World in focus - best photos for June 30, 2019

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world today

An elderly Nepalese man falls in the mud in a paddy field while playing with another during 'Asar Pandra', or paddy plantation day in Dhading district, Nepal. AP

A child walks beside beach cabins on a pebbled beach, during sunset as a heatwave hits France, in Cayeux-sur-Mer, France. Reuters

Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing prepares to drive in the garage during qualifying for the F1 Grand Prix of Austria at Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. Getty Images

Young people cool off in one of the fountains of Pamplona, Spain. EPA

A Canadair drops water over a wildfire in the outskirts of Cenicientos in central Spain. Spain was hit by more wildfires as temperatures remained sky-high in the Europe-wide heatwave. AFP

Mercedes AMG's British driver Lewis Hamilton races the qualifying session of the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix in Spielberg. AFP

Germany's Patrick Franziska in action during match three of the gold medal match against Sweden's Jon Persson in the 2019 European Games Table Tennis at the Tennis Olympic Centre, Minsk, Belarus. Reuters

A woman escapes with her beach umbrella and bath towel during the rising tide as the heatwave hits France, in Cayeux-sur-Mer, France. Reuters

A woman walks by an art statues reflecting a summer carnival sale at a shopping mall in Beijing. AP

Beachgoers play with balls at Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AFP

Spain's rider Jorge Navarro of the Beta Tools Speed Up crashes behind Switzerland's rider Dominique Aegerter of the MV Agusta Idealavoro Forward steers his motorcycle during a warm up session for the Moto2 race of the Dutch Grand Prix in Assen, northern Netherlands. AP

People see the sunrise on the mountain Brocken in Schiere, Germany. AP

Members of the ballet of the Mariinsky Theatre of St Petersburg perfom on 'The Four Seasons' during the 68th Festival of Music and Dance of Granada, Spain. EPA

3,500 athletes wait for the start of the Ironman Triathlon in Frankfurt, Germany. AP

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