Gallery The best photos from around the world

10 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

August 18, 2021 â€" 2.24pm

1/10

People dance swing on the rhythms of a live band by the restaurant Le Marcounet, in Paris. The sanitary pass, which proves someone has been vaccinated or recently done a test or recovered from Covid-19, will be mandatory in bars and restaurants, cultural venues of more than 50 people, museums, shopping malls and for long distance travels.Credit:AP

2/10

A tractor cleans the beach of the Baltic Sea from dirt and algae in Scharbeutz, Germany.Credit:AP

3/10

Residents swim in the Han River in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The local meteorological bureau issued a high temperature warning .The new round spreading of COVID-19 has started from Nanjing, prompting provinces and cities to take action to fend off the epidemic. With no recorded cases of COVID-19 community transmissions since May 2020, life for residents in Wuhan is gradually returning to normal.Credit:Getty

4/10

Warsaw residents with torches in national white-and-red colors gather to mark the 77th anniversary of the start of the 1944 Warsaw Rising, an ill-fated heroic struggle of the resistance fighters and the city resident against the occupying Nazi Germans, in Warsaw, Poland.Credit:AP

5/10

A man runs, in the fire-devastating Sirtkoy village, near Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey. More than 100 wildfires have been brought under control in Turkey, according to officials. The forestry minister tweeted that five fires are continuing in the tourist destinations of Antalya and Mugla.Credit:AP

6/10

Kids play as Salimullah, 35, a Rohingya refugee comes out of his tent at a refugee camp alongside the banks of the Yamuna River in the southeastern borders of New Delhi, sprawling Indian capital. Millions of refugees living in crowded camps are waiting for their COVID-19 vaccines. For months, the World Health Organization urged countries to prioritize immunizing refugees, placing them in the second priority group for at-risk people, alongside those with serious health conditions.Credit:AP

7/10

Children run through deserted hotel grounds in Koh Phi Phi, Krabi Province, Thailand. Although the Phuket sandbox model has been an isolated success, other sandbox islands are seeing very few tourists, if any, and people are becoming desperate as they try to survive the loss of income caused the pandemic and increasingly strict measures designed to stop the spread of Covid-19.Credit:Bloomberg

8/10

Changzhou Huang of Team China competes in the Men's Long Jump Final on day ten of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium.Credit:Getty

9/10

People burn offerings in honor of "Pachamama," or Mother Earth, on La Cumbre, a mountain considered sacred where a statue of Jesus Christ stands on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia. According to the Aymara tradition, the Pachamama awakens hungry and thirsty every August after the dry season, and to satiate her devotees toss offerings including fruit, coca, sweets and dead llama fetuses into a bonfire. Credit:AP