World in focus - best photos for August 8, 2020

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

Tourists visit the Esplanade des Droits de l'Homme with the Eiffel tower in the background, in Paris. AFP

Members of the Lebanese civil defence use a dog to search for victims and survivors under the rubble of a building in the Gemayzeh neighbourhood. AFP

Medical personnel in personal protective wear stand as people injured after an Air India Express flight skidded off a runway while landing at the Kozhikode airport, are treated at the Medical College Hospital in Kozhikode, Kerala state, India. AP Photo

An Iraqi youth dives into the river in the Shatt Al-Arab river in the southern port city of Basra. AFP

An Israeli man dressed in a zombie outfit takes part in an anti-government demonstration near the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem. AFP

An aerial view of the Vila Formosa Cemetery, in the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil,, amid the coronavirus pandemic. AFP

An aerial view shows damaged buildings in Beirut on August 7, 2020, three days after a colossal explosion of a huge pile of ammonium nitrate. AFP

Beach huts in Ravenoville, France. AFP

Sudanese men walk in flood water, as a result of torrential rain, in the town of Osaylat, 50 m southeast of the capital Khartoum. AFP

People hold crosses as they attend a tribute to the victims of coronavirus and a protest against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Reuters

Michel Assad looks out to the port area from a neighbour's balcony after his home was damaged in Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, Lebanon. Reuters

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