• Iraqis walk past the site of an explosion which killed more than 300 people in Baghdad’s Karrada district on July 3. Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP Photox
    Iraqis walk past the site of an explosion which killed more than 300 people in Baghdad’s Karrada district on July 3. Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP Photox
  • US table tennis player Kanak Jha looks at the ball during a practice session at Rio Centro. Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty Images
    US table tennis player Kanak Jha looks at the ball during a practice session at Rio Centro. Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty Images
  • A woman jumps in front of the Olympic rings. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo
    A woman jumps in front of the Olympic rings. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo
  • Sightseers visit a crop circle near Munich, southern Germany. Christof Stache / AFP Photo
    Sightseers visit a crop circle near Munich, southern Germany. Christof Stache / AFP Photo
  • A masked man attends a demonstration called by Morocco’s February 20 protest movement in Rabat. Youssef Boudlal / Reuters
    A masked man attends a demonstration called by Morocco’s February 20 protest movement in Rabat. Youssef Boudlal / Reuters
  • A young bedouin leads his camel herd at sunset outside Beersheba in southern Israel. Abir Sultan / EPA
    A young bedouin leads his camel herd at sunset outside Beersheba in southern Israel. Abir Sultan / EPA
  • A woman stand-up paddle boarding on Lake Quannapowitt, Mass. Elise Amendola / AP Photo
    A woman stand-up paddle boarding on Lake Quannapowitt, Mass. Elise Amendola / AP Photo
  • A Brazilian Olympic gymnast practices on the rings. Emmanuel Duband / AFP Photo
    A Brazilian Olympic gymnast practices on the rings. Emmanuel Duband / AFP Photo
  • An Olympic torch bearer runs through the city centre as the Olympic flame is paraded through Rio de Janeiro. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP Photo
    An Olympic torch bearer runs through the city centre as the Olympic flame is paraded through Rio de Janeiro. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP Photo
  • Young Boys’ goalkeeper Yvon Mvogo watches the ball go into the net during a penalty shoot-out with Shakhtar Donetsk ib the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. Georgios Kefalas / EPA
    Young Boys’ goalkeeper Yvon Mvogo watches the ball go into the net during a penalty shoot-out with Shakhtar Donetsk ib the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. Georgios Kefalas / EPA

World in focus — best photos for August 4, 2016


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