World in focus - best photos for August 15, 2020

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

Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall attend the VJ Day National Remembrance event, held at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, UK. Reuters

An elephant calf is seen with its mother in the Africam Safari park in Puebla, Mexico. AFP

Pilgrim Nikos Katseris, 19, is reflected in an icon as he crawls at the entrance of the Holy Church of Panagia of Tinos, on the Aegean island of Tinos, Greece. AP Photo

A security guard closes the gate at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, on the 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender in the Second World War. AFP

Barcelona's Spanish defender Gerard Pique reacts at the end of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final football match between Barcelona and Bayern Munich at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Portugal. AFP

An activist is detained during a protest in support of Mapuche communities members who have been incarcerated and on hunger strike, in Santiago, Chile. Reuters

Workers collect seaweed and straw mixed with leaked oil from the MV Wakashio, a Japanese-owned Panama-flagged bulk carrier after it ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius. EPA

Aaron Smith of the Highlanders looks to feed the scrum during the round 10 Super Rugby Aotearoa match between the Highlanders and the Hurricanes at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin, New Zealand. Getty Images

Faithful hold candles as they attend the 147th Assumption pilgrimage mass in Lourdes, France. AFP

US President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he delivers remarks to the City of New York Police Benevolent Association at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, NJ, USA. AFP

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, centre, waves to members of the National Cadet Corps as he leaves after giving speech to the nation from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort monument on Independence Day in New Delhi, India. AP Photo

Polish military aircraft perform a formation fly-over during the ceremony marking 100th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw, in Warsaw, Poland. EPA

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