Gallery: The best photos from around the world
11 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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A mahout, left, offers water to Pulpli, five years old female elephant during an event to mark World Elephant Day at the state zoological park in Gauhati, India.Photo: AP
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Germany's Gesa-Felicitas Krause is lifted by mascot Berlino as she celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase at the European Athletics Championships in the Olympic stadium in Berlin, Germany.Photo: AP
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The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launches NASA's Parker Solar Probe to touch the Sun, from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Photo: Bill Ingalls/NASA
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People steer their SUP-Boards along the Griboedov Channel during a SUP (Stand Up Paddle)-Surfing festival in St.Petersburg, Russia.Photo: AP
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Counter-protesters tend to a fellow demonstrator following the Unite the Right 2 rally in Washington, D.C. The rally, being held in Lafayette Park near White House, marks the one-year anniversary of the Charlottesville, Virginia, rally where a car driven into a crowd of counter protesters killed 32-year-old Heather Heyer.Photo: Bloomberg
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Kim Burns sifts through the charred rubble of her home burned in the Carr Fire, in Redding, California.Photo: AP
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Migrants rest on the deck of the Open Arms boat, after being rescued off the coast of Libya in the early hours of the night. Rescuers from the Spanish non -profit Open Arms saved 87 migrants off the coast of Libya in a dramatic nighttime operation.Photo: AP
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An Indian rickshaw puller transporting two women and a child wades through a water logged street following heavy rains in Allahabad, India.Photo: AP
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Fernando Rodriguez Garcia covers his family with a plastic sheet during a sudden downpour as he and his family take a walk through Alameda park in Mexico City.Photo: AP
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France's rider Johann Zarco of the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 steers his motorcycle during the MotoGP race at the Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria.Photo: AP
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Belgium's Arnaud Art makes an attempt in the men's pole vault final at the European Athletics Championships in the Olympic stadium in Berlin, Germany.Photo: AP