World in focus - best photos for September 8, 2020

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

Swiss MP Beat Flach, right, wearing a protective face mask speaks with MP Leonore Porchet during the autumn session of the Swiss parliament with new glass dividers in place and pandemic-related legislation up for debate, amid the Covid-19 outbreak in Bern. AFP

The abandoned construction site of a flight terminal in Mexico City is flooded by summer rain in Texcoco on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico. Reuters

A firefighter walks through a wall of smoke as New South Wales Rural Fire Service personnel conduct a controlled burn to eliminate fuels before the coming bushfire season in the Arcadia suburb of Sydney, Australia. Reuters

People take pictures with their mobile phones near the Taj Mahal in Agra. India's top tourist attraction the Taj Mahal is set to reopen more than six months after it was shut due to the coronavirus pandemic. AFP

People walk along a street surrounded by small shops in the city of Changsha, China's Hunan province. AFP

San Diego Padres' Jorge Mateo, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring off an RBI walkoff double by Jurickson Profar to defeat the Colorado Rockies 1-0 in a baseball game, in San Diego. AP Photo

A child inside a car near a forest fire in Oliveira de Frades, northern Portugal. This forest fire mobilised 327 firemen, 103 land vehicles and eight planes. EPA

Sunbathers at the Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. EPA

Italy's midfielder Nicolo Zaniolo kicks the ball during the Uefa Nations League Group A football match between The Netherlands and Italy at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam. AFP

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