World in focus - best photos for September 2, 2020

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

Smoke hangs over the Siuslaw River near Mapleton, Oregon, as the The Sweet Creek Milepost 2 Fire burns on the hillside overlooking the town. AP

A woman is scanned for body temperature as she arrives in The Vatican, prior to the Pope's limited public audience. AFP

A protester uses a tennis racket to repel a tear gas canister during clashes with security forces amidst an anti-government demonstration in the centre of Lebanon's capital Beirut during. AFP

Students attend a ceremony to kick off the new semester in Wuhan High School in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. Chinese students began a full return to regular classes Tuesday following two weeks without new cases of local transmission in the country. AP

The full moon shines surrounded by clouds in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany. AP Photo

A Palestinian man wearing a protective face mask looks through a hole in a torched house where three children of Al Hazeen family were killed in a fire ignited by a candle used to light up their room during a power cut in the central Gaza Strip. Reuters

Pope Francis greets attendees as he arrives at the San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican to hold a limited public audience. AFP

Police officers use pepper sprays against protestors during an anti-government demo in Sofia. AFP

A woman takes a walk as it rains at a Han River park in Seoul, South Korea. Reuters

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