World in focus - best photos for September 22, 2020

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

The sun rises behind the Washington Monument on the last day of summer in Washington. AP Photo

A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a polio vaccination door-to-door campaign at a low-income residential area in Islamabad. AFP

The Bobcat Fire burns near Cedar Springs in the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles, California. The fire, which erupted on September 6 in the Angeles National Forest, has become one of the largest fires in Los Angeles County's history with over 100,000 acres scored by the fire. AFP

A demonstrator protects members of the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad during an anti-government demonstration near the Plaza de Bolivar in Bogota, Colombia. EPA

Relatives carry the coffin of a loved one during a burial in the section of the Nueva Esperanza cemetery reserved for Covid-19 cases, in the outskirts of Lima, Peru. AP Photo

A woman waves an 'RBG' flag outside the US Supreme Court at a makeshift memorial for late US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen near the steps of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. AFP

People visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district. AFP

Rescuers work to save a pod of whales stranded on a sandbar in Macquarie Harbour on the rugged west coast of Tasmania. AFP

People protest during an anti-government demonstration near the Plaza de Bolivar in Bogota, Colombia. EPA

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