World in focus - best photos for August 18, 2020

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

People participate in a demonstration called against the government in Buenos Aires, Argentina. EPA

A supporter wears a mask of US President Donald Trump in Mankato, Minnesota as the president delivers remarks on jobs and the economy. AFP

A brown bears cools off in a pool at the bear sanctuary near the village of Mramor, Kosovo. AFP

Chairman of MR Party Gerges-Louis Boucher is seen before a meeting for the formation of a new government with Belgium King Philippe at the Royal Palace in Brussels, Belgium. EPA

Afghan police officers inspect a vehicle from which insurgents fired rockets, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Reuters

A Muslim woman gets her temperature checked during a Covid-19 coronavirus screening at Dharavi slums in Mumbai, India. AFP

A man rests at a mall in Beijing, China. AFP

People are reflected in the window of an eyeglasses store as they wait outside the pension administration office to apply for an early withdrawal of a percentage of their government pensions in downtown Santiago, Chile. AP Photo

Democratic US presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden appears by video feed from Delaware to question voters about their situations in this video frame grab from the start of the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention. Reuters

Flooding is seen in Bikou township of Longnan city in northwestern China's Gansu Province. Xinhua via AP

A farmer toils as Mount Sinabung spews thick ash into the air in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. AFP

A view of the Milky Way during a Perseids meteor shower in the night sky over a beach in Limnos Island, north Aegean, Greece. EPA

Two lines of buoys are tied together across the Nanshi River which act as a safety system for workers a few hundred metres upstream at the construction site of a new bridge in New Taipei City. AFP

A member of the Kayapo tribe walks along the middle of the BR163 highway during a protest outside Novo Progresso in Para state, Brazil. AFP

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