• Tourists visit the Esplanade des Droits de l'Homme with the Eiffel tower in the background, in Paris. AFP
    Tourists visit the Esplanade des Droits de l'Homme with the Eiffel tower in the background, in Paris. AFP
  • Members of the Lebanese civil defence use a dog to search for victims and survivors under the rubble of a building in the Gemayzeh neighbourhood. AFP
    Members of the Lebanese civil defence use a dog to search for victims and survivors under the rubble of a building in the Gemayzeh neighbourhood. AFP
  • Medical personnel in personal protective wear stand as people injured after an Air India Express flight skidded off a runway while landing at the Kozhikode airport, are treated at the Medical College Hospital in Kozhikode, Kerala state, India. AP Photo
    Medical personnel in personal protective wear stand as people injured after an Air India Express flight skidded off a runway while landing at the Kozhikode airport, are treated at the Medical College Hospital in Kozhikode, Kerala state, India. AP Photo
  • An Iraqi youth dives into the river in the Shatt Al-Arab river in the southern port city of Basra. AFP
    An Iraqi youth dives into the river in the Shatt Al-Arab river in the southern port city of Basra. AFP
  • An Israeli man dressed in a zombie outfit takes part in an anti-government demonstration near the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem. AFP
    An Israeli man dressed in a zombie outfit takes part in an anti-government demonstration near the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem. AFP
  • An aerial view of the Vila Formosa Cemetery, in the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil,, amid the coronavirus pandemic. AFP
    An aerial view of the Vila Formosa Cemetery, in the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil,, amid the coronavirus pandemic. AFP
  • An aerial view shows damaged buildings in Beirut on August 7, 2020, three days after a colossal explosion of a huge pile of ammonium nitrate. AFP
    An aerial view shows damaged buildings in Beirut on August 7, 2020, three days after a colossal explosion of a huge pile of ammonium nitrate. AFP
  • Beach huts in Ravenoville, France. AFP
    Beach huts in Ravenoville, France. AFP
  • Sudanese men walk in flood water, as a result of torrential rain, in the town of Osaylat, 50 m southeast of the capital Khartoum. AFP
    Sudanese men walk in flood water, as a result of torrential rain, in the town of Osaylat, 50 m southeast of the capital Khartoum. AFP
  • People hold crosses as they attend a tribute to the victims of coronavirus and a protest against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Reuters
    People hold crosses as they attend a tribute to the victims of coronavirus and a protest against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Reuters
  • Michel Assad looks out to the port area from a neighbour's balcony after his home was damaged in Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, Lebanon. Reuters
    Michel Assad looks out to the port area from a neighbour's balcony after his home was damaged in Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, Lebanon. Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for August 8, 2020

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

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