• Bull Rider Matt Boland is struck by the bull after taking a fall during the PBR Bull Riding Competition at the Cunnamulla Fella Festival in Cunnamulla, Australia. Bradley Kanaris / Getty Images
    Bull Rider Matt Boland is struck by the bull after taking a fall during the PBR Bull Riding Competition at the Cunnamulla Fella Festival in Cunnamulla, Australia. Bradley Kanaris / Getty Images
  • A great grey owl is seen inside its cage at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in a suburb of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters
    A great grey owl is seen inside its cage at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in a suburb of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters
  • An Indian model showcases a creation by designer Amoh during the Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2016 in Mumbai. Sujit Jaiswal / AFP
    An Indian model showcases a creation by designer Amoh during the Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2016 in Mumbai. Sujit Jaiswal / AFP
  • Revellers start the day’s celebrations as Notting Hill Carnival begins in London, England. The Notting Hill Carnival has taken place every year since 1966 in Notting Hill in northwest London and is one of the largest street festivals in Europe with more than a million people expected over two days. Ben A Pruchnie / Getty Images
    Revellers start the day’s celebrations as Notting Hill Carnival begins in London, England. The Notting Hill Carnival has taken place every year since 1966 in Notting Hill in northwest London and is one of the largest street festivals in Europe with more than a million people expected over two days. Ben A Pruchnie / Getty Images
  • Syrian government troops are seen reflected on the window of a bus carrying people as part of an evacuation from the town of Daraya outside the capital Damascus, under a deal agreed between the government and opposition fighters after a four-year army siege. Youssef Karwashan / AFP
    Syrian government troops are seen reflected on the window of a bus carrying people as part of an evacuation from the town of Daraya outside the capital Damascus, under a deal agreed between the government and opposition fighters after a four-year army siege. Youssef Karwashan / AFP
  • A child tries to grab a flag on the “gostra”, a pole covered in grease, during the religious feast of St Julian, patron of the town of St Julian’s, outside Valletta, Malta. In the traditional “gostra”, a game stretching back to the Middle Ages, young men, women and children have to make their way to the top and try to uproot one of the flags to win prizes. Darrin Zammit Lupi / Reuters
    A child tries to grab a flag on the “gostra”, a pole covered in grease, during the religious feast of St Julian, patron of the town of St Julian’s, outside Valletta, Malta. In the traditional “gostra”, a game stretching back to the Middle Ages, young men, women and children have to make their way to the top and try to uproot one of the flags to win prizes. Darrin Zammit Lupi / Reuters
  • Dortmund’s Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa vies for the ball with Mainz’ Italian defender Giulio Donati and Mainz’ French midfielder Jean Philippe Gbamin during the German first division Bundesliga football match of Borussia Dortmund vs FSV Mainz 05 in Dortmund, western Germany, on August 27, 2016. Patrik Stollarz / AFP
    Dortmund’s Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa vies for the ball with Mainz’ Italian defender Giulio Donati and Mainz’ French midfielder Jean Philippe Gbamin during the German first division Bundesliga football match of Borussia Dortmund vs FSV Mainz 05 in Dortmund, western Germany, on August 27, 2016. Patrik Stollarz / AFP
  • A crew member washes the hull of the Polish ship, Dar Mlodziezy during the North Sea Tall Ships Regatta in Blyth, England. The bustling port town in South East Northumberland played host to the four-day long prestigious regatta. Ian Forsyth / Getty Images
    A crew member washes the hull of the Polish ship, Dar Mlodziezy during the North Sea Tall Ships Regatta in Blyth, England. The bustling port town in South East Northumberland played host to the four-day long prestigious regatta. Ian Forsyth / Getty Images
  • US Hip Hop artist ‘Flo Rida’ attends Arthur Ashe Kids Day at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, in New York, New York. Peter Foley / EPA
    US Hip Hop artist ‘Flo Rida’ attends Arthur Ashe Kids Day at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, in New York, New York. Peter Foley / EPA
  • An Indian boat man dry his cloths at his boat after the day’s work at the banks of the Brahmaputra river during the sunset in Guwahati, India. Harish Tyagi / EPA
    An Indian boat man dry his cloths at his boat after the day’s work at the banks of the Brahmaputra river during the sunset in Guwahati, India. Harish Tyagi / EPA

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World in focus – best photos for August 28, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

August 28, 2016

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A look at the best photos from around the world today.

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