Gallery: The best photos from around the world
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The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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A helicopter drops water on the advancing Route Fire over the closed-off interstate in Castaic, Calif.Credit:AP
2/11
Stephanie Williams, 60, cools off with water from a hydrant in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles.Credit:AP
3/11
Revellers enjoy the atmosphere in tomato pulp while participating the annual Tomatina festival in Bunol, Spain. Credit:Getty
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Revellers enjoy the atmosphere in tomato pulp while participating the annual Tomatina festival in Bunol, Spain. Credit:Getty
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People cool off in a fountain just outside Jerusalem’s Old City. Israel and the Palestinian territories are in the grip of a heat wave this week, with temperatures hitting 40 Celsius ) in the Jordan Valley.Credit:AP
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A motorists sits atop her car after being stranded in floodwaters beneath the Cedar Street underpass during heavy rain in Abilene, Texas.Credit:AP
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Construction workers ride on a motor-cart as a rainbow appears over Chamka Mean village on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.Credit:AP
8/11
Devotees carry an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha to take home for worship during Ganesh Chaturthi festival celebrations in Mumbai, India,Credit:AP
9/11
A man carries salvageable belongings from his flood-hit home in Shikarpur district of Sindh province, of Pakistan.Credit:AP
10/11
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – AUGUST 31: Thelma Plum (C), the M/FW 2022 Ambassador, poses for a photograph with models at the launch of Melbourne Fashion Week at the Dome on August 31, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)Credit:Daniel Pockett
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LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 31: Two people stop to look at the messages and photographs outside Kensington Palace as fans of Princess Diana gather to show their support on August 31, 2022 in London, England. Diana, Princess of Wales died on the night of August 31, 1997, when the car she was travelling in collided with the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris, France. She was travelling with her partner Dodi Fayed who also died, as did the driver of the Mercedes Henri Paul. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***Credit:Leon Neal
