World in focus - best photos for July 17, 2019

We bring you the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

A plane passes by a large inflated astronaut outside the Museum of Flight in Seattle on the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission launch. Reuters

Afghan schoolgirls walk along a street on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif. AFP

Visitors look at statues of Muses, Greek philosophers and orators on display at the exhibition 'A Dream of Italy. The Marquis Campana Collection' in The Hermitage State Museum in St Petersburg, Russia. EPA

Team France competes in the 18th FINA World Swimming Championships in South Korea - Women's Team Technical Final. Reuters

A container ship is berthed at PSA's Pasir Panjang Terminal in Singapore. Reuters

A man holds a baby as they look at the Mediterranean sea in Barcelona, Spain. AP

Heavyweight competitors take part at Inveraray Highland Games in Inverarary, Scotland. Getty

An F-22 Raptor refuels from the KC-10 Extender off the Queensland coast in Brisbane, Australia. Getty

Indian women walk during a dust storm at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad. AFP

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