the Deutsche Opera in Berlin, Germany. EPA
    A dancer performs during a rehearsal for the gala program 'From Berlin with Love I' of the Staatsballett Berlin at the Deutsche Opera in Berlin, Germany. EPA
  • Lyon's French defender Wendie Renard celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Women's Champions League semi-final football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon at the San Mames stadium in Bilbao. AFP
    Lyon's French defender Wendie Renard celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Women's Champions League semi-final football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon at the San Mames stadium in Bilbao. AFP
  • Khadjou Sambe, 25, Senegal's first female professional surfer, surfs during a training session off the coast of Ngor, Dakar, Senegal. "When I am in the water I feel something extraordinary, something special in my heart," said Sambe. Reuters
    Khadjou Sambe, 25, Senegal's first female professional surfer, surfs during a training session off the coast of Ngor, Dakar, Senegal. "When I am in the water I feel something extraordinary, something special in my heart," said Sambe. Reuters
  • Youths sit on an overturned vehicle after flash floods triggered by heavy rainfalls affected the area in Jalalabad. Rescue workers in Afghanistan searched on August 26 for survivors of flash floods that killed at least 100 people and destroyed hundreds of houses in a city north of Kabul, officials said. AFP
    Youths sit on an overturned vehicle after flash floods triggered by heavy rainfalls affected the area in Jalalabad. Rescue workers in Afghanistan searched on August 26 for survivors of flash floods that killed at least 100 people and destroyed hundreds of houses in a city north of Kabul, officials said. AFP
  • Barcelona fans protest outside the Camp Nou after captain Lionel Messi told Barcelona he wishes to leave the club immediately. Reuters
    Barcelona fans protest outside the Camp Nou after captain Lionel Messi told Barcelona he wishes to leave the club immediately. Reuters
  • A gorilla is photographed through a glass panel on which a sticker reads 'Please Stay Safe Don't Touch the Glass' as the Los Angeles Zoo reopens after 166 days amid the coronavirus pandemic in Los Angeles, California. EPA
    A gorilla is photographed through a glass panel on which a sticker reads 'Please Stay Safe Don't Touch the Glass' as the Los Angeles Zoo reopens after 166 days amid the coronavirus pandemic in Los Angeles, California. EPA
  • People march through Times Square during a protest in response to the shooting on August 23 by police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was trying to get into his car with his children, in New York. EP
    People march through Times Square during a protest in response to the shooting on August 23 by police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was trying to get into his car with his children, in New York. EP
  • A devotee immerses a clay idol of Hindu elephant-headed deity Ganesh in an artificial tank on the fifth day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Hyderabad. AFP
    A devotee immerses a clay idol of Hindu elephant-headed deity Ganesh in an artificial tank on the fifth day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Hyderabad. AFP
  • An aerial picture shows farmers harvesting flax in Saint-Philbert-Sur-Risle, northern France. AFP
    An aerial picture shows farmers harvesting flax in Saint-Philbert-Sur-Risle, northern France. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for August 27, 2020

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