Gallery: The best photos from around the world
8 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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Waves crash against the harbour wall in Porthcawl, Wales. The Met Office have issued a yellow weather warning for wind and rain with gusts of 65mph possible inland and 70mph or more possible around coastal areas as Storm Francis passes over the UK. Credit:Getty
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People walk along Donghu Lake in Wuhan, China. More than eight months after Covid-19 emerged in the industrial hub of 11 million, Wuhan is, perhaps more emphatically than anywhere else, moving into a post-virus future. Credit:Bloomberg
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Acrobats and actors perform the fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep" over the rooftops of Prague, Czech Republic, with The Prague Castle is in the background.Credit:AP
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An American flag falls from its pole as police attempt to secure the area after protesters set fire to the department of corrections building, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Protests have erupted following the police shooting of Jacob Blake a day earlier. Credit:AP
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Orthodox nuns wearing masks as a measure of prevention against the spread of the coronavirus walk in a procession to bring the icon of the Virgin Mary from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to the tomb where she is believed to be buried, outside of the Lions' Gate to Jerusalem's Old City.Credit:AP
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First lady Melania Trump speaks to the 2020 Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington. Credit:AP
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Academics study in the socially distanced reading rooms at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford, England. The world famous libraries closed in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. After putting in strict social distancing measures the Oxford University Libraries have partially opened for students and academics. A gradual reopening to the public, via online booking, begins on September 1. Credit:Getty
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Grape pickers pick the grapes in the vineyards of Chateau de Jason in La Londe les Maures, France. Unpredictable climate, coronavirus safety regulations hindering manual labour, and the extension of the "Trump tax" on wine exports leave French winegrowers in array over their future. Credit:Getty