World in focus - best photos for August 27, 2020

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

A coastal roll cloud passes over the Puertito del Buceo marina during a storm in Montevideo. AFP

An aircraft approaches the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises.. With more and more tourists coming back from vacation rising numbers over Covid-19 infections are expected all over Germany. AP Photo

A dancer performs during a rehearsal for the gala program 'From Berlin with Love I' of the Staatsballett Berlin at the Deutsche Opera in Berlin, Germany. EPA

Lyon's French defender Wendie Renard celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Women's Champions League semi-final football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon at the San Mames stadium in Bilbao. AFP

Khadjou Sambe, 25, Senegal's first female professional surfer, surfs during a training session off the coast of Ngor, Dakar, Senegal. "When I am in the water I feel something extraordinary, something special in my heart," said Sambe. Reuters

Youths sit on an overturned vehicle after flash floods triggered by heavy rainfalls affected the area in Jalalabad. Rescue workers in Afghanistan searched on August 26 for survivors of flash floods that killed at least 100 people and destroyed hundreds of houses in a city north of Kabul, officials said. AFP

Barcelona fans protest outside the Camp Nou after captain Lionel Messi told Barcelona he wishes to leave the club immediately. Reuters

A gorilla is photographed through a glass panel on which a sticker reads 'Please Stay Safe Don't Touch the Glass' as the Los Angeles Zoo reopens after 166 days amid the coronavirus pandemic in Los Angeles, California. EPA

People march through Times Square during a protest in response to the shooting on August 23 by police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was trying to get into his car with his children, in New York. EP

A devotee immerses a clay idol of Hindu elephant-headed deity Ganesh in an artificial tank on the fifth day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Hyderabad. AFP

An aerial picture shows farmers harvesting flax in Saint-Philbert-Sur-Risle, northern France. AFP

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