Top shots from around the world

Published August 21, 2014
32nd LEN European Swimming Championships - Photo by AFP
32nd LEN European Swimming Championships - Photo by AFP
AS Roma vs Fenerbahce in friendly football match - Olympic stadium, Rome - Photo by AFP
AS Roma vs Fenerbahce in friendly football match - Olympic stadium, Rome - Photo by AFP
Man holds sign saying "Ebola, go away", Abidjian - Photo by AFP
Man holds sign saying "Ebola, go away", Abidjian - Photo by AFP
A demonstrator displays a sign during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri - Photo by AFP
A demonstrator displays a sign during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri - Photo by AFP
The tricolor is reflected on the rainy stone as soldiers march with the Hungarian national flag in front of the parliament building - Photo by AFP
The tricolor is reflected on the rainy stone as soldiers march with the Hungarian national flag in front of the parliament building - Photo by AFP
After flooding, Indian villagers use makeshift bridge at Buraburi village, Morigaon district of the state of Assam - Photo by AFP
After flooding, Indian villagers use makeshift bridge at Buraburi village, Morigaon district of the state of Assam - Photo by AFP
A displaced Palestinian child at a UN school where families have sought refuge to escape fighting between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip - Photo by AFP
A displaced Palestinian child at a UN school where families have sought refuge to escape fighting between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip - Photo by AFP
Israeli soldiers work on a Merkava tank at an army deployment point near the Israeli-Gaza border - Photo by AFP
Israeli soldiers work on a Merkava tank at an army deployment point near the Israeli-Gaza border - Photo by AFP
People sit inside a makeshift bomb shelter in the town of Makiyivka, Ukraine - Photo by AFP
People sit inside a makeshift bomb shelter in the town of Makiyivka, Ukraine - Photo by AFP
A Bangladeshi rickshaw puller makes his way through the rain in Dhaka - Photo by AFP
A Bangladeshi rickshaw puller makes his way through the rain in Dhaka - Photo by AFP

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