Gallery: The best photos from around the world
9 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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Barbara Barrett, a Port Macquarie Koala Hospital volunteer of 20 years, cares for a 8 month old koala joey named Livvy.Credit:Getty
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Facades stand among rubble at the Parkview Townhomes in Talent, OregonCredit:AP
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Afghan children play inside an abandoned car as refugees and migrants from the destroyed Moria camp are sheltered, near a new temporary camp, on the island of Lesbos, Greece.Credit:AP
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Thousands of new, multi-coloured lanterns transforming the sky in Chinatown in London, England. Credit:Getty
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Two polar bears dive for ice cream cakes in the water basin at the Zoo in Hanover, Germany.Credit:AP
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Floodwaters move on the street, in Pensacola, Fla. Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama.Credit:AP
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Newly appointed South Korean unification minister Lee In-young (C) visit border village of panmunjom between South and North Korea in the demilitarized zone.Credit:Getty
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Demonstrators are dispersed with jets of water thrown by a police water cannon, at the Plaza de Santo Domingo near the government palace during a protest to reject the government's economic policiesin Quito, Ecuador.Credit:AP
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A firefighter monitors a controlled burn while fighting the Dolan Fire near Jolon, California, U.S.Credit:Bloomberg