• An elephant decorated for the Esala Perahera festival is led past the Buddhist Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka's ancient capital of Kandy. AFP
    An elephant decorated for the Esala Perahera festival is led past the Buddhist Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka's ancient capital of Kandy. AFP
  • India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at the crowd during a ceremony to celebrate country's 73rd Independence Day, which marks the of the end of British colonial rule, at the Red Fort in New Delhi. AFP
    India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at the crowd during a ceremony to celebrate country's 73rd Independence Day, which marks the of the end of British colonial rule, at the Red Fort in New Delhi. AFP
  • People gather during the Marian procession in the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes during the annual Catholic pilgrimage to France. AFP
    People gather during the Marian procession in the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes during the annual Catholic pilgrimage to France. AFP
  • Indian Army soldiers from the Daredevils team take part in a display during a ceremony to celebrate the country's 73rd Independence Day, which marks the end of British colonial rule, in Amritsar. AFP
    Indian Army soldiers from the Daredevils team take part in a display during a ceremony to celebrate the country's 73rd Independence Day, which marks the end of British colonial rule, in Amritsar. AFP
  • Patrouille de France jets perform as they trail smoke in the colours of the French national flag during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the WWII Allied landings in Provence, in Saint-Raphael, France. AP
    Patrouille de France jets perform as they trail smoke in the colours of the French national flag during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the WWII Allied landings in Provence, in Saint-Raphael, France. AP
  • People walk around a shopping centre in Bangkok, Thailand. AFP
    People walk around a shopping centre in Bangkok, Thailand. AFP
  • Actors dressed in period costumes take part in a reconstitution of the Austerlitz battle, in Ajaccio on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, to mark the 250th anniversary of Napoleon's birth. AFP
    Actors dressed in period costumes take part in a reconstitution of the Austerlitz battle, in Ajaccio on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, to mark the 250th anniversary of Napoleon's birth. AFP
  • Children play at sunset in Hilltop Park in Signal Hill, Los Angeles, California, US. EPA
    Children play at sunset in Hilltop Park in Signal Hill, Los Angeles, California, US. EPA
  • Matador David Galvan fights a bull during the second day of Begona Bullfighting Fair at El Bibio bullring in Gijon, Spain. EPA
    Matador David Galvan fights a bull during the second day of Begona Bullfighting Fair at El Bibio bullring in Gijon, Spain. EPA
  • A couple are reflected in a glass wall as they walk beside CaixaForum cultural centre in Madrid, Spain. Reuters
    A couple are reflected in a glass wall as they walk beside CaixaForum cultural centre in Madrid, Spain. Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for August 15, 2019

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