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World of photos, August 18, 2024
14 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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Houthi supporters hold posters showing Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader recently assassinated in Tehran during an anti-Israel and anti-American rally in Sanaa, Yemen.Credit:AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman
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Women hold candles as they stage a protest against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a government hospital last week, in Guwahati, India.Credit:AP Photo/Anupam Nath
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Cedrine Kerboal of France forms a heart as she crosses the finish line to win the sixth stage of the Tour de France Women cycling race with start in Remiremont and finish in Morteau, France.Credit:AP Photo/Peter Dejong
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A Palestinian girl carries her cat as she evacuates a school that had been her shelter, in eastern Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip.Credit:AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana
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A historical parade ride around the track ahead of the historical Italian horse race of the Palio di Siena, which was later cancelled for the day due to rain in Siena, ItalyCredit:Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images
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A woman paddles on a kayak at the copy of the Chamber of the Romanov boyars installed at Muzeon park, in Moscow, Russia.Credit:AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov
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An aerial shot shows part of the extinguished wildfire area at the Anzac Cove beach, the site of World War I landing of the ANZACs in Gallipoli peninsula, near Canakkale, TurkeyCredit:DIA Images via AP
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Fans set off pyrotechnics during a DFB Cup first round soccer match between Bayern Munich and Ulm, in Ulm, Germany. Credit:Tom Weller/dpa via AP
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Pipe bands take part in the World Pipe Band Championships at Glasgow Green in Glasgow, Scotland.Credit:Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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A National Police officer escorts a handcuffed detainee during an anti-crime operation, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Credit:AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph
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Health workers attend to Lucie Habimana, 13, a mpox patient, at a treatment centre in Munigi, eastern Congo.Credit:AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa
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Boys jump into the Nile River on a warm day in Cairo, Egypt.Credit:AP Photo/Amr Nabil
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The ELEMENTS show illuminates the night sky with fireworks in front of plage des Eaux-Vives with the famous water fountain “Le Jet d’Eau” seen in background during the Fete “Geneve Geneve” around the harbour area, in Geneva, SwitzerlandCredit:Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP
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A woman uses a bullhorn to shout anti-government slogans during a protest against inflation and the dollar crisis, in La Paz, Bolivia.Credit:AP Photo/Juan Karita
