• Colombia fans pause for photos during the first half of a Copa America Centenario Group A soccer match between Colombia and Paraguay at the Rose Bowl, in Pasadena, California. Jae C Hong / AP
    Colombia fans pause for photos during the first half of a Copa America Centenario Group A soccer match between Colombia and Paraguay at the Rose Bowl, in Pasadena, California. Jae C Hong / AP
  • Hostesses sit in the turbine of Belgium’s national football team’s plane prior to take off, en route to Bordeaux in France, at Zaventem airport, near Brussels, three days ahead of the beginning of the Euro 2016 football tournament. John Thys / AFP
    Hostesses sit in the turbine of Belgium’s national football team’s plane prior to take off, en route to Bordeaux in France, at Zaventem airport, near Brussels, three days ahead of the beginning of the Euro 2016 football tournament. John Thys / AFP
  • Attendees wave American flags before Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, speaks at a primary night event at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the Brooklyn borough of New York. John Taggart / Bloomberg
    Attendees wave American flags before Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, speaks at a primary night event at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the Brooklyn borough of New York. John Taggart / Bloomberg
  • A woman enters a voting booth at a polling site in a school gym to cast a vote in the US presidential primary in Hoboken, New Jersey. New Jersey, California, and four other states held presidential primaries on Tuesday. Justin Lane / EPA
    A woman enters a voting booth at a polling site in a school gym to cast a vote in the US presidential primary in Hoboken, New Jersey. New Jersey, California, and four other states held presidential primaries on Tuesday. Justin Lane / EPA
  • Athletes compete in the first round of the Australian Badminton Open in Sydney, Australia. Picture taken with slow shutter speed. Jason Reed / Reuters
    Athletes compete in the first round of the Australian Badminton Open in Sydney, Australia. Picture taken with slow shutter speed. Jason Reed / Reuters
  • A morning commuter walks past a man sleeping in a phone booth in central Bangkok. The Social Development and Human Security Ministry said in a 2015 report the number of homeless people and beggars in Bangkok had risen by 5-10 per cent on a yearly basis since 2012. Mark Baker / AP
    A morning commuter walks past a man sleeping in a phone booth in central Bangkok. The Social Development and Human Security Ministry said in a 2015 report the number of homeless people and beggars in Bangkok had risen by 5-10 per cent on a yearly basis since 2012. Mark Baker / AP
  • Member of Parliament Marco Valli attends a debate on the European Commission’s investment plan for Europe, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, northeastern France. Frederick Florin / AFP
    Member of Parliament Marco Valli attends a debate on the European Commission’s investment plan for Europe, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, northeastern France. Frederick Florin / AFP
  • Lightning over the headquarters of Commerzbank, left, and Helaba in Frankfurt, central Germany. Frank Rumpenhorst / dpa via AP
    Lightning over the headquarters of Commerzbank, left, and Helaba in Frankfurt, central Germany. Frank Rumpenhorst / dpa via AP
  • Polands Agata Gusciora, centre, tackles Denmark’s Pernille Harder, front, during the Women’s European Championship qualifying soccer match between Denmark and Poland in Viborg, Denmark. Scanpix Denmark / Henning Bagger / via Reuters
    Polands Agata Gusciora, centre, tackles Denmark’s Pernille Harder, front, during the Women’s European Championship qualifying soccer match between Denmark and Poland in Viborg, Denmark. Scanpix Denmark / Henning Bagger / via Reuters
  • A soldier photographed during a campaign to clean up graffiti associated with the Mara Salvatrucha gang in Quezaltepeque, a town 15 km from San Salvador, in an operation to take back gang-controlled neighborhoods. The Salvatrucha (MS-13) and 18th Street gangs are the main cause of the escalation of violence plaguing El Salvador, where an estimated 60,000 people belong to gangs, 15,000 of them in prison. Marvin Recinos / AFP
    A soldier photographed during a campaign to clean up graffiti associated with the Mara Salvatrucha gang in Quezaltepeque, a town 15 km from San Salvador, in an operation to take back gang-controlled neighborhoods. The Salvatrucha (MS-13) and 18th Street gangs are the main cause of the escalation of violence plaguing El Salvador, where an estimated 60,000 people belong to gangs, 15,000 of them in prison. Marvin Recinos / AFP
  • Demonstrators clash with police in an opposition march led by Miranda state Governor Henrique Capriles, as they are blocked from reaching the National Electoral Court in Caracas to demand validation of the signatures to initiate a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro. Juan Barreto / AFP
    Demonstrators clash with police in an opposition march led by Miranda state Governor Henrique Capriles, as they are blocked from reaching the National Electoral Court in Caracas to demand validation of the signatures to initiate a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro. Juan Barreto / AFP
  • An Indonesian woman and child attend prayers on the third night of the holy month of Ramadan at the Istiqlal grand mosque in Jakarta. Adek Berry / AFP
    An Indonesian woman and child attend prayers on the third night of the holy month of Ramadan at the Istiqlal grand mosque in Jakarta. Adek Berry / AFP
  • T Racers ride kayaks during the 20th Corsica Raid race in Porto on the French island of Corsica. One hundred and twenty-one competitors from 12 countries will participate at the 20th edition of the Corsica Raid Aventure, one of the toughest of the combined extreme sport events in the world. Pascal Pochard-Casabianca / AFP
    T Racers ride kayaks during the 20th Corsica Raid race in Porto on the French island of Corsica. One hundred and twenty-one competitors from 12 countries will participate at the 20th edition of the Corsica Raid Aventure, one of the toughest of the combined extreme sport events in the world. Pascal Pochard-Casabianca / AFP

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World in focus — best photos for June 8, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

June 08, 2016

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A look at the best photos from around the world today.

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