The best photos of the week: From yoga in Hanoi to evacuations in Canada

Striking pictures from around the world

About 5,000 people join a yoga exercise at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam, trying to set a Vietnamese Guinness record. EPA

A two-year-old Afghan refugee enjoys the beach in Sao Paulo, Brazil. AP

An Afghan removes sand from a road in Balkh province, Afghanistan. Reuters

Seattle Mariners centre fielder Julio Rodríguez is doused with water by a teammate in celebration of a 9-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles in Seattle. AP Photo

An astronomer sends a laser into the night air as the Milky Way lights the sky in Wadi Al Hitan, south-west of Cairo. Reuters

A surfer at Teahupo'o in Tahiti, French Polynesia, during a pro surfing event. AFP

A Buddhist monk crosses a street after monsoon rains in Bago township, Myanmar. AFP

An artwork installation by artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer at the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo, Sydney. EPA

Australia's Sienna Pal, Keiley Shea of the US and Britain's Sienna Harvey crash during the BMX CUCI World Championships in Glasgow. Reuters

Visitors watch the sky during the Perseid meteor shower over the historical Phrygian Valley near Ihsaniye in Turkey. AFP

Several young beasts shortly before the first bull run in the town of Falces in northern Spain. EPA

A rehearsal parade to celebrate India’s 76th Independence Day on August 13 in Bengaluru. Getty Images

Shina Kanazawa tees in the final round of the NEC Karuizawa72 golf tournament in Nagano, Japan. Getty Images

Pakistani soldiers stand guard at the tomb of national poet Allama Mohammad Iqbal on the country's Independence Day. AFP

A river polluted by a nearby oilfield in Rumeylan, Syria. AFP

Fire crews at the site of an explosion in a commercial establishment in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic. AFP

Pedestrians near Plaza de Mayo a day after Argentina's primary elections, in Buenos Aires. Reuters

A fireman battling a mountain fire in Soacha near Bogota. AP

A farmer harvests jasmine flowers on the outskirts of Madurai. AFP

A mural in Beijing. EPA

A migrant rests after arriving in Dungeness, England. Reuters

Participants gather at the start of the annual City to Surf fun run in Sydney. AFP

People carry their belongings as they flee their neighbourhood amid gang warfare in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Reuters

Burnt palm trees and destroyed cars and buildings in the aftermath of the Lahaina wildfire in Maui, Hawaii. AFP

US Air Force A-10 'Warthogs' fly in formation flanking a larger aircraft, during operations over the Arabian Gulf. AFP

Boys carrying Indonesian flags run through a field in Nusa tourism village, Aceh province, on the eve of the country's 78th Independence Day. AFP

Australia's Sam Kerr after Alessia Russo scored England's third goal in the Lionesses' 3-1 victory in the semi-final of the Women's World Cup, in Sydney. England will face Spain in the final. Reuters

Muslim pilgrims on a muddy Gulf shoreline heading to the holy city of Karbala, in central Iraq, for the Shiite ritual of Arbaeen. Reuters

A replica of a fossil of newly classified reptile Venetoraptor gassenae, which dates back 233 million years, on display at the Natural Sciences Museum, Buenos Aires. AFP

Residents leave Yellowknife after an evacuation order as a wildfire approached the city in Northwest Territories, Canada. Reuters

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