World in focus - best photos for July 16, 2019

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

A Kyrgyz berkutchi (eagle hunter) attends a traditional ethnofestival in Ton village near Issyk-Kul lake, Kyrgyzstan. EPA

People take souvenir photos inside the installation 'Fading colors and Glow' by the Berlin base art group 'Tape That' during an art exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan. The presentation of the art installations will run until 01 September 2019. EPA

Indian men catch a tree in the flooded Manas river, following heavy rainfall in Baksa district of Assam, in the North-Eastern states of India. Torrential monsoon rains swept away homes and triggered landslides across South Asia, affecting millions of people and spiking the death toll to at least 180. AFP

Swimmers compete during the Men's 10km Open Water Swimming at the Gwangju 2019 FINA World Championships in Yeosu, South Korea. EPA

An elephant minder, or "mahout", feeds a white elephant in the compound of Upatasanti Pagoda during the Full Moon day of Waso, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. The Full Moon Day of Waso marks the start of the Buddhist Lent, which lasts for three full months during the rainy season. AP

Basque investigation and research development center Tecnalia's members address a press conference to present the first self-drive aerotaxi (L) developed in Spain at a bullring in San Sebastian, Basque Country, northern Spain. The prototype, developed by Tecnalia, allows to cover up to 15 km distance carrying one person. The aerotaxi could be on the market in five years. EPA

David Barber, The Queen's Swan Marker holds a cygnet as officials record and examine cygnets and swans during the annual census of the Queen's swans, known as 'Swan Upping', along the River Thames in London, Britain. Reuters

Ricky Gallardo plays pickleball in Phoenix. With a high of 113 expected today in Phoenix, residents take advantage of morning hours for recreational activities. AP

In this aerial view fishing boats are seen on the shore of the Lake Malawi at the Senga village in Senga, Malawi. Hundreds of local traders gather each morning and afternoon at Senga, but fish populations are falling in Lake Malawi, Africa's third largest body of freshwater. AFP

TOPSHOT - Spain's team compete in the highlight routine artistic swimming final during the 2019 World Championships at Yeomju Gymnasium in Gwangju on July 15, 2019. / AFP / François-Xavier MARIT

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