World in focus - best photos for September 25, 2018

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

A visitor views Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's work 'Narcissus Garden' at the preview of Space Shifters at the Hayward Gallery in London. Neil Hall/EPA

Residents walk past artists from the ArtLords organisation as they paint a mural of journalists who have been killed during the year of 2018, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Massoud Hossaini/AP Photo

Designs projected on a facade of the cathedral in Cologne during the rehearsal of a light show marking the end of the First World War. Rolf Vennenbernd/AFP

Olive trees burn in the small village of Montemagno, near Pisa, in Italy. Federico Scoppa/AFP

Participants take part in an attempt to set a world record via 'The Largest Calligraphy Class' in Hong Kong. Jerome Favre/EPA

The USA team practise ahead of the 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National in Paris, France. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images

Women walk on the muddy banks of the Ganges river after taking a holy dip, in Allahabad, India. Jitendra Prakash/Reuters

Participants sit in their cages during a bird-singing competition in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat. Madaree Tohlala/AFP

Inmates play basketball in the Quezon City jail in suburban Manila, Philippines. Noel Celis/AFP

Houston Rockets basketball player James Harden reacts during media day in Houston, Texas. Troy Taormina/Reuters

Indian municipal workers conduct a cleaning operation at the Yamuna river bank, a day after idol immersions in the river in New Delhi, India. Harish Tyagi/EPA

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