World in focus - best photos for July 31, 2019

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

This picture shows a sea lion accidentally caught in the mouth of a humpback whale in Monterey Bay, California. In a stunning photo, a wildlife photographer has captured a sea lion falling into the mouth of a humpback whale in what he calls a "once-in-a-lifetime" moment. AFP

Beren DAmico, Louis Gift and Charlie Wheeler perform acrobatics from their festival show on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland. Getty

A resident of Masiphumelele informal settlement walks through burned shacks in the rain after a fire destroyed over 250 structures in Masiphumelele, Cape Town, South Africa. EPA

A boy kicks a soccer ball on a beach in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters

Vladimir Volkov, Denis Yakovlev and Igor Volkov, members of the amateur rock-climbing community "Stolbists", or Stolby goers, clean the surface of the Tsarskiye Vorota (Tsar's Gate) Rock on the bank of the Biryusa River while taking part in an ecological project in the Stolby national nature reserve in the Siberian Taiga area outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Reuters

Sulphur-crested cockatoos feed on seed in a suburban back yard, in Canberra, Australia. Getty

An iceberg floats in Disko Bay behind houses during unseasonably warm weather in Ilulissat, Greenland. Getty

Aerial view of migrants on a train known as "The Beast" in Palenque, Chiapas state, Mexico. AFP

A worker repairs a ship at a dockyard on the banks of the Yangon River, located on the outskirts of Yangon;. AFP

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